For the last 12 months the government have been steering a course between those who wanted to act sooner and harder and those who wanted to wait and see. They were always constrained by the fear of s… (View Post)

It clearly did you no harm. Thanks for an excellent header. But I'm not too sure about "sophomore surge". To my ears it sounds too much like libidinous US college fratboys eyeing up ne… (View Post)

They could get on with the day-to-day business of running the country instead of investing all their energy in a divisive constitutional issue. It isn't as if we don't know what happens nex… (View Post)

One of my modest money-saving schemes is to have a huge sign saying "Araf" at every border crossing. Then it wouldn't be necessary to paint it on the road every 200 yards. (View Post)

Ceefax was unleashed in 1974. I penned an article at the time complaining about the monopolistic nature of the technology, arguing that the world needed more diverse sources of information, not less.… (View Post)