Some important caveats... 1) People are really bad at working out how they might respond to changes like this 2) We don't know what other impacts a new leader might have (divide/unite the party,… (View Post)

Morning to all parents counting down the hours for it to be tolerable to wake up your teenagers. Oh how the tables have turned. https://twitter.com/jessphillips/status/1474638299671240709?s=20 (View Post)

Merry Christmas to one and all and here's to a better 2022! More anecdata, brother, 60s Australia with "head cold" did LFT - positive, ditto friend, South Africa. There's a lot of… (View Post)

Earlier today there was discussion over why the French would remotely consider producing champagne in pint bottles for the UK….. Because we’re their biggest market? Bigger than the US. Not in per cap… (View Post)

What did the Romans ever do for us? Vines have been grown in England since Roman times for winemaking. The Doomsday book refers to over 42 vineyards in Southern England at the end of the 11th Century… (View Post)