Seems a little cruel and unusual for the other monks to be punished that way. (View Post)

Quarter of a century ago I'd lug my brick-heavy Powerbook 100 down to Barnes & Noble in Palm Beach at 7am to swop badinage with London clients. "What would Uncle Sam think, if only he know?&… (View Post)

ISTR he described David Steel going from bright young thing to elder statesman with nothing in between. (View Post)

Strictly speaking I think he said 'turkeys voting for an early Christmas'. (View Post)

The 1979 confidence debate was conducted with gravitas and decorum by MPs worthy of their office. We shall not see their like again. (View Post)