I'm not surprised that SSI finds it jarring - if you're not from these shores and have never heard it before I can certainly see that it would be - but I'm genuinely surprised anyone B… (View Post)

There was a phrase in the primary school playground "a Jew run" - which apparently was based on the stereotype of Jewish parsimony - and described the action of a boy dribbling the ball fro… (View Post)

There may be something lost in the translation here. "Needs a slap" is a fairly common piece of British idiom. (View Post)

Not really a politics post, but I'm going to use my quota. You don't really go to the Yorkshire Dales much when you grow up in Greater Manchester. They're not far away, but the Lake Di… (View Post)

I don't think that's right. Brexit was the end result of at least two decades of that point of view being roundly ignored by the political classes, and the referendum still only came about … (View Post)