Best wishes with your health, Cyclefree. Your summary of the Inquiry’s probable conclusions is persuasive, as is your proposal for what Starmer should have done. (View Post)

There was a revolution in Iran because the Shah was corrupt and the SAVAK, the secret police, so brutal. But the revolution made things worse, as revolutions often do, contrary to your chaos theory. (View Post)

Well, the Shah and his relatives became very wealthy… (View Post)

I’ve got one of these (in red): https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/126696223847 Takes a bit of getting used to (about 6 months). (View Post)

Not true. What they require is a sensible approach, as opposed to endless penny-pinching and trying to operate everything at 100%, wasteful “marketisation”, and inefficient contacting out. (View Post)