Stuartinromford

There's another bus seat rule in chemistry. Atomic orbitals can accommodate two electrons, but the electrons fill each orbital once before any of them are filled twice. Like people choosing where to … (View Post)

Who was it who said that diplomacy is the art of telling someone to "go to Hell" in such a way that they look forward to the trip? It is an irritating grift, sure, but not one the British g… (View Post)

Yup. That's the first point. The second is that if you say that out loud in an election, you inevitably lose to someone with the dishonesty to say "no, everything is fine, here have another tax … (View Post)

But what you and I say doesn't really matter. We're just randoms on the internet. But at the point where it matters, Downing Street, this is all irrelevant. I doubt they would even summon up the ener… (View Post)

In the runup to 1997, there was a strand on the Conservative right that looked at opposition as a fun sabbatical. A few years out of office, we can do the punching for a bit. I don't recall it being … (View Post)