Imagine if Charles Stuart had received development aid. Parliamentary democracy would never have happened. (View Post)

A lot of gravitational potential energy added to any drink you've carried up with you. (View Post)

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)