One of the silliest bits of the Brexit debate was this idea that if we adopt policies similar to place X then we become like place X. Let’s have an Australian-style points system. Then we’ll all live… (View Post)

I know what the meme is, and it contains truth. My question is: what’s the sequitur? What’s the “therefore”? The Europoor meme is almost entirely promulgated by Americans. I don’t think it’s because … (View Post)

They have substantially more Ss. 4 of them. And 2 Ps. We have none. I still search for the sequitur from the whole Europoor meme. Is it simply to make American social media types feel smug? Or is the… (View Post)

That’s ridiculously defeatist. It would remove large amounts of slop, and stop social media from falsely influencing narratives from anonymous accounts. As to the chilling effect, in the UK? Nonsense… (View Post)

The reason this hasn’t been done is political rather than bureaucratic though. Should just happen. (View Post)