It happens because while those in power consider the mass rape of girls in towns like Rochdale "bad", they consider it less bad than the possibility that tge population might take a sub-opt… (View Post)

Also transport. So much of left behind Britain is an hour or more from anywhere with opportunity. There is poverty in London and the SE too, of course, but access to opportunity is rarely the issue t… (View Post)

Patches of clear sky above South Manchester before dawn. So I popped up to Wild Bank Hill to see if I could watch the sun rise. But the fog crept in. Still, good to be out in it. Got back to the car … (View Post)

Is NZ closer to UK than NZ is to Australia? (View Post)

I don't think that's ridiculous. With even half-hearted American support Ukraine could have prevailed. But it suited America to have a stalemate, not least due to its impact on POO. (View Post)