PIPs have gone up. My response to this putative private sector manager is to ask why the proportion of people swinging of the lead has gone up a lot. Why are people supposedly skiving more? (View Post)

Soil? This is London. There's concrete and asphalt. I agree with David Aaronovitch's brother, who wrote in his novel "Moon Over Soho": (View Post)

It's very different since the Clean Air Acts. Although air pollution is still estimated to kill 30k in the UK per year. (View Post)

The Suffragettes were definitely terrorists. They called their actions terrorism. Everyone else called their actions terrorism. They even inspired the IRA. It was only after the event that those who … (View Post)

. Russia is stuck in a war with Ukraine. Trump has pulled support for Ukraine. That puts Russia in a stronger position. You know this, William. Don't play dumb. We know you're not. It's just getting … (View Post)