It will certainly not provide a better service. What it will do is make central government a constraint for funding through the DfT, which essentially means the Treasury. Such pressure as there is wi… (View Post)
Of course they wanted to make her a Bishop. They knew she'd move heaven and earth to defend and protect the institution. Whatever the cost. (View Post)
The "UN" is full of vested interests, lobby groups and brutal power politics. It's not the nice international democratic rational body that everyone thinks it is. In this case, it tells you… (View Post)
My back of the envelope a few weeks ago was that, to restore our defence posture of the late 1990s (probably roundabout what we need now) and the force that goes with it, we'd need to spend 3.3-3.4% … (View Post)
Great piece, Viewcode. I suspect much of the regulation up until the 1950s was driven, in large part, because we were still quite a religious society and gambling was seen as a sin. Today's censure i… (View Post)