As with all things the age for voting was a descendent of previous decisions over a thousand years. There were certainly peers who took their seats in the House of Lords at 16 before I guess 1689, no… (View Post)

Probably not a bad thing - he was certainly competent. It is a skill all the front bench need and the short timescale means there is no danger of overthinking it. Also the person doing it will be les… (View Post)

Sir Humphrey: (says something in Latin, possibly "Tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis" – meaning "Times change, and we change with them.") Jim Hacker: "Sorry, what does… (View Post)

Sometimes it's adult to admit you are a Labour Party Troll who would justify any policy if the great one deemed it necessary, including judicial murder (View Post)

They are quite different from these. I have one Romano British wall on my farm. They are obvioulsy round cobbled stones, this is dressed quarried stone from the 19th C. There are very few walls of an… (View Post)