Two biggies. One is the degree of investment that goes into maximising the addictive properties of SM. The other is the bitesize nature of SM texts compared with magazine articles. That makes policin… (View Post)

Any chance that both Farage and Lowe can lose from here? (View Post)

Up to a point, Lord Copper. Obviously, part of the job of a teacher is to be inspiring, engaging, yada yada. The difference is that the competition is much more unbalanced than it was in the 1980s. S… (View Post)

Astronauts tend to be boring. But depending on the state of the Union in 2028, boring might be just the job. If there is a Union in 2028 and it's still having competitive elections. (View Post)

The catch is that, if you want the most effective explorers of space, you don't use humans at all- you use robots. Or better still, remote sensing. Manned spaceflight largely is an expensive PR … (View Post)