I saw an interesting paper the other day, that correlated Lottery funded spending on minor projects with local feelings of “progress” and “things are working”. Turns out that a 10 foot long footbridg… (View Post)

Re the Russian parts in the drone that ended up in Cyprus. It was fairly obvious, when Iran made their deal, that it would be a two way thing. Entirely unsurprising to find Russian parts in an Irania… (View Post)

Compared to Blair, Maggie went into seclusion. (View Post)

More that 24/7 availability is expensive. 9-5, Monday-Friday is cheaper. But looks the same - in peacetime. (View Post)

a The percentage ready for sea / at sea has varied historically. One of Admiral Fishers (per WWI) reforms was about junk that couldn't be got out of a dockyard within x months. He scrapped lots … (View Post)