That's because they are very, very bad at politics. (View Post)

Most of RR's engines are on 'power by the hour' contracts, where the airline pays per flight hour. No flights = no revenue, as the company found out during COVID. (View Post)

It's fashionable now to sneer at the Empire, but it gave the UK a very internationalist outlook that still persists to a significant degree. We understand there are other countries and cultures,… (View Post)

Book reading in general isn't doing well, but it is remarkable paper books were not swept away by e-books. Personally all my fiction reading is done on a Kindle, but I still buy paper non-fictio… (View Post)

Indeed. Another area that will be affected is pharmaceuticals. There are already shortages of multiple medications, this will make the situation far worse. (View Post)