That Leon can't do numbers isn't news on here! And the size of the civil service has ballooned since, and to a significant extent due to, Brexit - which Leon voted for - intended get us out… (View Post)

And some welcome overnight electoral news from Norway: The Norwegian Labour party has secured four more years in government after seeing off a surge of support for the populist right in a polarised e… (View Post)

I am very pleased with my new robot mower, which will save me a tiresome chore and hopefully avoid my returning from long trips to knee-high grass, provided nobody nicks it while I am away. Going rou… (View Post)

If they take on board too many Tory retreads - Farage hinting just this morning that there are more senior ones to come - people might start asking why the same people would succeed next time when th… (View Post)

I didn’t get it, although the mobile is upstairs so maybe it isn’t that loud? Or perhaps being behind the hill on the edge of the UK protected us from the signal. When I was driving away from Ashevil… (View Post)