I was looking at the South West coast path and it's got 35,000 metres of ascent. That's ridiculous, and a reminder that these coastal walks are just as hard as high level ones in mountainous areas, b… (View Post)

Phones and social media have been around for ages, and older people are on them quite a bit too, particularly the boomerslop of Facebook. I think this is the new version of the video games = school s… (View Post)

I am not giving my details to the Bible Society just to scrutinise their numbers. It suggests that attendance in the Catholic church has grown from about 800,000 to 1,800,000 in 6 years, while the Ca… (View Post)

Miliband as Chancellor would be fascinating. A proper - and coherent - roll of the dice on growth. I'd be concerned for the blood pressure of most of Facebook and some PB posters though. (View Post)

Would protesting the proscribtion (?) be unlawful too? If so, we really do need the PB Free Speech brigade to man the barricades. (View Post)