The oddest thing about the 1987 storm was that a random civilian took the trouble to call the Met Office and predict a hurricane and instead of just saying 'thanks, we'll let you know'… (View Post)

They'll be bleeping out a lot of 'flipping hecks'. (View Post)

Labour's 'big tent' policy finally comes to grief. (View Post)

Two dominant parties do their political work in the open air before an election and offer the voters a choice of programmes. Multi-parties campaign for a variety of special issues then cook up a deal… (View Post)

The second chamber should be reserved for experts in useful subjects. That would necessarily exclude bishops, priests, rabbis, imams, sufis, yogis and door-to-door Mormons. Have I forgotten anyone? D… (View Post)