There are a lot of place names in England named after people: someone's field, or someone's village, etc, but the names are so old, and have been subtly corrupted, that we don't recogn… (View Post)

Hearing Trump's absolute refusal to accept that the Ukrainians have helped the US with drone defence in the Middle East makes clear *again* how deep-seated his personal animus against Zelensky a… (View Post)

Lizville is too French. Bettysburg would be suitable. (View Post)

The way the question is posed sort of encapsulates the problem: "if they really want to." This frames the question of whether to spend tens to hundreds of billions of pounds as a question o… (View Post)

I though this last paragraph in the Carbon Brief article linked to earlier (on the role of gas in electricity prices) is the one that encapsulates my thinking about past and likely future government … (View Post)