So the Economist is reporting that Russia can manufacture more ballistic missiles than the West can manufacture interceptor missiles to shoot them down, and this three years and some into the war. Wh… (View Post)

Well, sure, but Parliament is sovereign. The law can be amended. Politicians should never complain about judges. They should simply amend the law if they want a different outcome to such cases. (View Post)

Large don't know figure - watch that get whittled down and moved to the bad deal column by the relentless activity of the Press and Farage. That's the main reason British politics is how it… (View Post)

The problem is that the payment is small beans, so by creating a tailored threshold they create a lot of expensive bureaucracy which wipes out the savings from restricting payments. The threshold the… (View Post)

I am - deities willing - a week or so from completing the purchase of a house, at long last. The estimated population within 1km of the house is 75, and doubtless I am about to spend and borrow a con… (View Post)