Not sure the Lib Dems can afford to quite so sanguine! Those Parliamentary results last night were dreadful for the Lib Dems - less than 5% in each, and two more lost deposits. That doesn't gene… (View Post)

I have just seen what Cookie and Bondegezou have been getting up to down-thread. Great idea! In the same spirit I've got a tenner that says the Liberal Democrat will win in Rochdale on 29 Februa… (View Post)

Just seen the sad news on the previous thread. like Peter_the_Punter I have been on this site from almost the beginning - certainly since 2005, and it's been a major source of enjoyment, educati… (View Post)

Oops, my mistake - it's a skein of geese in flight, not a flight. (View Post)

The trouble with "flock" is that it might be the wrong collective noun. As any fule kno, geese on the water are a flotilla, and in the air they are a flight. It's only on the ground th… (View Post)