My variant on Boris Island would be quicker and cheaper. That is, borrow concrete gravity platform technology. Imagine a dining table - rectangle, 4 legs. Now imagine another “top” on the floor. Imag… (View Post)

Re Palestine recognition https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c78z69x61e6o So the lawyers want the Government to hold to a definition of a state that can be recognised. In a 1933 treaty that the U.K. … (View Post)

Zee list, ja? (View Post)

Big Dom is often right on the problems. He is *always* wrong on the solutions. The British Disease consists, in part, of worshiping generalists (preferably lawyers or accountants) and despising techn… (View Post)

Firstly, the French (at least) would have scuttled. The problem wasn’t the ships in existence. A Germany supreme on the continent would have had the resources to build a One Ocean navy more powerful … (View Post)