Among Us shows the joy of sociable gaming violence
I’m old enough to recall when the establishment was opposed to video gaming. Derided as the hobby of nerdy teenage boys, the links to anti-social behaviou...
Author: Jimmy Nicholls
Writes somewhat about British politics and associated matters. Contact jimmy@rightdishonourable.com
Biden’s odds of completing his first term aren’t that different to Trump’s
It is less common than it should be for pundits to lay out predictions in a falsifiable way. Many are simply overconfident about what can be guessed about the f...
Calling Trump a fascist is a bad idea
Our politics have an unhappy habit of falling into language debates during crises. You’ll recall – and I won’t tire of repeating – the kerfuffle abo...
Online voting is no fix for Covid-19 elections, or any others
In the past fortnight we’ve heard suggestions that the local elections scheduled for 6 May will be delayed, some for the second time since the Covid-19 pa...
Will Boris Johnson fight the next general election? (Part 3)
Last year I calculated that the base rate for sitting prime ministers’ odds of fighting the next general election is lower than you might expect. When the...