OT The article boils down to "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence" If I claim that I could grow the economy faster than the rest of Europe, employ millions more people etc. … (View Post)

The evidence is that economic performance was both mediocre and not out of line with peer European nations. So we need a study that *identifies* effects from Brexit. (View Post)

The classic case of "integrity in politics" was Carrington resigning over the Falklands. Which protected the officials would had suppressed intelligence on what was about to happen. This in… (View Post)

"C'est pire qu'un crime, c'est une faute" (View Post)

The main gap is to do with communications. Russia doesn't have a high speed satellite data system. The Ukrainians do. This means they can control things at essentially infinite range - complete … (View Post)