"Concerning Function: A Treatise on the Natural Order in Society, the Bible of the Functionalist movement, was first published in 1930. It claimed to be a scientifically accurate theory of socia… (View Post)

The brief spike of the BNP wins in council seats was closely associated with real and imagined issues with council house allocation. (View Post)

a One senior civil servant described a simple database of ID, name and photos, as "unsellable" and "boring" as a project, in conversation with me. It wouldn't need a new agen… (View Post)

FPT The problem with ID cards isn't the ID cards. The problem is the insane requirement that every government database be linked up, and access provided to everyone who asks. *Without* segregati… (View Post)

We have a contributor to PB, whose *father* was a very, very problematic individual. The person in question didn't turn out to be his farther. And even posts under his actual name. Which I think… (View Post)