The above is why I’ve previously suggested PB as a policy stress testing think tank for hire. Give us a policy and we’ll tell the second, third and fourth order effects in minutes. Would make OGH ric… (View Post)

It also gives you a considerable edge when supervising work that is beyond your basic abilities. I can change taps and solder pipe - I wouldn’t fit a boiler (not gas trained for a start). But I know … (View Post)

With Starmer it is his belief that following the process is all that matters. Process State thinking. To him, he’s done the right thing. To others, he’s the lawyer using the fine print in the contrac… (View Post)

a But where does arsehole boorishness begin and refusing to bend… end? My father, when in philosophical discussion with senior religious figures, in Northern Ireland, never hid his contempt for all r… (View Post)

The nutbar-right has toxified positions. I recall, when I was young, the kind of people who railed against all religious organisation, dress and the institution of marriage as social repression, from… (View Post)