In 1420 an international treaty with the French agreed that Henry V or his heirs should succeed to the French throne upon the death of Charles VI. The French subsequently reneged on their internation… (View Post)

Regarding universities, the decision to allow students to return to campuses ranks right up there with some of the worst decisions taken during the epidemic. Yes to try and rescue the situation I wou… (View Post)

Yes, that's the issue. Back in the Spring, hospitality businesses had a year's rate relief, plus a grant, plus furlough costs for staff at no cost to the business. This was supposed to be enough to b… (View Post)

What you are missing is that when polls get an election systematically wrong, there is usually a polling inquest resulting in adjustments being made to the methodology that rule out a repeat. The US … (View Post)

You're probably right in that. The Boston Herald says: "In two days of polling before Trump got COVID, the president trailed Biden by just a 46%-41% margin. In the three days of polling after th… (View Post)