Luckily he had the ring removed at a hospital. I was worried the battery would catch fire and he'd lose his finger. There's are advantages to not being an early adopter with some technology. (View Post)

It's a political truism that oppositions don't win elections, governments lose them. I think a big factor in Labour's rapid unpopularity is that Labour really didn't win the last … (View Post)

A lot of analysis on here is bedevilled by the, "rational actor hypothesis." Why would you expect the right questions to be asked during the leadership election for a British political part… (View Post)

I imagine that they will be daring them to be the first person in a room of 800 to object, and they will dismiss any person who does. My expectation is that after the meeting the US military will be … (View Post)

In secondary school history I was taught about the Wall Street Crash. I was not taught about the origins of the London Stock Exchange, or the role it played in the Industrial Revolution. The history … (View Post)