This seems to be because viruses turn out to do much more underlying damage than people realised. So, for example, people who have the flu vaccine have lower rates of dementia, not because the vaccin… (View Post)

I wasn't arguing for an increase in the minimum wage. If Britain had companies that invested in improving productivity, and if it had stronger trade unions, so that the employees of profitable c… (View Post)

It will be interesting to see whether there are any new policies to help speed up the court system, and/or increase its capacity, so that it can catch up. (View Post)

People are desperate to find a reason to justify inequality to escape any feeling that they ought to find a way to do something about it. (View Post)

It will almost certainly be safer for a house to have battery storage than a supply of gas, but we've lived with and accepted the risks of gas supply for many decades, while batteries are new, a… (View Post)