And, of course, had that been around when the original railways had been proposed a lot of the promoters would have given up. (View Post)

Agree, except the last line. It's not the fact that Brits can't do it and the Spanish and Chinese can. The Chinese do it because they don't give a shit about planning, land rights, the… (View Post)

Well, that's all the Axis powers out of the World Cup now then. (View Post)

Both Panama and the failed colonial power, Scotland, are now out of the World Cup. (View Post)

It was originally for the North, that's why it was planned to go to Manchester and Leeds. The fact it's been cut back is a travesty, but you can't just represent it as a London thing. … (View Post)