OK, fixed may be going too far. But it's a problem that's been creeping up on us since 2019 or so- steadily increasing from about one a week to nearly one a day. The basic act of making people sign o… (View Post)

Not Roger, but this looks like the state doing its job effectively. Clearly there was an omnishambles last Friday. But since then, this guy has been tracked down and deported, and a process introduce… (View Post)

Plenty of examples of non-politicians being parachuted into top jobs. With the exception of Wellington, hard to think of many who have thrived. And Wellington's musings after his first Cabinet ("… (View Post)

It's not quite installing phone lines (was that Portillo or Heseltine?), it could just be making sure the domain names are reserved for a run in ten years' time. Or it could be a cybersquatter with a… (View Post)

If you have an absolute emergency, it's great, because of the brutal triaging on the basis of medical need. If your aim is to control costs, it's pretty good. Way lower than the USA, meaningfully low… (View Post)