Only just looked in - thanks for the nod! I buy the argument that you have cause and effect the wrong way around there - we were first to industrialise because we were so damn fecund that we could no… (View Post)

Seems a bit harsh to send you out of class for that. Forres seems a perfectly normal answer. Like I said, religions are bastards. (View Post)

Entirely off topic, but ... my 12 year old daughter has just drifted in in floods of tears. She has just, through school RS lessons, come across the concept of Hell, and is now very frightened. Only … (View Post)

Theresa May is no particular hero of mine, but her approach to dementia care was to be applauded. But the electorate thought otherwise sadly. It wasn't even a real tax. (View Post)

Indeed. But the question is whether you'd consider it worthwhile if doing so caused you to drop dead. I'm an ardent believer in democracy, but even I would struggle to go that far. Though I… (View Post)