Betting post: England appear to be favourites to qualify from their semi-final with Argentina tomorrow. This is madness, surely? Argentina are not only very good but will cheat, they will get away wi… (View Post)

You've been to Manchester? You should have said - I'd have given you a tour! I'd say the North does very much exist - though like all psychogeography it is very hard to pin down. Its d… (View Post)

The Armando Ianucci joke Jim the Lurker refers to is from 'People Like Us' - the lawyer episode, I think. It has stuck with me for years - one of my favourite jokes the telly has given me -… (View Post)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem (View Post)

It feels like we're living in a poorly written soap. Neither the Anne-Widdecombe-gets-murdered storyline nor the Farage-calls-a-needless-byelection-and-loses-to-Binface storyline are remotely be… (View Post)