After the Y2K issue passed I did get a letter from a constituent demanding to know why we'd not chosen solutions in Government software to allow for the year 10,000. I sent him a po-faced reply … (View Post)

I agree with Cookie. It's a very common thing which we often see on PB too - people assume that the whole is much like the people they know. Consciously or not, we tend to seek out people who we… (View Post)

I did the same and know several people who did. It's more common than it used to be, as a reaction to Brexit. Leon overstates the case, of course. A realistic view is that the EU leadership have… (View Post)

That's quite a common view among American and French people interviewed as "doubtful" - it's common for them to say they're wary of something new but they'll have a thin… (View Post)

It's a perfectly fair article. In summary: AZ have produced an excellent vaccine which we should use, despite multiple failures in trial planning and communications. Sounds right to me, and not … (View Post)