So today the Royal Navy managed, after 6 days of truly extraordinary work, to put a vessel to sea. The reality is that almost all of the proposed increase in public spending on defence being planned … (View Post)

What they are proposing doesn't seem very extreme from Scotland. Sheriff Courts here can sentence for about 2 years (some complexities for breaches of bail etc) at what is called Summary level w… (View Post)

It absolutely is. People who have lived this. Suffered this. Had justice, somewhat slowly. Very, very moving. (View Post)

50 odd minutes without a post? Bunch of slackers on the early shift today. (View Post)

You are 1-2 years younger than me @Leon and your liver is almost certainly in worse shape. We can leave the brain cells for others to judge. Retirement, thankfully, is a few years away yet, hopefully… (View Post)