The wikipedia page says that "Gillick competence" has always been about the under-16s. For 16-18 the assumption is that the young person has the choice to give consent or not. https://www.n… (View Post)

What? Canada did mix-n-match of AZ and Pfizer for 1st and 2nd doses starting in June or thereabouts. (View Post)

It's not clear to me that 80 billion pounds of savings very unevenly distributed has the same benefit as 80 billion pounds of savings evenly distributed, though. The latter means everybody has a… (View Post)

Mmm, but if you're not used to it and don't have much experience beyond absolute basics it can be a bit daunting. As somebody who never has cooked much I don't have the cupboard full o… (View Post)

Well, yes and no. I'm one of that group of post-2015 members -- but I'd been consistently voting LD for 20 years before that. The post-2015 events were just the trigger for me to actually g… (View Post)