Speaking as someone who is in the Thames Water area and would quite like to have continued access to potable water, I'm not sure liquidation is the appropriate way of managing this. An administrator … (View Post)

Since we seem to be going for a historical theme - and in keeping with the topic of alcoholism: Tomorrow is the anniversary of the Battle of Margate, in which an English fleet spotted a poorly defend… (View Post)

A bit late, since the new thread is up, but just wanted to thank Mike for running this site for 20 years. This is the only place where people of different sides seriously engage with the position of … (View Post)

That may be the legal status, but that shouldn't stop us regarding it as something which they should be pressured to stop doing. Unless you're fine with it, of course. Ultimately I don't think it wil… (View Post)

It does feel like something has shifted recently in that the humanitarian situation has become unignorable. To the extent that: * Israeli Human rights organisations are saying that their own govt isn… (View Post)