In the 24 hours since the end of the mid-term election, we’ve all had plenty of time to catch our breath and reflect on a few things.  I’m just kidding, there’s been a mass shooting in California, Trump has fired Jeff Sessions with a view to escaping the closing jaws of the Mueller probe, and…

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The problem with conspiracy theories is that the world is, broadly speaking, exactly the way it seems to the average person. This was hammered home recently when the Russian government attempted to assassinate a former KGB mole in the UK. There are people out there who would have you believe that the nefarious Russians would…

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There’s some good news for people in the UK, amongst the ongoing depression of Brexit, freak winter weather and the inherent glumness that comes with being British. You may remember that about ten years ago there was what economists call a “complete financial disaster of Biblical proportions.” It was in all the papers, which a…

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