The worldwide number of people who would pay the license fee to watch BBC output is huge. Far more than the UK license fee collection. Imagine if the BBC had actually sorted out the world wide rights… (View Post)

Space news - Blue Origin second launch of New Glenn live - https://www.blueorigin.com/missions/ng-2 Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9WpN-c9VCQ (View Post)

They are not fiddling while Rome burns. They are twiddling knobs on a dashboard connected to nothing. And wondering why people don’t love them. (View Post)

There is a story that someone on the pacifist side of Labour asked how he could serve under that ghastly war lover, Churchill. Attlee was said to have replied “The country needs someone who loves war… (View Post)

Atlee had a somewhat brutal effectiveness. Some say it came from the trenches in WWI. (View Post)