Of course the parallels could be herioc defeat of Norway followed by heroic defeat to France soon after. But... the Bayeux Tapestry doesn't mention the Norwegians, the gap was 19 days not 4 days… (View Post)

23C max in our house now (24C max today) thanks to an air source heat pump + underfloor heating... in cooling mode. Works a treat. (View Post)

Changing the subject: Can Morocco beat France tonight? (View Post)

This nails it. 'Living standards rising more slowly' is being perceived as 'living standards falling' by large chunks of the voting public across the West and they don't like… (View Post)

Great Threader @rottenborough. Really enjoyed it, partly due to schadenfreude of course but also because it's really crisply and wittily written. Nice one! (View Post)