Thank you @Cyclefree - I hope all is well with you. The house is going pretty well thanks, we've reached the interior fit-out now: floor tiling, bathrooms, electrics, kitchen, internal doors, etc... … (View Post)

I was assisting with graduate recruitment for a well-known insurance company in the early 1990s. Chair of the committee, regarding a very solid candidate: "But his father was a lorry driver, is … (View Post)

His point still stands though. Which is why his statement has never and will never be held against him by the vast majority of the public. Still, keep whistling into that gale if you want to. (View Post)

Well here's the thing. Most of us on PB think we could do better don't we? I know I do. 2-3 years as PM to turn this round and establish Pointernomics as the pattern for the next 30 years, then back … (View Post)

'Lanyard class' like a lot of similar labels, is meaningless junk. One of the stupidest such labels is 'the elite', which really means 'people I don't like'; it's used extensively by many who themsel… (View Post)