Like a lot of bad legislation it sounds like something a civil servant has been itching to do for years, patiently waiting for a minister with no ideas of their own. (View Post)

It's hard to judge from a headline, but surely La Repubblica's argument is that it is shameful for the UK to treat Europeans the same way as, say, Africans? (View Post)

Radio Suisse Classic is better. It pumps out proper classical music (not movie scores) on the Internet 24/7 without ads and you can chose to listen to the announcements in French, German or Italian -… (View Post)

The logical development of Boris's Bridge Too Far would be to link it to HS2 Phase 4, offering a seamless rail connection from London to Dublin taking, I dunno, 15 hours? But force passengers fr… (View Post)

Petrol stations and charging points are two completely different things and there's no reason why the former should steadily morph into the latter. Why would nice people go to a "petrol sta… (View Post)