If we had kept listening to the policy advisors, we would *still* be investing money in hydrogen fuelled cars. This was the Proper Policy - The oil companies would move to making Hydrogen (the fact t… (View Post)

During the 80s it was quite common for the ultra-left to proclaim that democracy was bad and only for “Westerners”. So advocating multi-party democracy across all of Africa could get you called racis… (View Post)

It seems to be an artefact of people using the apps, finding a station that is a few pence cheaper, and everyone heading there. (View Post)

So it was on a defensive bombing mission? As opposed to - an offensive bombing mission - a quite rude bombing mission - an in-your-face-in-a-mildly-confrontational-way bombing mission etc (View Post)

Long time ago, I was working in a company where a group of Indian IT contractors were working. They insisted on their right to bring in some pretty smelly fish curries and cook them up in the microwa… (View Post)