Useless Factoid: The Heron Tower on Bishopsgate was built on the site of Crosby Hall, a mansion built by London Merchant Sir John Crosby in the 1370s. The dinning hall from that mansion was taken dow… (View Post)

@Alanbrooke " ... since you are one of this blog's pre-eminent pedants ...." Gosh! *Blushes" (View Post)

@Grandiose It might be that people are missing the significance of the growth in the UKIP polling figures. What happens of instead of it being a bubble as per the SDP in the early eighties it turns o… (View Post)

Here is an amusing little graph, the climate models versus reality: http://notrickszone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Temperature_CMIP5-global-LT-vs-UAH-and-RSS_WUWT_18Apr13.png For Commentary to pu… (View Post)

"I'm in favour of your solution if it would work, building up the SE as it is going now just can't work from an infrastructure basis. It isn't just roads and hospitals. What about the water?&quo… (View Post)