A friend once explained how American understanding of the Irish situation is 100% wrong. The common belief is that the North wants to join the South, the South wants to have the North and it’s the Br… (View Post)

An SNP staffer tweets: I hate to do this. But I have been blocked by Kate Forbes for my comment. This is unacceptable during a democratic leadership contest. Please engage in respectful dialogue and … (View Post)

FYI, two reasons for the current shortage of some out-of-season fruit & veg: 1. bad weather in southern Europe and North Africa (h/t British Retail Consortium) 2. high cost of energy (British Tom… (View Post)

Anyone else having problems with outlook/hotmail? Junk mail appears to have stopped working and everything is ending up in my inbox. No I do not want funeral insurance nor am interested in adult inco… (View Post)

If pressed, I have some sympathy for Sunak. The DUP cannot accept any realistically negotiable outcome (because of losing votes to the TUV) & nor can some Tory MPs because they're purists or… (View Post)