The problem with most systems of rent control is that they favour insiders, at the expense of outsiders. Rents are usually kept below market levels, and are combined with security of tenure, which ma… (View Post)

It’s partisan, but it’s an important point. Defence is an area where the Conservatives all too often talk right, but act left. Ditto criminal justice, ditto immigration. About the only conviction the… (View Post)

Not to rain on the parade, but there is scant evidence that people are switching away from Reform, and back to the Conservatives and Labour. (View Post)

Gaza shows a frequent reckless disregard for civilian casualties, on the part of the IDF. There have also been cases of deliberate murder, too. At Srebrenicia, thousands of civilians were rounded up,… (View Post)

Lemkin's definition of genocide was narrow, and tightly-drawn, and activists who want to claim their place in the genocide sun have chafed at this, and have tried to broaden it, to encompass all… (View Post)