But is it? I think that one of Britain's problems is that we have too many people doing jobs that don't add that much to the national wealth, and so the only way to keep things moving is to… (View Post)

If they agree with me, it's the democratic will of the people. If they disagree with me, it's crass populism. (View Post)

The other bit of grit in the conversation is the existence of the Swiss loophole. If you can make it to Dignitas, the British state doesn't stop you and it's not totally clear how they coul… (View Post)

The art of the shock merchant is to know when to stop. How outrageous you can be without being too outrageous. Kelvin MacKenzie had "it" for a very long time, Nick Ferrari still does. In a … (View Post)

That ignores any people yet to be born. All the stuff about differently-sized infinities is one of the reasons I ended up in physics not maths. (View Post)