I don't know if that's "taking the piss". All I'm saying is that these projects are massively complex, and the planning is suitably complex. EWR will (if it goes ahead...) pa… (View Post)

There's an issue with these projects. They're not just planned by an ignoramus crayoning lines onto a map. Potential routes need surveying; geological, environmental, archeological and flor… (View Post)

Also note how Russian rhetoric has not changed much since the invasion started. Their starting point for negotiations is still a maximalist one, and they show no inclination to moderate that position… (View Post)

Yes, but it's markedly decreased their fossil fuel income, and made getting those western components much harder and more expensive. Have the sanctions been perfect? No. Does that mean they'… (View Post)

The South African government had a massive amount of international goodwill in the mid-nineties after the fall of apartheid. The ANC have slowly whittled that down. Some of the negativity has been ov… (View Post)