You can't really get away with getting smashed in the villages here though - they are about 35pct of the total electors and more of the likely voters. Plus the town I have seen nothing from is actual… (View Post)

They do. My wife is an academic. They have to get an external in to make sure their finals are up to snuff. If you do a PhD one of your viva examiners will be external. (View Post)

There are other stunning examples of the lone genius in the evolution of gravity theory. We would have waited a fair while for someone other than Newton to realise that gravity actually exists. It is… (View Post)

There is zero evidence because it isn't yet seen as a prospect and none of the alternatives is remotely as well known as Boris, and nor is is known what they stand for. Though of course nobody really… (View Post)

The government seems unable to say that as a result of corona, and the actions taken to deal with it, we are all materially worse off. Who should be worst affected is partly a matter of political opi… (View Post)