It's a fiction, yes, but it seems to be enough to mollify the financial markets, whereas Truss's approach caused complete panic. Funny thing, confidence. Life will be a lot harder for Brita… (View Post)

I would agree with a move of New Year's Day to March 1st, especially if we could have a double Bank Holiday every Leap Year. It simplifies "day of year" analyses if the Leap Day is the… (View Post)

Perhaps I should submit it to the Monster Raving Loony Party for consideration. Also, with respect to the discussion around GPS earlier, I'd suggest mandating that all smartphones automatically … (View Post)

But we've seen this over and over again with motorists killing people and treated incredibly leniently. And it's not unusual for motorists to be aggressive towards other road users. I'… (View Post)

I guess the bias comes from not counting the zero-length streaks. (View Post)