The short answer is that we all gain from having a massive taboo against depriving bad people of citizenship. Now matter how unpleasant their opinions, no matter how much they might cost in the futur… (View Post)

It should matter- Lord Wolfson is supposedly an active politician and Abramovitch is considered an unfriendly foreigner (I think I'm OK in saying that). More so than that Egyptian bloke we'… (View Post)

The insane cheapness of solar panels probably shouldn't have been a surprise- it was just extrapolating the exisiting trend. The cheapness of batteries (which really do change the dynamics) rath… (View Post)

Talking of Mikey P, have we discussed this? According to documents released by the National Archives, former Treasury Chief Secretary Michael Portillo argued forcefully in 1991 that the project, then… (View Post)

Question is- does that matter? I'm not sure it does, at least not to the degree that Dom thinks. We don't want idiots in charge, sure. But I'm also pretty confident that our problems a… (View Post)