Actually, both happened (allowing for political hyperbole). And both were killed off by the Brexity junta. (View Post)

There ought to have been a referendum at the time of Maastricht and again for Lisbon. (View Post)

The Libertines were largely crap, despite the slavering from NME etc et the time. The 2000s indie boomlet was actually kicked off by the Strokes (Is This It?, July 2001). (View Post)

Apparently it is. Telegraph types REALLY can’t stand the idea that Britain is a bit less important these days, both to the US and indeed to the Irish. (View Post)

I asked it to name the most significant British figures of the 20th century and the answers were one part expected and one part total batshit (Sting, Greta Thunberg, Elvis Costello). (View Post)