That's a really good post. In general, most examples of systematic abuse seem to arise in sectors where the perpetrators correctly judged that the victims would not complain or would not be list… (View Post)

Yes, as someone who sees a Ukraine deal ending with local referendums, I do agree this is a real problem. If France invades the Channel Islands, displacing half the population, and a lot of French pe… (View Post)

Tokyo always had lots of masks before Covid, on the basis that they kept out pollution. There's a difference in cultural habit there - there's no iron law that wearing a mask when you go ou… (View Post)

Despite your hardman image and scepticism about Ukrainian nationalism you're actually doing a lot more for Ukrainian refugees than most of us manage. Are you a secret soft-hearted libtard? (View Post)

I think that 19% is a bit ambitious though I understand the catch-up argument. In PR terms they might have been better off asking for 11.1% and going big on anything less being lower than inflation s… (View Post)