FIFA currently has 211 members, so only need another 45. Vatican City doesn't have a squad. Bougainville will be an independent nation soon(ish). New Caledonia could be too and probably should h… (View Post)

I believe that they can’t stop him standing in a by-election and any unspent suspension is voided by being re-election. So, no. To stop Farage standing, he needs to be found guilty of breaking electi… (View Post)

One thing I found interesting from the COVID Inquiry is how clear it was that Johnson was *not* cowed by even his own advisers at times. I think it is a mistake to underestimate the government's… (View Post)

Do you accept that there have been a large number of randomised controlled trials of the vaccines that provide direct evidence that they work? (View Post)

Much of the compressed timeline was just about organising the research more quickly, not changing the design of the trials. But, yes, there was an initial shorter follow-up to track effects in some t… (View Post)