Presumably that means freezing the state pension but triple-locking pension credits (which are, of course, means tested). It's not a bad idea but it would hurt millions of marginal cases. I don&… (View Post)

Once had a row with an author over the position of the "period" before or after the close quotes. She was, of course, "American." I, on the other hand, am "British". (View Post)

So the Ukraine-China border becomes a reality? (View Post)

Another unfortunate case of nominative determinism: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2pddz529eo (View Post)

Someone sent me an email recently that finished with the legend "Pronouns: She, Her". So I concluded my reply with "Pronouns: I, Me". I'm really getting into the swing of thi… (View Post)