And that's what we don't, and probably never will, know. How much government incompentence in the media is actual government incompetence, and how much is media dishonesty. It's a shame to have to qu… (View Post)

More importantly, the relevant government. Wherever the reality lies on the "totally natural" to "totally engineered" spectrum, the key thing is that the Chinese government could … (View Post)

See also: carbon dioxide emissions. As long as humanity is pumping CO₂ into the atmosphere faster than the ecosystem can assimilate it, we have a problem. But there is a massive difference between do… (View Post)

Any shock jock has the same problem- how do you keep shocking? Take The Rudest Man In Britain. He started being rude about an Archdeacon, which is a pretty safe target; besides - the relevant Archdea… (View Post)

Next time is likely to be different, with the key message being to get the MRNA labs making billions of doses ASAP. As for the broader lessons- 1 Don't elect a nitwit as PM, even if they are amusing.… (View Post)