The trouble is, the moment they start thinking it through, they realise that their Party's whole reason for existing - plundering the enterprising and successful to give to the idle and unproduc… (View Post)

... The doors were thrown open, and in they came. Each of them, as he entered, brought some different report of their numbers. It must have been impossible, as you may conceive, in the lobby, crowded… (View Post)

The close votes are the most dramatic and the most thrilling when you win though. I always remember Macaulay's description of the passing of the Great Reform Act in 1832. He was a remarkable wri… (View Post)

I lean in favour of assisted dying, but don't have a strong view. Of course, one can take one's stance from our moral leaders - any proposed reform that churches oppose, from ending the bur… (View Post)

I can understand the sheep needing to carry a bell so others can follow it, but why do they need to castrate it? Is it because otherwise it would follow the sexiest ewe rather than leading the pack? (View Post)