Buster Bloodvessel's real name is Douglas Trendle. I appreciate not everyone is totally up to speed with the finer details of Bad Manners but I thought maybe at least BJO might havr got it. (View Post)

Also O/T, but as you're around - I did the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway today. I'm not a heritage completist by any means but when they throw in a cream tea it's a very pleasant way to … (View Post)

Andy_JS was making a not unrelated point earlier about happiness and its decline and the reasons for it. (View Post)

FPT Well, up to a point. If recruitment and retention are a problem, make the job more attractive, sure. But acceding to strikers demands doesn't make fewer strikes. It shows that strikes work a… (View Post)

I actually quite liked this about Corbyn. The social convention of hqving to vary your outfit makes no sense to me. Worse for women, of course, though it's only other women inflicting this conve… (View Post)