Stuartinromford

If we're talking national government, yes. There is still a sufficiently independent news system to push back against top-tier politicians who deny reality too much. It's not perfect, but it's mostly… (View Post)

I'm not sure it's even that. I'd diagnose the issue as "reality doesn't matter, as long as you can keep telling the right story." Principles are better than rules, sure. They give better an… (View Post)

To play a theme I have played before, the big problem with the Triple Lock was that its algorithm wasn't designed to manage a short-lived inflationary spike. The trouble is that pensions go up by lot… (View Post)

It's a tricky one. One one hand, Greg Wallace is a goose who lays golden eggs. On the other, he is a goose who... gooses. Or something similarly dubious. And at some point, you can't keep people like… (View Post)

From an anonymous service report on an officer: He has the wisdom of youth, and the energy of extreme old age. But as to the substantive point- we live in a world where it's easier to game the proces… (View Post)