I'm no expert on Chinese policy, but my impression i sthat they simultaneously recognise it's a real problem (not least because of the very immediate problems of smog) but they don't l… (View Post)

Not convinced we can read much into the case numbers because of the testing variation, but they seem to be fairly steady around 40K. What's more worrying is the hospitalisation number which has … (View Post)

That's good. I have a close relative who went through a long period of anxiety and depression, and I know how horrible it is - but she came out of it and now has a decent life. I don't thin… (View Post)

Personally I eat virtually nothing else, for convenience reasons, and they taste fine to me and I'm in excellent health because of other stuff I do to look after myself. I think this is actually… (View Post)

Yes, so the budget has had a modest positive effect, just as most of us expected. The by-elections last night showed much the same general picture."Doing well" is always a dodgy question as… (View Post)