On topic: in political punting (absent a data edge) there's often 2 ways to assess the chances of X happening. The bottoms up micro analytical way. What you do here is work out the chain of even… (View Post)

Yes, I sort of agree. The body of work of each PBer (esp the deeper ones) can take on new and different meanings as the world in which it resides evolves. I'd give an example but I don't th… (View Post)

Indeed and I'm not. In an ideal world the skin colour or ethnicity of a suspect wouldn't be released unless there was a compelling reason for it - ie the opposite of where we are - but this… (View Post)

Why do people so often have to accompany appreciation for a sport with the dissing of another one? That's what baffles me. But anyway, ok. Too tetchy. Let's play Back Home again and go to b… (View Post)

It's like this, I think. These days the police feel they have to disclose the suspect is white - if he is - so as to stop all the racists oiling up for a rumpus. The cry then goes up, "ha, … (View Post)