That's a brilliant line. (View Post)

Good analysis. And of course attritional Russian losses are also hugely more likely than a whirlwind rout (although the Ukrainians might well cut off Kherson in the next few weeks). (View Post)

The striking thing about the 'discovery' that Liz Truss is both 'properly bonkers' (as Dominic Cummings put it) and an absolutely abysmal media performer is that it's not a discovery at all. Even if … (View Post)

Dunno 'bout you, but I can't help feeling that the omens aren't looking too good for Liz Truss's triumphant first party conference. (View Post)

Maybe someone here can explain: why are the actuaries saying that life expectancy has fallen because of Covid? I thought life expectancy was defined as the average length of life expected for someone… (View Post)