There's no shame in a small nation with little geopolitical power being irrelevant in an international crisis. The usual boring criticism is that the UK hasn't adjusted to its irrelevance on the worl… (View Post)

Sometimes the best leaders are those who never wanted to become leaders. (View Post)

The paucity of talent is, to me, rather frightening. Who could blame voters for looking elsewhere to possibly questionable parties. (View Post)

One time I was on a train through Swindon going west, a chap asked me if the old walls there were "the castle". Turned out he thought it might be Tintagel. (View Post)

Maybe the buffet car has a corkscrew. (View Post)