It is not hard to see Trump deciding that he doesn't give a feck about the election of Republican Senators and Representatives, because he is supremely self-centred. But a lot depends on whether… (View Post)

Remember also that a lot of the supermarket supply issues early in the pandemic were because people had to replace the ~25% of calories that had been consumed via takeaways and eating out. There'… (View Post)

I think there are two problems. One is that globalisation has led to a concentration of global supply chains, so there are lots of single points of failure. Relying on imports for certain goods can b… (View Post)

I think it would be a mistake to position it as a question of resilience vs efficiency. I think it's generally more likely to be a consequence of Britain's record of chronic underinvestment… (View Post)

Recent historical standards have been abysmal, which is why the last government received its worst general election result in its almost two hundred years long history. Labour were supposed to be a c… (View Post)