2,000 years ago, Indians were already mastering zeros, negative numbers, algebra, and complex equations, as the 3rd century CE Bakshali manuscript reveals. #Archaeology

The crypto market explained in a few seconds.

John Swinney won't tell us his cunning plan for independence after he wins 65 MSPs next year. He is a sphinx without a riddle. thetimes.com/uk/scotland/ar…

Amusingly, on these criteria the Scottish National Party is fascist - which shows how ridiculous this definition is.

ICYMI

The SNP conference was a masterclass in political theatre, a desperate effort to differentiate itself from Westminster. But voters north of the border share the same frustrations, writes Iain Macwhirter👇 buff.ly/RRZS4RB

"The problems of the 21st century are overwhelmingly the problems of success. We struggle with the chaotic superabundance of information; our ancestors were haunted by ignorance. We have to cope with the tragic consequences of humanity’s too-efficient exploitation of the planet’s

Wait till they start looking at loft insulation.

NHS Hospital records are the most reliable indicator of knife attacks. They show a trend rather different to the social-media narrative about London...

London murders have fallen to the lowest on record. Knife crime, too, is falling fast. What's going on? My look at what the data does (and doesn't) say. comment.press/lm2

The Decline of the English Murder.

The SNP are taking the biscuit. They chose to turn Glasgow into sanctuary for asylum seekers through their own virtue-signalling policies, and now they want the Home Office to bail them out. It’s the same old story - grandstanding about compassion, then crying foul when the bill

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Susan Aitken Scottish Labour Susan, no need for personal insults. I helped set up one of the UK's most successful refugee programmes - I know what real collaboration looks like. It means working with others and managing integration in a sustainable way, not virtuous grandstanding and then blaming everyone

A Labour MP speaks.

Greens have Labour in their sights? We are in a different world. Corbyn’s “Your Party” (sic) must be furious. This could’ve been them if they hadn’t decided to split, moronically, even before they’d launched.

With Israel Withdrawal, Hamas Finally Able To Conduct Public Executions In Peace buff.ly/1bFHZgH

Labour’s favourite tax specialist.

The arguments for a wealth tax sound compelling until you actually examine them. It’s actually sad that this is all the left have to offer nowadays.

“Using porcelain to interrogate constructed ideologies of whiteness and empire” Academics are their own worst enemies. thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…