It's sad, but it's what we vote for. Politicians who try to do good more than sounding good (Stewart? May? maybe Starmer?) end up in the dumpster pretty quickly. Of course, it would be bril… (View Post)

Yup, and I'm not sure what the way out is. The ideal is probably to get to a situation where the British and English flags are symbols of nations at ease with how they really are. Arguably, that… (View Post)

Fracking is one of those curious things where the populist party is proposing something unpopular; https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/trackers/should-britain-start-extracting-shale-gas Fairly consi… (View Post)

Because it's an easy way for a small number of bored people to make a big impression? (View Post)

Richard Feynman: The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool. (View Post)