Spuds an issue, too. One can't plant in a re-enactment of Third Wipers. https://www.potatonewstoday.com/2024/03/16/rain-delays-and-rising-prices-the-dual-challenge-facing-potato-markets-in-irela… (View Post)

I'm old enough to remember when rather a lot of the party disagreed vehemently. They wanted him on the gallows. But see this: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/apr/10/margaret-thatcher-apar… (View Post)

Mm, it could be read as a memory not motives thing: that she was unable to remember an achievement so strikingly against her normal inclinations - but tragically so. Even so, that last para was best … (View Post)

Er, a colleague is male and called Gunpreet. This has confused me ... a quick check confirms it's like Leslie, applicable to all. (View Post)

Nah, they're definitely nice modern diseases, none of this Victorian values opprobrium. Seriously, though, it's a concern to keep an eye on. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/18/… (View Post)