Ex librarian, ex it support operative, ex science fiction fan. Most recently self-employed, now self funded retiree. Market socialist. Doughnut economist
@RezOmbro@John__Donegan@GrogsGamut Certainly Brexit will have a profound effect on the UK (the country may cease to exist). In terms of pan European co-operation the effect will be bad, but it will fly under the radar.
The jury is not still out on man-made #climatechange, but it is certainly still out on whether switching from coal to gas reduces emissions. Nobody in the media ever calls this out when #ScottyFromMarketing and his gas industry mates make this blythe assumption #auspol
Apparently #JoFry’s only metric of whether a leader is successful or not is if they get re-elected. How about if they do a good job for all their citizens? On that measure Thatcher and Reagan were abject failures. We are still paying for their failures. #auspol
@lionheartleojai He has the soul of a policeman (a particularly bad one, granted). Of course he doesn’t believe that people he regards as bad should have recourse to the law. That isn’t what it’s for. It’s for locking people up.
@BernardOMalley5@YaThinkN Why should rich people get a tax deduction for donating money to an organisation that exclusively promotes their interests and otherwise does nothing useful?