Linguistically we made a mistake when we used the word "law" to describe how things in the physical world behave - law of gravity, laws of motion, laws of thermodynamics, etc. These physica… (View Post)

Yes. This has been the strength of the British approach to campaign finance. We have limits on how it can be spent. These need to be updated for the social media world, and it's been long overdue to … (View Post)

Yes, there's lots of evidence for it. (View Post)

The main factor is as mentioned by Foxy. Masks don't need to be that good to be effective against droplet transmission, which is how influenza spreads. Preventing aerosol transmission is harder, and … (View Post)

For Britain to cosy up to China now would be a strategic mistake approaching the level of Germany cosying up to Russia post 2008. (View Post)