The COVID Inquiry has concluded that Johnson generally was too optimistic and went for control measures too late, with the upshot that they then had to be in place for longer. (View Post)

The US and Israel said they had obliterated Iran's nuclear programme a few months ago. Now they say an attack was imminent. One of these statements has to be wrong, probably both. (View Post)

So, that seems like a good argument for... a) More enforcement b) Less subcontracting as a mechanism to avoid responsbility Rather than an argument for less process. (View Post)

It's the same identity ascribed to him in 2008 reporting, so I think the headline is overegging the reveal. (View Post)

I teach postgrad students statistics by getting them to flip coins... but I have to bring in coins now because most of them don't have any. (View Post)