Fuxsake. On the phone to an Irish insurance company and my mind goes blank, I can't remember the phonetic alphabet, so in my very English accent I use: "Victory. Europe." to spell out … (View Post)

That's not terrible though. If countries can raise the ambition of their current pledges by a bit, and meet those, then we should be able to limit warming to 2.5C. That then gives us a bit of a … (View Post)

I think that's a fair critique. The framing of a relationship is important. I think part of the drive for reparations is that the framing of international aid as charity is not working for the r… (View Post)

No history before 1603? No Reformation? No Romans, Vikings or Normans? None of the early European voyages of discovery? No Black Death, Magna Carta or Crusades? No Spanish Armada, Hundred Years War o… (View Post)

The problem with teaching history is that there's always more history to teach. For one thing there's always more history being created - when my grandad was taught history, "history&q… (View Post)