"I understand the feeling that the country used to belong to 'us' and now no longer does. It seems to belong variously to the EU, to immigrants, to the 'metropolitan elite', to the bankers, to 'the socialists', and so on. People just have to accept the fact that the country changes and doesn't belong to anyone. Influence waxes and wanes."
By RDerby on Political folly of pandering to fears that are over imagined

"Space programmes will always involve failure, and while these look ugly politically and in the press, they are part of the process. I hope the failure of this launch comes down to technical details (so we can improve future launches) and was not caused because executives or staff members skipped necessary procedures to save money."
By Moogle on Rocket explosion destroys ISS mission