Banana split in one of those Italian ice cream parlours by the seaside. There was a wonderful one in Dunbar, but I remember North Berwick and Portobello too. Most seem to have gone. (View Post)

Your arithmetic is off. Not to mention your comprehension and logic. The correct balanced figures are 23 and 27 respectively, once your spin is dumped in the wpb. (View Post)

BigG, the little persons were watching Teletubbies rather than Andrew Neil at the relevant time ... (View Post)

Also, often with the four-weeklies money is *owed* to DWP, so they want every milligram of flesh. Happened with my mum, though I can't remember how quick they were with it. (View Post)

There's a distinction between the direct civil service (eg Sir Humphrey) and employees of what used to be Quangos but are more commonly called agencies. But in practice they are all civil servants. T… (View Post)