Denmark, like Britain, is a country with large concentrations of people in a few cities, and thinly-populated rural areas in between. The difference isn't as stark as you imply. (View Post)

Considering putting a Danish flag in my window (I grew up there and the sympathy lingers) :) (View Post)

I think the Chinese policy on Uighurs is utterly disgraceful, because of the reported maltreatment and forced reeducation. But I wouldn't call it genocide - that terms relates to an attempt to m… (View Post)

Thanks! I really like the style of that first link - lots of hard data and intelligent analysis of the possible reasons why the figures might be too high or too low. That's proper science. 12 we… (View Post)

It's a general fact of life that a backbencher only gets serious airtime if they're arguing with their party leadership. I took on Mandelson's Millennium Dome in the early days and the… (View Post)