I was talking yesterday, with a couple of people I row with. One is an idealist, working in developing world aid. The other is working in the field of food standards in the supply chain from developi… (View Post)

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 is a… (View Post)

Have you not read up on Canadian politics? They had their version of a Boriswave and a lot of people are not happy with the result. It was only Trump and his 51st state garbage that saved the Liberal… (View Post)

It’s forcing adoption of the technologies of low cost. But this stuff was on the way for a long time. Habit, “Aerospace prices/inflation”, defence employment games* and the employment of decision mak… (View Post)

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)