And I'm sure you won't find any lectures from them, so you can relax. I'm just trying to answer the question of whether monarchies or republics are more popular. So far as I can tell, … (View Post)

The "President Blair riposte" is just seems daft to me. I think it might be because a lot of people in Britain when they hear the word "president" don't get any further than … (View Post)

Apparently not: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tony-blair-knighthood-poll-petition-starmer-b1986814.html "Voters are overwhelmingly opposed to the decision to grant Tony Blair a … (View Post)

I suspect the whole thing is just a publicity stunt. The judges knew it was AI, and knew if they gave it a prize people would be talking about these awards that otherwise don't get any attention. (View Post)

For NRW to abolish different kinds of schools, or for the UK to adopt the German system, would both require a lot of work, so probably not a good idea in either case. Here there is a distinction that… (View Post)