I agree with @Alanbrooke. Cameron was guilty of hubristic insouciance. No-one with an ounce of sense would have set up the Brexit referendum in the way he did. Having said that, no Tory leader from M… (View Post)

My journey to London was last summer (before a couple of weeks in France). I’ll be back this summer for a wee bit. The original idea was to come to New York for three years and “have an experience”. … (View Post)

There appear to be “many such cases” on the New York subway. (View Post)

Last night I watched the Simpsons episode, “Mr Lisa Goes to Washington”, first aired in 1991. It’s the one where Lisa wins a patriotic speech competition and then foils a corrupt congressman. Having … (View Post)

Because of the unending misery on here, and in the news I read in such filthy rags as (checks notes), the FT. My original post was an article claiming that shoplifting has increased 500% in 12 months. (View Post)