Between them, DUP and TUV have 31%, as do Sinn Fein. SDLP seem in danger of vanishing completely, on 6%. I expect they’ll lose South Belfast to Alliance, and Foyle to Sinn Fein. The DUP seem likely t… (View Post)

Looking at the polling, I don’t see any route for Trump not to be nominee, and he has a real chance of winning. (View Post)

But, since he published his first book in 2001, the UK has gone from 3% of energy coming from renewables, to 40%. That's a good news story. (View Post)

I think it's premature to say that. But, it does look as though in the not too distant future, we'll be getting most of energy from renewable sources, rather than fossil fuels. I think, too… (View Post)

Things are more frightening than in the 1990's. But, before that, we had World War, a series of hideous conflicts after colonial powers withdrew from Africa and Asia, the Cold War, high unemploy… (View Post)