Lord Sugar did me a lot more good than the average Prime Minister manque, that's for sure. I must have worn out about 7-8 PCWs. (View Post)

Don't pay any attention to people who were incarcerated in abusive institutions. It's a perfectly good adverb. A quick check in the OED* shows it's good enough for the likes of Otway a… (View Post)

What's the point of paying several ten to the power of 5 smackers if the school can't do that? (View Post)

It's because it's such a nasty slur in its original context. It's like a school bully sneering at someone because he has a pimple. And the conduct of the chief bully and his worshipper… (View Post)

But the system can be used to redirect dosh to GB activities. (That came to attention because of slush money going to the No side in Indyref, which happened before those limits.) (View Post)