Yes, very patchy. Switzerland was one of the early implementers and I was in a queue for 2 hours at the airport as a result. Missed a meeting. But my family were first exposed to EES last week at San… (View Post)

I am now in a rented Buron on the top of the Aubrac plateau. Very wildly beautiful. Just the sound of cattle bells, crickets and wind. Like renting a highland Croft, but on Dartmoor. After another 3 … (View Post)

I’m in France again at the moment, and just had lunch in Toulouse. For reasons I can’t quite put my finger on, France seems in the grip of a period of Anglophilia. Not just the friendly vibes in the … (View Post)

The sooner we start ignoring them the better. Their trolling is becoming so endemic it’s losing its shock factor. (View Post)

A related topic is consumer and producer protection, and the tensions between these. Both involve some sort of inhibition of “free speech”. We have advertising standards to ensure businesses can’t mi… (View Post)