On topic - The tragedy of DOGE style slashing goes beyond the damage it will do, in the short term. For a political generation or two, all reasonable attempts to increase productivity in government w… (View Post)

Hi-lo mix has been around since weapons were invented. See ancient armies with the Big Cheeses in expensive armour and various levels below them, down to the shepards with sling shots. The exceptions… (View Post)

Our local library has a very popular thing, in the week day time, of story telling and sing-alongs for kids. The chap doing it rather resembled Michael Palin. This was then chopped on the grounds of … (View Post)

FPT If you mixed with the lower orders, you might find a reason why they don’t like huge influxes of Poles, Romanians etc, either. It’s not just racism. As Stuart Rose admitted, at the lower end, it … (View Post)

There was a short TV series, many years back, about a dystopian future, with Europe seeing itself under siege from refugees. At the start, they proclaim they’ve won - high power x-raying of everythin… (View Post)