Maybe scaling has finally hit a wall and isn't giving good returns on performance any more? In which case, there's rather a lot of tech investment that is going to look horrendous... (View Post)

Keep seeing stories like this... the Met really seems broken. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/aug/04/met-arrest-woman-after-facebook-posts-about-her-ex-partner-a-serving-officer (View Post)

Yes, and incredibly BMA appear to be campaigning to make it worse! (View Post)

Delighted to see we are recognising Palestine. Overdue. Presumably Starmer was running this by Trump in Scotland and taking his temperature. Will be incredibly impressive if he manages to shift the U… (View Post)

On pubs, I don't have data but certainly have impression that they have gotten a lot larger. Probably the economics are a lot better, both in terms of economies of scale but also being able to meet h… (View Post)