Mrs Foxy was the only pro-Starmer person that I know. She rejoined the Labour Party to vote for him. She works with a lot of immigrants in the operating theatres, some of them quite recent, and regar… (View Post)

Ditto, but that wasn't what Starmer was saying in his "island of strangers" speech, referring to the "incalculable damage" caused by immigration. It would have been far bette… (View Post)

The difficulty is knowing which half. It's like the old adage about medical textbooks. Half of it is wrong, but nobody knows which half. I always travel with a compact umbrella, torch, and foot … (View Post)

I crewed for a friend sailing the Biscay coast of Spain from Santiago. Some lovely little ports and we were more or less the only tourists until we reached the Basque country. (View Post)

Mrs Foxy and I travelled for 4 months in SE Asia with 10 kg packs back in the day. In some ways it is easier. If travelling for 2 weeks the temptation is to take 2 weeks of clean clothes, when travel… (View Post)