The poor country one is an obvious phallusy (View Post)

Completely agree. They are an integral part of toxic police culture. I'm saying this as an avowed trades unionist. The Met does, I think, have particular structural issues which exacerbate the u… (View Post)

Not sure what the scare quotes are for. And really - it's a very hardy and recurrent plant that grows like topsy all over the shop. It's not like you need loads. (View Post)

Note to all that wild garlic (or ramsons, if you like) is out in force at the mo. Like nettles, these leaves can be picked with guiltless abandon (but taste better and don't sting). Roughly chop… (View Post)

An extraordinary amount of decisions made by the Cameron/Clegg/Osborne government have turned to have been false economies at best; outright state vandalism at worst. That Big Society where everyone … (View Post)