I think our coal is Polish. There were GWs of wind electricity going unused in Ireland as Storm Kathleen passed, in part because Ireland still has an inflexible coal power station that can't be … (View Post)

Should I bother to make the fire? Damn fool waste of time if the world is about to end, but it will be a chilly and damp night if the religious are wrong again. What would Pascal say? (View Post)

I think the conclusion to draw from understanding Russia's paranoid and imperialist mindset is that they're not going to stop until forced to stop. There's no compromise possible from … (View Post)

Yes. An end to stupid tactical voting arguments, and the negative campaigning of "only x can stop y", is one of the great benefits of ditching FPTP. Thirteen years since the lost AV referen… (View Post)

Okay. I should correct myself that the formulation I object to is more specifically, "only party x can stop party y". If the y is policy-based than the construction is fine, even if you mig… (View Post)