Doesn't that rather assume your reducing the graph to a single straight line? They obviously currently occupy more than they started with. I think they also occupy less than they did a month ago. In … (View Post)

Isn't that what generally happens in wars? You fire lots of expensive kit at the other guy's really expensive kit. There was a picture doing the rounds on twitter the other day of the smoking remains… (View Post)

Trouble is, somehow we need to engineer a house price crash without leaving half the country in negative equity. That's going to be challenging, to put it mildly. We also need to do something about p… (View Post)

I think there's also a practical issue with banning abortion except in cases of rape, as unfortunately it might well lead to a lot of allegations of rape by those seeking abortions. See also the way … (View Post)

As a counterpoint, it does also mean many many thousands of unborn babies don't die in agony. I'm not in favour of women dieing in agony, but presenting that as the only consequence of bans on aborti… (View Post)