The question is -- *are* they loyalists, or are they simply MPs who don't currently see a convincingly better alternative? The former won't change their minds, but the latter could well be … (View Post)

I think this is where we get into the difference between moderate amounts of relative inequality (as between a comfortably well-off small business owner and one of their employees, for example) and e… (View Post)

Yes; in 1995 or 96 I was at university when my grandfather died; my parents had to phone the college to get them to leave me a written note to call home on the payphone so they could let me know... (View Post)

Apple are very opinionated -- they tend to not offer the user choices but instead to say "this is what we think is best, and that's how it's going to work". If as a user you don&#… (View Post)

Yes, I thought at the time that Parliamentary procedure's daft insistence that everything must be formulated as a set of yes/no questions was incredibly unhelpful. Do any other countries use sys… (View Post)