My own opinion (which I accept is somewhat unpopular) is that Grade 2 listing should be (mainly) abolished. Retain Grade 1. Retain Grade 2*. Retain Grade 2 for monuments. Delete all the other Grade 2… (View Post)

. Easy thing not to know, really. I got caught out on numbers like that about a decade ago and became very careful about checking ever since. We should probably expect some media commentators and/or … (View Post)

Have they got a thousand councillors defending their seats? Looking at the numbers up for election, there are a grand total of 2,565 seats up for grabs. Two cycles ago (because the 2020 cycle was wra… (View Post)

FPT: It's very interesting how different people see different cases as being really bad. For me, the classified documents one is far bigger than the fraud one. Yes, people go to jail for falsifying v… (View Post)

It's very interesting how different people see different cases as being really bad. For me, the classified documents one is far bigger than the fraud one. Yes, people go to jail for falsifying valuat… (View Post)