Ah, IoW - yes, now you say it I remember Ian is from there. Never been, but would like to. Some friends of mine went camping there the summer before last. They daren't go again - the holiday was… (View Post)

Thanks - I didn't know they were a Jewish thing. I'm in the Broughton area roughly twice a week with 90 minutes to myself (taking daughters climbing) - I shall take a look next time I'… (View Post)

It would be very odd in the case of Rotherham or Rochdale or Telford or Oxford to conclude that the main factor was poverty or access to education. (View Post)

I spend around 20% of my free time these days looking for my glasses. Actually, that's no longer true, because my wife has instigated THE GLASSES BOWL where any glasses not being used are to be … (View Post)

Agreed. Among many aspects of these cases, one which particularly rankles with many is not specifically the ethnicity of the perpetrators - but that the abuse was explicitly overlooked BECAUSE OF the… (View Post)