Indeed. And some of that is lifestyle stuff, and some of it is because a lot of people are waiting so long for medical treatment. (View Post)

No, because the people who have created these mad processes are central government. What we are seeing now is the obvious endpoint of the Thatcher-Major reforms, which weren't repudiated by Blai… (View Post)

That puts Peak London in the early 2010s. If I were making a popular history documentary, narrowing that down to 2012 would be trite, lazy... and probably accurate enough. Real improvements (cleaner … (View Post)

For that to work, the nomination threshold would need to be so high as to prevent Jenrick standing (see the October 2022 precedent). It worked to scare off Boris J, could it work on Bobby J? (View Post)

It's the "law is for little people" thing, or "international law is for little countries". In recent decades, it seems reasonable to assume that American ships can mostly go … (View Post)