And yet, after months of having politicians bore off about the importance of the referendum, still 70% of the public obdurately refuse to name it as one of the three most important issues facing the … (View Post)

Great thread header. In other news, the Irish election looks as if it will produce a chaotic result: https://twitter.com/irishtimespol/status/703352044120350720 (View Post)

Nancy Mitford wrote about how the posh (a non-U word, incidentally) spoke differently from the plebs. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_and_non-U_English (View Post)

I'm not sure that Jeremy Corbyn can take too much credit for the absence of flouncing. His opponents will have calculated that a flounce would be counterproductive at this stage. The large numbe… (View Post)

@ShippersUnbound: Cameron rejects calls for him to stay for 3rd term: "I think 10 myears is along time to be prime minister." Most think he'll be gone in 8 (View Post)