A lot less if their ability to imprison people for not paying for them was removed! It should be worth tens of billions of dollars, but so much of that value hinges on them being *the* public service… (View Post)

Fascinating, and slightly scary, thread on US and Russian nuclear weapons testing. https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1986599661126492594.html (View Post)

The big news in the US this weekend is going to be the cancellation of thousands of flights, caused by staffing shortages in various areas related to the government shutdown. There’s problems with ai… (View Post)

Maybe I was confusing one PM with another! James Timpson seems like a nice guy in well over his head. As happens with many who move from the private sector into public service, don’t understand how d… (View Post)

Have I realised, before Mr @TheScreamingEagles, that the Man City v Liverpool match on Sunday clashes with the Brazilian Grand Prix? Footy kicks off at 16:30 UK time and the F1 cars start racing at 1… (View Post)