This one was probably inviting too many qualitative answers for easy adjudication, but here goes.  First, the factual aspects : 1. Name of ...

Last year I noted the Top Six locations for C@W hits, as follows (in descending order): Hong Kong / China / USA / Singapore / UK / Norway 20...

Not only do human beings have a marked propensity to believe in perpetual motion machines, nuclear fusion, price forecasts and sure-fire be...

There's something very deep in human psychology that encourages people to believe in magic swords, universal elixirs, price forecasts, p...

Canary Wharf: cornerstone  Following on from the post about the 'predictions market' & how various attempts to make financial m...

As fans of open markets, generally speaking, what do we make of the soi-disant "predictions market"? in which the firm Kalshi has ...

Part 1 was a qualitative summary of what the SZC deal looks like.  It isn't difficult to find more exact details - Mr W has provided sev...

Spoiler alert: nobody knows ; and it's not clear anyone cares who has agency in the matter[1].  We've written about aspects of this ...

First things first: Jim wins the compo for most correct guesse s at Budget content - by a decent margin, too.  Well done that man.  A (very...

As we await the Budget: our learned visitor Mr Wendland asked for a post on SZC and its subsidy regim e. I've done the reading, sir, and...

If taken at face value, the 28-point plan is clever[1].  In my assessment there's only one clause that, pragmatically speaking, should g...

Has any politician from any parliamentary party - I include Reform - spoken so plainly and indeed bluntly in Parliament on the topic of ille...

Cards on the table: I am a big supporter of an idealised concept of what the BBC can be at its best. But, boy, do they inflict damage on the...

The whole Mamdani phenomenon is quite exceptionally interesting, n'est-ce pas ?  The Left, Greens and progressives generally, everywher...

A favourite endeavour of mine.  And this video is really worth watching.  Periodically, we have visitors around here who side with the pro-R...

With the Budget looking to be one helluva political set piece drama, it's time for C@W to predict the content.  She's gonna do somet...

Here's something that's worth an hour of anyone's time: an intelligent(ish) interview with the super-intelligent Martin Wolf, FT...

The amusing and long-running tale continues of the luxury 7-bedroom Croydon houses being offered with no garages and profoundly awkward ve...

As our friend Mr Hēméra kindly pointed out BTL yesterday, my vision of a single small-boater being recycled endlessly between France & D...

Last week before a Select Committee, a bunch of genuine energy industry experts effectively demolished Miliband's plans - at least in hi...