Oil and gas are globally traded commodities, so it doesn't make much difference. What matters is whether the UK is rich enough to outbid other countries to avoid shortages, and the economy stron… (View Post)

The human species does have a few quirks that are unusual among other mammals. For example, we have enormous heads, which makes birth unusually perilous. And secondly oestrus is not advertised. It is… (View Post)

This is the sort of optimism Labour needs. (View Post)

Ah yes, I see what you mean. There's something a bit scary about unconditional love. (View Post)

Wars against peer adversaries tend to prove that most existing kit is obsolete, and gets replaced by better stuff as it is worked out what is needed and what works. What the existing kit achieved is … (View Post)