They both seem to be adherents of the Pleasure Principle: any activity that gives pleasure must be curtailed on principle. (View Post)

I rather miss Alastair, but he's too fastidious for this raucous site. By contrast a private blog with infinite space and nine loyal "followers" is very heaven. (View Post)

Future parliaments will be bound by the current one for a very very long time thanks to gettingbrexitdone. (I love these new-fangled compound nouns. No-one can say they're a waste of space.) (View Post)

I used to know Piers, vaguely, when he was a squatters' leader in Elgin Avenue back in the 70s. Anyone who can lead squatters deserves mention in the same hushed tones as Hannibal or Field Marsh… (View Post)

With a 4% confidence interval. (View Post)