Indeed. There are also lots of people running very small 'maker' businesses now, where margins can be in single digits. They may be selling £40,000 of stuff on ebay or etsy, but only making… (View Post)

The US presence in the UK is pretty much just the USAF stationed on what are legally RAF bases. They cannot stand off an assault by the UK armed forces, and would not be expected to. If asked to leav… (View Post)

I do beg to differ, here. Demand reduction measures are an admission a country's energy policy has failed. Abundant, affordable energy has long been acknowledged to be a significant economic ass… (View Post)

Ukraine is pouring vast amounts of blood and treasure into a war they never wanted. It's entirely understandable they want that to stop, upper hand or not. (View Post)

When I first got involved in software development many years ago I was told by a wise old programmer that most coders can't write good quality code for more than 2 hours per day. Their brains ju… (View Post)