Dropping back in briefly, one thing I would like to see some serious study on is how much of the UK's radical right outrage bubble is actually an influence operation whether from elements in the… (View Post)

FPT: You will not be surprised that I disagree slightly. The practice is not even traditional. Traditionally UK banknotes have been plain. We have only had historical figures on our banknotes since 1… (View Post)

That does not seem to cover the detail, which seems to have slightly unfortunate timing. 1950s+ USA spent tens of millions of $ on eradication programmes, using "sterile flies". North Ameri… (View Post)

If they were never legal, the whole shebang can be declared invalid. Tight control of the money supply - a la Maggie !! Can the policy be announced in advance, so no one wants one? (View Post)

I had not considered it before, but the origin of "deface" is from Medieval times when the face of eg a miscreant would be "defaced" ('mutilatio'), such as removal of th… (View Post)