Air travel killed the role of Foreign Secretary. Previously diplomacy in an age of slower travel required being out of the country for longer continuous periods, so it couldn't be done routinely… (View Post)

In some respects that's the government you might have thought Johnson would run. It seems to be how he ran London when he was Mayor, which is how so much proper cycle infrastructure was built. B… (View Post)

There are two ways to boost the birth rate. One is to restrict women's rights and freedoms and access to education, making them dependent on men in their life. No-one knows what the second way i… (View Post)

The Royal Family would benefit from a return of Harry from the States. I think that's probably more important than any of the reforms around crown revenues, duchies of here, there or wherever, t… (View Post)

What we're finding out from the Epstein files is just how normal this sort of behaviour is - the sexual abuse is just one part of people in the elite doing each other favours in secret. With res… (View Post)