Countries that don't obsess about their "role in the world" are generally rather more effective, and usually much happier, than those that do. (And, yes, that applies to us). (View Post)

Well, it started long before that actually. Forty years of being taken for granted as long as we signed cheques each year. In fact it started with the disastrously unfavourable entry terms we got in … (View Post)

Better late than never, but God only knows why they need yet another month and a half to implement something they should have ages ago. (View Post)

That's the same feeling I had when passing by my old school a few months ago and seeing two boys coming out holding hands. When I was there, they'd have been in danger of being lynched, or … (View Post)

Probably closely correlated to the odds of the Conservaties being heavily behind in the polls throughout 2023 and 2024! (View Post)