On PPE 1) disposable PPE is the chosen option 2) during the pandemic usage went up by orders of magnitude. 3) PPE has a shelf life 4) so a stockpile of PPE for a pandemic would require vast amounts t… (View Post)

The funny thing is that there is a kernel of truth in there somewhere. The infamous Treasury Model that says that any investment outside London is a looser, for example. Many of the models are childi… (View Post)

The point about the Fred Dostoevsky quote on prisons and civilisation isn’t that warehousing criminals nicely is good for them. It’s that it’s good for us. (View Post)

a With the right sense of humour the history of people admiring hideous regimes because of imaginary benefits could make a good comedy. In my youth, the hard left used to declare that the East Blok w… (View Post)

She really has put effort into proving Cameron’s comments concerning Twitter to be correct (View Post)