Just switched on the BBC News Channel and a reporter standing in the middle of Carpentras in France is informing us that the hot weather is impelling people to buy ice creams. (View Post)

Long time Labour activist in Richmond upon Thames Barnaby Marder has announced his resignation from the Labour Party on the Vote2012 forum in response to the Chris Williamson re-admittance. (View Post)

O/T My favourite essayist Anthony Daniels has written an article about cricket. https://quadrant.org.au/magazine/2019/05/the-blue-skies-of-sporting-memory/ (View Post)

"My suspicions were aroused as soon as I saw the set. The five Tories had been placed on high stools with their legs dangling beneath them. If you want to make someone look like a prat, there is… (View Post)

I was looking at some photos of my family from the 80s the other day and we were all as thin as sticks. We didn't think of ourselves as thin at the time, though. Most people were like that. (View Post)