More importantly, there will be a chunky apparatus of the state. They could put up a huge "Mission Accomplished" sign and take the rest of the year off, but that seems optimistic. (View Post)

A nation can have absolute sovereignty, if it really wants. But it's the sovereignty of a teenager who has stormed off to their room and slammed the door. The absolute sovereignty of North Korea… (View Post)

If Farage gets his way on coal, we may have to. (View Post)

Me? Clarkite one nation Thatcherite who thinks it's a shame that The Lady undermined so much of what she achieved? Give over. (View Post)

Nah, because the main people to benefit will be the geo-surveyors who will say "yes, there are hydrocarbons down there but they will cost a fortune to extract and it won't be viable." … (View Post)