Fortunately Ofgem and the National Grid provide comprehensive data on blackouts, through two sets of metrics: CI (Customer Interruptions): how many interruptions occur per 100 customers each year, fo… (View Post)

That Janan article in the FT is excellent. (View Post)

For some reason, when I read @Leon's posts regarding imminent revolution and civil war, my mind immediately goes to Citizen Smith. (View Post)

That's the Massie book? I read it 30 years ago, and it is seared into my memory. With the said, I think you are being harsh to some of commenters. It is hard to think of anyone who has been more… (View Post)

It is - of course - worth remembering that British foreign policy for the last 500 years has been to avoid a European continental hegemon emerging. It led to us fighting in the War of the Spanish Suc… (View Post)