There's a lot to digest in all that. Public policy as a means to manage the psychological state of the PM. Imagine cancelling a decades-long infrastructure project in an attempt to gee up the Pr… (View Post)

They were a negotiating position. Hardly unusual. The Conservative government refused to engage in any negotiations. The Tories either wanted the strikes, or were refusing to engage with reality. Lab… (View Post)

It was blocked by the courts, not by a movement. The government then changed the law so that the courts would no longer block it. Why, then, did Sunak call an election for July, instead of implementi… (View Post)

Imagine if Spitfires had been manufactured in Japan. Britain is so fucked. (View Post)

https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2024/11/13/ireland-has-highest-rate-of-third-level-education-in-eu/ 65% of Irish 25-34 year olds have a third-level education. The Irish economy is in man… (View Post)