Chamberlin had extending national insurance to health on his todo list. But for a small upset, the plan was to report and legislate on that in the early 1940s (View Post)

While that is a nice sentiment, the problem is that nearly no revolution/regime change doesn't break lots of stuff. Which is why democracy is so valuable. We have most of the results of a violen… (View Post)

The local branch of the Met, here, were quite clear that they thought a crack down on e-bikes would be spun against them as victimising ethnic minorities. So unless senior management prods them, they… (View Post)

Cheap, simple solutions were possible. A light cannon with a radar would kill most drones reliably. But that’s not sexy or rewarding for big defence contractors. (View Post)

That was because the very large crews spent most of their time maintaining their ships. If your ship is a pile of timber and rope, you can practically rebuild it by hand. While it floats. (View Post)