Since 1944, humanity has been discovering mortal perils at a troubling rate. The Second World War, of course, was ended partly by the first offensive use of the nuclear bomb. Following the war, the US and the USSR amassed vast stockpiles of ever-more powerful warheads, with the Soviets also embarking on a massive biological weapons […]
Think, for a moment, on Britain’s state capacity: that is, the ability of the government to get shit done. I doubt you would give it full marks. But there are two ways, really, to look at this situation. Recall the dress that was thought, simultaneously, to be blue-black and white-gold. In the same way, we […]
A third runway for Heathrow; the construction of several reservoirs; a ‘growth corridor’ between Oxford and Cambridge. These are some of the projects that, as of last week, have the public backing of the Chancellor. Is it thin gruel that Rachel Reeves is serving us? It is certainly overdue gruel. Those projects have been in […]
