Aliyev’s comments are short-sighted, delusional bollocks but… have you never had a candle as a gift?

“customers weren’t willing to pay for the added cost of cleaner fossil fuels.” says CEO of company that made $36 billion in profits last year.

This one is ok

This article is from 2009, of course.

Whilst I am sympathetic to the overall aim of this, things like this:

She would have expected people to name figures such as Quintus Lollius Urbicus, who became governor of Roman Britain

…do stand out as being a a bit unrealisitic. I mean, how many governors of Roman Britain of any race or nationality can the typical Briton actually name? I’d be surprised if it was more than 1 and probably less than that.

And if the expectation is that anyone would know of this guy only because his chief contribution to history is “being black” then I am not sure what we are gaining here.