The problem is that most of the people who support fracking have very little idea of what is involved. And, I'm not talking about environmental impact or net zero. I'm talking about the fac… (View Post)

Indeed: I look forward to using using the same line when someone is brutally attacked on the streets of London. "Well, he wasn't actually murdered." (View Post)

It's perfectly possible to believe that (a) Hamas are evil, and (b) some of the actions of the IDF (and the Netanyahu regime) have crossed the line. (View Post)

On the subject of flags, I think the French and the Americans do it better. They are visibly proud of their country, in a way we in Britain are not. This is not to imply that Britain has at all times… (View Post)

Ummm: didn't life expectancy initially take a dive with the industrial revolution? And it was only later, when cities began to invest in sewage and clean water and the like, that it actually res… (View Post)