In economic terms, probably never. People like cheap taxis, food delivery and restaurants, and would be awfully cross if they had to pay non-exploitative rates for them. It doesn't really affect… (View Post)

Smarter ≠ Smart. Besides, what does this case have to do with his brief? At some point, the Conservative Party (and hence the British centre-right) went stark, raving, tonto. There's an interest… (View Post)

You are Jeffrey Archer and I claim my five pounds. Yeah, there's some truth in that- visceral experience beats numbers. To a degree. But there are two important buts. First is that human progres… (View Post)

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter, as WSC said. But the jury were (I hope) listening to the whole trial, and we weren't. (View Post)

Highlights the half of the problem that the number crunchers mention a lot, but gets missed in the Faragasm talk. There is a Lab-to-Ref flow, but the more important ones are Lab-to-Lib/Green and Con-… (View Post)