Was it Keir making the deal? We should consider ourselves lucky he didn't throw in Norfolk as a sweetener. (View Post)

Yes. It's on the North Coast. Wick is on the East Coast. (View Post)

Talking of Wick - though all on pb will spot the error in the second para straight away: https://www.timeout.com/uk/news/this-is-officially-the-uks-most-remote-train-journey-050525 (View Post)

I met an ex-Tory MP today. Charismatic, charming. Surprisingly indiscreet in his opinions of some of those he had worked with. But definitely intelligent, with his own opinions - though clearly to al… (View Post)

They inched in in Runcorn. Which is Merseyside in both spirit and accent (and in the fact that it is on the Mersey - but so is Sale and Stretford and Stockport and they most definitely are not Mersey… (View Post)