Though without the first hand market, the second hand one dies as well. Things like slightly out of date copies Crockfords Clerical Directory used to be both useful and a bargain second hand, but now… (View Post)

Which is where the Korean analogy rather breaks down. If the price of Western Ukraine being free to orient towards Europe is Crimea etc.. That sucks and all that, but there might be something to talk… (View Post)

I dunno- the Church of England might be about to run it close. The abuse scandal that looks set might be about to claim Justin Welby's scalp was known about in 1982. An internal investigation, c… (View Post)

Governing = Choosing redux. Trump's coalition is ultimately full of people wanting different things. When push comes to shove, which way does he jump? Especially in a scenario where he can'… (View Post)

What has died is the cakeism where you can have something for nothing. Whether that was Lawson cutting taxes without doing too much harm to public services, or Brown increasing public spending withou… (View Post)