It is apparently 0.3% of the total farmed area in the East Midlands (from back-of-the-envelope math), so maybe? On the other hand: is this good productive farmland, or low-quality lousy farmland? And… (View Post)

Mmm, that for me is one of the big unknowns -- to what extent is Truss going to push through with stuff she believes in or has said, and to what extent is are we going to see a lot of kite-flying tha… (View Post)

...was it a tied house ? (View Post)

I think the intuition underlying this idea (which I have sympathy with) is that as humans we know that when we play chess we are doing so as a specific application of our general intelligence and pro… (View Post)

The bit about housing is particularly disheartening. The Tories have a manifesto commitment to build much more housing. Truss is, we are told, a vocal Yimby and in favour of planning reform. And yet … (View Post)