I don't understand the TERF wars, but can you tell me one single important thing that JKR has said, on this subject, that is obviously "drivel"? As far as I can see she just talks common se… (View Post)

Depends where you are perhaps? In the south of England, and London, what you say is true. Summers have measurably improved in my lifetime. Sometimes they are TOO hot. But you don't have to go that fa… (View Post)

Nor was there a spike after the beaches at Bournemouth, or the VE day parties. It's pretty clear that catching this outdoors is HARD. Thank God. But........ we are are a country with short summers. (View Post)

It's not a team of geniuses but Gove is at least imaginative, Raab is OK-ish, Patel might yet improve, she has potential. I agree that Gavin Williamson has been over-promoted by orders of magnitude a… (View Post)

Yes. The counter-example to my theory is East Asia. Air-con is ubiquitous in Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan, where they have stinking hot humidity, but the virus is dormant there. But I am still sure it … (View Post)