On a purely statistical basis, and with a harsh definition of 'stupid' as below average, that's pretty much inevitable. It's not an original insight to point out that democracy do… (View Post)

To be fair, why should they under the current circumstances? This is the point about International Law being a fiction, but a useful one. If you choose to exercise arbitrary power because you can, it… (View Post)

Old teacher wisdom: Clever and nasty causes a lot more trouble than stupid and nasty. (View Post)

Figures for the leading five; RFM 24% (+1) CON 19% (=) LAB 16% (-2) GRN 16% (-3) LDEM 13% (+1) Interesting that the Greens are down as well, for all I know that poll-to-poll changes are generally bob… (View Post)

Assuming that this deal sticks, how sticky does the economic situation get and for how long? These "bad effects now because of something that happened in the past and is now notionally over"… (View Post)