a Starmer isn’t right wing. Like Michael Portaloo, before him, he is cosplaying right wing. And like Portaloo, this manages to piss off everyone. It’s the fakeness…. (View Post)

Solar cells have already fallen in price so far as to ruin the economics of various long distance transmission schemes. The bit that costs money is the power electronics - but that is scaled by the o… (View Post)

Shouting “Death!” to whatever enemy is only acceptable when Bernard Hill does it, just before leading a cavalry charge. Otherwise is it gauche, unpleasant and a bit furrin, really. Peak Britishness -… (View Post)

The problem they had was a structural deficit. The response was *reduce the rate of increase of government spending* to above inflation, but below the rate of increase in GDP. Spending was never actu… (View Post)

Well, Switzerland can’t join the EU, because of its legal structure - to join the EU, the various laws need to be put in place as untouchable. Constitution level. - every law in Switzerland is subjec… (View Post)