In some senses I don't mind the inconsistency as that is sort of what local democracy is about. There was a Tory councillor from Cornwall on Today earlier debating the issue with some other Tory… (View Post)

The "feeling pain" aspect of that article is a hell of a stretch on the content of the academic article it's reporting on, the point of which is that plants may emit sounds as well as … (View Post)

People say a lot of harsh things about IS but, in fairness, I've heard from a lot of people in personnel management circles that their HR Department is top notch in terms of dealing efficiently … (View Post)

Do you remember that minor incident last year when Sunak was fined fifty quid for failing to wear a seatbelt in a little video he made for his failed leadership campaign against Truss? No? Well Rishi… (View Post)

No it doesn't. The extent to which people talk about something is about how much it's a good topic for a chat, not about some weird league table of objective importance in the world. If I g… (View Post)