For my step-mother, the reality of the USSR was the totally fucked system. It wasn't so much being randomly arrested etc - though she, and her then husband defected to get away. Imagine that HMRC, at… (View Post)

Men make up 96% of prisoners in the U.K. And an even higher percentage of prisoners who have committed violent offences. Obviously something needs to be done about the shocking levels of sexism in th… (View Post)

I was at Wembley for Serbia vs England - invited by a friend. The avenue leading from the stadia to the station has obviously been designed on the same principles as the Euryalus Fortress in Syracuse… (View Post)

My step-mother, who lived and worked in the Soviet Union, has remarked how some aspects of the behaviour of government, in every day matters, remind her of The Good Old Days. It’s the stupid rules, e… (View Post)

If the incentives are perverse, then results tend to be perverse. (View Post)