A really difficult day. Got a copy of a Victim Impact Statement by a 17 year old who was raped at 14 by a fucking monster. Her life has been destroyed by something so horrific it is hard to come to c… (View Post)

I did. The problem these days is that it is almost impossible to tell whether this is a pastiche, a satire or the real thing. I'm still not completely sure. (View Post)

There are so many great quotes in the Dune books but one of my favourites is about the young Jessica and her training as a Bene Gesserit. It said, from memory, that the first thing that they got taug… (View Post)

That's presumably the provisional proposal. Now we will have to see what Starmer and Reeves' backbenchers think of it. My guess is that they will want something more generous. (View Post)

Indeed. When my daughter got married she kept her first flat and rented it out. The tax penalties for doing so are becoming prohibitive and she is considering giving up the landlord trope when her cu… (View Post)