That's great, congratulations! I used to play a lot online and in my local pub, partly because my training in statistics is useful and partly just for fun (and in the case of the pub games socia… (View Post)

Agreed, that's almost free money, failing some unexpected disaster. I know lots of left-wingers, who vary from departure to morose tolerance, but nobody is working to change Starmer. And in trut… (View Post)

I subscribed to an American conversative email list a couple of weeks ago (on a recommendation of an article here in PB) offering thoughtful centre-right views (https://frenchpress.thedispatch.com/ )… (View Post)

My team has mixed views too. As you know, we have different outlooks on this, and we avoid being derisive about it. I think the same should apply to our workplace teams. There is a genuine difference… (View Post)

FWIW as someone who's had a bit of contact with him, I think he's genuinely bright, but doesn't usually bother to apply it, since he's found that winging it is enough to win in ev… (View Post)