AIUI the EU agreed to collaborate to find a work around. They haven’t done so at all. So the UK is coming up with its own approach. More generally: I don’t give a flying fuck. If the protocol is enda… (View Post)

I got to know the model a little through Bridgeman. AIUI, you can own the copyright on the *image* of the art work but not on the art work itself. So I doubt the Uffizi has a leg to stand on (View Post)

And that’s the fundamental problem with their mindset. For REASONS the Irish / Northern Irish border is particular complicated and sensitive. It needs to be handled creatively. In just saying “these … (View Post)

So just to check: Labour won in Rhondda and lost everywhere else? Go Kier! (View Post)

Not at all. If it’s the wrong call then it could be poor judgement, faulty data or bad luck. I was just observing that haters have to hate and it impacts the quality of political discourse and judgem… (View Post)