If we want net zero, we want two things: 1) Oil and gas prices to rise substantially; 2) The cost of electricity from renewables to crater so they become the cheaper and more secure option. The fact … (View Post)

There might also be a difficulty that legally the government is still obliged to build the line from Handsacre to Crewe. But since it would require an Act of Parliament to build the line from Crewe t… (View Post)

FPT It may sound like a good theory but it isn't correct. In fact, clerical celibacy was a comparatively late development, only being enforced in Western Europe from the twelfth century onwards … (View Post)

So did I, and I didn’t see that. I saw somebody laughing in both amusement and bemusement as Trump came out with one crazy, manifest lie after another expressed in barely coherent English. (View Post)

Other way round, surely? His best hope of reversing that jump in Harris’ leads is by having another debate. Especially since not doing so makes him look frit. (View Post)