We seem to be back in “why can’t we just” world this evening. Government is simple etc. (View Post)

There are, remarkable though it may seem, potential policy options that fall in between those two extremes. (View Post)

The British public position on tax and spend is as follows: 1. They should raise taxes on other people who are not me 2. They should cut spending on other people who are not me (View Post)

It’s a sub- isn’t it? Like the paediatrician in Portsmouth (apocryphal, sadly). In the Wales case I suspect the reality is somewhat less amusing and more disturbing: that the scouts in question were … (View Post)

I’d forgotten how nice actual shandy can be. Was at the zoo in France, and driving later, and decided to have a bottle of panaché. Cheap mass produced stuff, but much nicer than a cola. (View Post)