The discount is a recognition of the rent paid over many years by the tenant. If councils had been able to use the proceeds to build replacement council housing then we wouldn't have the current… (View Post)

If I win the lottery then I'd gladly fund a PhD on Pratchett and Politics. (View Post)

There are times when it is right to hold people/countries accountable for the decisions they have made in the past, but right now, with Russia's war on Ukraine, I'm much more interested in … (View Post)

Apparently Israel is going to supply early warning systems for detecting drone and missile attacks to Ukraine. A consequence for Russia siding with Hamas. (View Post)

They're in a similar spot to the voters who voted for Ralph Nader in 2000. Gore's failure to convince those voters contributed to his defeat in that election. They're not guaranteed vo… (View Post)