Yup, that's the root of the problem. The clue is that the other institutions much beloved of the British, the BBC and the monarchy, are also exceedingly bad. (View Post)

On topic, this take on the British government's performance is obviously correct and it's good to see people finally start to critically assess the emperor's fashion choices. The next … (View Post)

OT I've been watching Hunan TV while trying to urgently learn Chinese so I can try to work out WTF is going on in the world - it's one of the only channels I can find get online that has (C… (View Post)

I'm sure that's right, and it's a genuinely hard problem; The classic fail case being when the Japanese government announced they'd be reopening schools, and everyone else took th… (View Post)

Could be the old "ask them when their birthday is" trick (View Post)