Britain also has St. Helena and Ascension - though I'm not sure there is anywhere flat enough for rocket launches on those two! (View Post)

But I think the Falklands was empty of humans before the British got there, and Argentina, I don't think, existed. The litmus test for me is which country the inhabitants want to be part of. If … (View Post)

Well Pidcock's right. But I find it slightly lamentable that we're only apparently allowed to say this is wrong from a feminist perspective. Sarah Jane Baker is regrettable not because he/s… (View Post)

I am rather drunk and slightly sunburned. (View Post)

The reason they failed to reject IDS was not some enthusiasm for IDS but a lamentation that Ken Clarke refused to compromise on his Europhilia. Which is in some respects admirable. But in others utte… (View Post)