That 22 billion is very close to the 24 billion Green industry and growth plan that Miliband was working on for three years. Odd, I would say. (View Post)

I would see it rather differently, in that I think that our world-leading Universities are essentially what remains of Enlightenment Britain before a facile cult of anti-intellectualism swept through… (View Post)

With the current level of global escalation, and the increasing cooperation of the BRICs, I don't think there's any alternative to some form of very toughly negotiated de-escalation. Neither Russia o… (View Post)

I wouldn't personally describe it as a post-1960's phenomenon. The 1960"s and 1970s BBC was often leftwing, but also creatively and intellectually ambitious. Joan Bakewell in her miniskirt inter… (View Post)

Morning, PB. The BRICS are dominating global social media, partly through actual events, and partly through bots. I don't think I've seen this extent of non-Western alliance since the Cold War. The W… (View Post)