I am rather drunk and slightly sunburned. (View Post)

The reason they failed to reject IDS was not some enthusiasm for IDS but a lamentation that Ken Clarke refused to compromise on his Europhilia. Which is in some respects admirable. But in others utte… (View Post)

My root canal went largely ok. Painful - but I wasn't even sedated or anything. Just the same anaesthetic I had for a normal filling. If I'm to give any negative spin at all, the dentist ha… (View Post)

Aus all out by teatime. I'm there now. Ridiculoisly pleasant. (View Post)

There's a not-unreasonable argument that grammar schools should take the top 80%. It strikes me that the needs of the middle 60% are more similar to the needs of the top 20% than to the needs of… (View Post)