I see Labour won, but did they lose their deposit, as I saw confidently predicted on here? I had assumed that the two things were mutually exclusive but I am no expert on Scottish matters - there’s a… (View Post)

Yes, and some of us give of our time free to provide a service to people on the board, which we would normally charge for and then get insulted. If you hold a group of people or a profession in such … (View Post)

Still more accurate than The Spectator. (View Post)

I was once suppose to be giving a reading at a wedding in Gloucestershire and upon unpacking at the hotel that morning found I had left my formal shoes at home. I drove ASAP into Cheltenham and bough… (View Post)

FWIW I think we should look at the method of election to the Seanad Éireann where many of the senators (about 2/3 I think) are a elected from “vocational panels” ie a groupings of "interests and… (View Post)