Misty and a fine smirr here in S Scotland, but we have just come back from a quiet walk, including watching a pair of dippers househunting - in the event inconclusively, but I've seen others cou… (View Post)

You know, debasing the Queen's English and all that. Like how the right are always complaining. (View Post)

Not me. Overwhelmingly the London polis, or the NY art museum. Maybe it's a terminology used in specialised circles. (View Post)

Hm, I wasn't aware that a MP was responsible for his parents holdings! Children, yes, as they would be in his control, but other relatives? (View Post)

To be fair to our colleagues, though I don't share their excitement, there has been a fashion for Tory leaders and cabinet ministers to be photographed in straddling poses ... goes back 5 years … (View Post)