Also, it's not like there's a massive field of clearly better choices -- the LDs have 15 MPs, and it would probably be a bad idea to pick one of the four who got in via by-election. So I th… (View Post)

True, but as a society I think we should have preferences about where the risk ends up. In particular I think it's better if we design systems and regulations so that significant risks and espec… (View Post)

It is being reported a bit, but it seems more like as foreign/business news. This is Newsweek Japan, for instance: https://www.newsweekjapan.jp/kimura/2023/03/post-210_1.php which leads off the story… (View Post)

As a fellow middle class comprehensive school educated Cambridge student, that stuff really didn't make much impression on me (mid 1990s). It was totally and easily possible to just turn up to l… (View Post)

"Early enough" would have to be about six months ago, though. The window for Biden to pull out under any circumstances short of "major health issues" is long closed. (View Post)