Similar for me though I'm in the same field as I was. Indeed in retirement I'm writing up a paper based on an anomaly I spotted as a student but didn't think through until more recentl… (View Post)

O/T but very nice - and specially for @JosiasJessop and @Malmesbury https://news.stv.tv/east-central/grandads-make-history-by-flying-homemade-first-world-war-fighter-plane (View Post)

The trouble to my mind is that the system is certainly inflated, partly because the Tories did so much damage to the apprenticeships (as I recall my father complaining; he had a lot to do with such t… (View Post)

Oh, it's easy. They've painted themselves into the "credulous old pensioner" corner as far as votes are concerned. (View Post)

Also, not universal WFP as was, as BigG implies (perhaps inadvertently). Differently structured, £100 for all, but £200/300 for the folk on the dole (which at least saves money on bureaucracy). Just … (View Post)