Which is why picking out a number of specific groups was a really bad idea. They’d have been better off financially and politically if they’d just said sorry, income tax needs to go up 2% to pay for … (View Post)

it is very bright in the sandpit, and we are indeed farming sunlight. UAE is expected to be around 90% nuclear and solar by the end of this decade. Why burn the oil when you can sell it? (View Post)

The Russian economy appears to be right on the brink of a total collapse into hyperinflation. It’s one of these things that happens very slowly until it happens very quickly, and the momentum is star… (View Post)

I’ll also add that there are exceptions to every rule. I will be joining thousands of others at Midnight Mass on Tuesday night, at the church where I married my wife nine years ago, in one of few Isl… (View Post)

Err, nope. American capitalists are a significantly lesser risk than Chinese communists, although neither are particularly desirable as an influence in British politics. The latest Chinese strategy i… (View Post)