The Chamberlain comparison is guff. Militarily we are not ready to make the sort of stand Chamberlain should have done. Thus appeasement in the short term is the right strategy. The only relevant que… (View Post)

I am sure on a board of fellow nerds, there will be some other aficionados of Bostrom's simulation argument (https://simulation-argument.com/). Whilst indulging in a gentle lament that I no longer ha… (View Post)

... To be frank, I increasingly feel I don't have a team. Take the aid/defence decision as one example. I can see it is good politics and has gone down well with you eminently sensible chaps on here.… (View Post)

Or see also the sort of person who imagines imaginary men composed mostly of straw. (View Post)

But as someone else said it would need to be cross - party I think. You'd hope both Starmer and Badenoch could get together to agree a cross party approach - it has pretty widespread support across t… (View Post)