Rural Oxfordshire. First time ever seeing the aurora after years of fruitless effort. Huge grin on my face this evening to be sure. (View Post)

Agree. The dominant narrative was "it was the neoliberalism wot won it" so let's give 'em it full force. Re Jeffrey Sachs: it's an interesting thought experiment to imagine what might have … (View Post)

The attraction of communism is that (in theory) it does offer that responsibility ("from each according to his ability, etc."). In practice it just leads to despotism by whoever seizes the … (View Post)

Lea Ypi's 'Free' is one of those book (along with 'The Collapse' by Mary Elise Sarotte) that dramatically makes you shift your understanding about the end of the Cold War and gives some deeper unders… (View Post)

Genuine question (assuming you weren't just taking the p*ss with that list): GB has arguably the best wind and wave energy resources of any European nation. Why not use those - they're free? Plus tha… (View Post)