The rate on Russian bonds is up to 15% again today. Brent has fallen a lot today on data from China showing a huge drop in Chinese crude oil imports. The Russian Central Bank has started printing mon… (View Post)

Yes. Most car drivers are fine. But even if it's only ~1% of car drivers who are reckless, they put other people at risk. In a similar way, most cyclists don't want to be in anyone else… (View Post)

Ben Stokes is, by some measures one of England's greatest ever Test cricket captains. I'm amazed that we seem to be poised to throw that away over an issue with alcohol. (View Post)

It's not a matter of celebrating that one is stuck behind someone driving more slowly than you are comfortable doing. It's a matter of co-operating with other road users so everyone gets to… (View Post)

At some point there was a pronouncement that everyone's profile should be public, so that people could more easily search their comment history, but I think this was only ever enforced on Leon, … (View Post)