One of the big vulnerabilities is that the Iran crisis is happening at the same time as a monster El-Niño is developing, and the Ukraine war continuing, so the risk of the world plunging into an abso… (View Post)

I'm more obvious in person. (View Post)

Should we have acquiesced to the German occupation of Paris? Are irrelevant analogies ever helpful? (View Post)

(2) This does have the advantage of shortening supply chains, which is an advantage as globalisation unravels. (View Post)

You imagine it would be a marathon investigation, but it's not like the chocolate will be as far away as Mars, or somewhere else in the milky way. No snickers at the back! (View Post)