It's also what happens when you overdo the doctrine of "the will of the people, expressed through Parliament, is supreme". Parliament can pass a law saying anything it likes. Doesn… (View Post)

Not just Britain. It's human. Does mean that the concentration of business power in a shrinking number of hands is a problem. The more people and places that have power to offer interesting jobs… (View Post)

Passed in 2023, though the current government presumably had the options of reform or repeal. (View Post)

There's a fair bit of confounding on the relationship between any sort of success and IQ. Desire is probably more important, and many of the smartest people have decided to play a different game… (View Post)

Some bad news. We could do with him right now. Tom Lehrer, the sardonic singer-songwriter-pianist who rose to national fame after his dark, tartly funny topical songs were used on the comedic ‘60s TV… (View Post)