OTOH measures which industry lobbyists moan about have been significant successes - the extra tax on high sugar, for example, which reduced sugar levels in drinks to just below the threshold. And whi… (View Post)

Link: https://archive.is/20250518040609/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14722583/The-interview-change-mind-robotic-politicians-ED-DAVEY-opens-orphan-15-caring-profoundly-disabled-son-Westmin… (View Post)

An Economist piece I ran across from 2019: Prosecution in Arizona of a man who gave assistance (water, food, clothing) to migrants in the desert, for "harbouring migrants". He was initially… (View Post)

IMO JD Vance is not a radical anything, especially a "radical type of Christian". He's a Roman Catholic in the same way that Mussolini was a Roman Catholic - he wants a convenient badg… (View Post)

Japan still no 1. Not so much holding the baby, I think. Only a small amount of the US Govt debt held in the UK is by our Govt - perhaps 15-20% of "our" total. The changes are fairly small.… (View Post)