It's been that way for a while. (View Post)

When something apparently foolish happens, it's always worth working out why. Think of the absurdity of the peacock's tail. The reason that politicians focus on short term spending is that politician… (View Post)

It's been on the cards since 2019, if not 2016. If your guiding star is Control-with-a-capital-C, there are two ways of doing it. One is to be Top Nation by quite a distance. Then you can impose your… (View Post)

It's not as if there's a shortage of them. (View Post)

The answer is "probably neither", because I suspect it won't impact much on most voters. (One of the things all politicos should do from time to time is have a week where they get all their… (View Post)