I'd call it an implicit conspiracy of silence about causes and responsibility, and a conspiracy of delusion. It is in both the language and the reporting. Once you are triggered to spot eg "… (View Post)

Thanks for the heads-up on the podcast. I'm thinking around a header I'm putting together for the weekend, and the report goes very wide into all kind of things - so I'm thinking simil… (View Post)

After the last six years, I welcome FUCKING BORING. As long as it is also reasonable competence. (Perhaps we need RR to start a debate about VAT on books? THAT would make politics a bit more exciting… (View Post)

I've offered to @TSE and @rcs1000 to do a header on thoughts following the Grenfell Report, based mainly on my comment above, for Fri or Sat. (View Post)

It's adjacent not about Okinawa, but Mark Felton has a 1 hr video on his second channel ("War Stories") about Operation Zipper, which is concerning British efforts to invade Malaya and… (View Post)