Does responding require us to inconvenience ourselves? The thing to remember about isolationism, the reason that Trump and MAGA like the idea so much, is that it's fundamentally selfish and short-ter… (View Post)

Two things. The Trans question is important for people affected by it. Strip away all the bad faith (of which there is lots), and there is a difficult important question where "how great it woul… (View Post)

Unfortunately, calling these the Trans Wars points to some grim realities. As in territorial wars, peaceable sharing of territory is rarely possible. Any space occupied by X cannot also be occupied b… (View Post)

That's the bit that I don't think anyone really expected- or if they did, they didn't join the dots to realise the implications. It's not quite pour sand into a factory and solar panels come out the … (View Post)

Remember that Starkey came to national attention as "The rudest man in Britain". He hasn't mellowed since. (Checking that- it was 1995. Blimey. We really need some new faces. Also, it was f… (View Post)