Politically, the Unherd article (while typical of Unherd) is surely wrong. Polls show strong support for "government interference" in things like not allowing adverts of fatty stuff alongsi… (View Post)

"...is a perception that...", rather. I don't think it's actually true in most cases, and an unfortunate generalisation that has caused a lot of grief. As someone who is neither v… (View Post)

Yes, really sorry about that. I've said several times that the Defra team under Johnson were very good, better than under previous Labour governments - not just he.lpful to things I favour, but … (View Post)

No it hasn't. It wouldn't have been sensible to invite Putin, but inviting the Ambassador might have been a reasonable option. I don't see much scope for negotiations at the moment, bu… (View Post)

There are other definitions of "ork" - usually, trickle down is literally understood by most to mean that eventually the poor benefit. (View Post)