Ha, Tories still claiming that a decline in the rate of increase of a variable is as good as a decline in the variable itself. (View Post)

Especially as being poor, old and/or disabled is apt to correlate positively with the need for health service interventions of whatever kind. (View Post)

Ooh, that's nice. I recently read a rather good biog of Horniman himself (remaindered at the moment). Quite a character. https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Mr_Horniman_s_Walrus/_9t-EAAAQBAJ?… (View Post)

Eh? More like 1880s Ireland. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfU53PjeQMk (View Post)

Impressively quick reverse ferret (which, one must admit, is a lot more than can be said for some): https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/aug/08/rupert-lowe-gives-charity-1000-after-taking-its-ro… (View Post)