An American friend had occasion to pass through Brown's constituency. When I told him that it was the PMs constituency - and a PM who been second in the country for a decade before that - he was… (View Post)

Nearly all politicians favour their home region. Trump is stealing from everyone and *punishing* his opponents on an epic, epic scale. It's one of those things where magnitude does, in fact make… (View Post)

Which is, by itself, stupid. The company I work with does stuff in West London, where the ground is full of shite. You do historical records search (many don't bother), get the ground radar type… (View Post)

Once you are out of the ground..... You could build your prisons on industrial estates. One of the reasons for industrial estates is the ease of building simple shaped, large buildings. And the neigh… (View Post)

As someone who works in/around the building trade. Much of that can be telescoped - especially by using standardised designs. I could definitely cut down on the site prep and foundations - just how f… (View Post)