The legal system has *always* been an active part of democratic politics, and indeed was an important part of the development of democracy. See, for example, the legal cases over taxation in the run-… (View Post)

Yes. It's a glorious mess, but it's our glorious mess. (View Post)

"I was there first!" "No I was there firster!" "I started celebrating St George's Day last week!" "Every day is St George's Day!" (View Post)

I think this is because under the Australia system Britain would still have to take lots of refugees, because there are genuinely large numbers of people who qualify as refugees under the definition … (View Post)

Classic bit of understatement here. "One possible benefit is that it could give scientists a new avenue to incorporate nitrogen-fixing into plants to grow better crops." (View Post)