There has never been the slightest difficulty in recruiting police officers. The pay vs required qualifications has always been good. If fact, until the recent increases, all forces were 100% for Spe… (View Post)

Patriot was deliberately limited by the US Congress. A large part of ABM capability in a missile is burnout velocity. After the ABM treaty in the 70s, there was a chunk of the Democrats in Congress w… (View Post)

The idea that the Rule of Law means a playpen for lawyers to delay every action of government by a decade is clearly nonsense, historically. The idea that the Rule of Law demands a surveillance state… (View Post)

That is straight out of Yes Minister - devolution of power to the lowest level. (View Post)

When CH4 did a trial of secretly trying to pay politicians to ask questions etc, only one responded by saying (approx) - what they were suggesting should be illegal if it wasn’t and to get out and ne… (View Post)