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)

In my experience military officers, though not exactly pacifists, are almost invariably anti-war. If pacifist students want to make freshers' fair a safe space it's the politicians they nee… (View Post)

Interesting counterfactual, but such a narrow margin wouldn't have settled it. The options are asymmetric: leave means leave but remain means try again. (View Post)

This is what happens when grown-ups follow the advice to "eff off and join the Tories", taking their supporters with them. (View Post)

Mrs Soup and I were invited to a mourning party but decided to stay away in case it turned into a Jonesville-style massacre as the assembled glitterati whipped themselves into a fury and concluded th… (View Post)