/Sad pedant mode on/ Because Feb is short, the 1st & 2nd of July are not in the second half of the year. 4th July is only just in the second half thanks to it being a leap year. (View Post)

Yes, that's a bit of a shocker. Carlton Bank has had landslides in the past I think, and there's an Alum quarry which was supposedly stabilised about 30 years ago. I've been up there w… (View Post)

You'd have thought he'd have a link to the radar as well as his spreadsheets. [Edit: Gah, blurryvision strikes. 17:15, centered on SW1A 2AA] (View Post)

Idiot with megaphone may have been funny beforehand, but not now. The BBC could have cut it out if they wanted. Of course this could have been avoided by doing it indoors. (View Post)

"Communications gap". That appears to be mean "we lied". Shame this inquiry has been overtaken by events. (View Post)