<cough>Holyrood</cough> I like the idea of devolving power, in theory. The problem isn’t devolution per se, it’s duplication. We rarely remove a layer of government when we create another… (View Post)

People hate a postcode lottery when they’re told it’s a one-size-fits-all national service. If power and money were genuinely devolved, I suspect people would, if not welcome the lottery, at least un… (View Post)

Your analogy breaks down, Nick, when one considers the following The crucial difference is that the landlord of a pub doesn’t: - algorithmically amplify the loudest conversations, - recommend them to… (View Post)

I've lived in Leith for ~25 years and seen massive change. I was at the opening party for a new hip bar on Leith walk back in 2004, it had taken over the site of an old-mans-pub, during the even… (View Post)

By that logic there are no ethnic groups anywhere. Every European people is the product of centuries of migration and admixture. Ethnicity isn’t about genetic purity, it’s about descent from a histor… (View Post)