While in Finland I saw part of a TV programme about Karelia, which was the price Finland had to pay in WWII, handing it to Russia to end the Winter War. Absolutely nothing has done with it since, and… (View Post)

The way that was done was appalling, and typical of Johnson’s style of government, if you can call it that; making the announcement and taking the publicity, but leaving the Boroughs to pick up was a… (View Post)

It does strenghten it, as you say, but was also what I meant by level horizon. Yes, you're right that where there's a line of hills, the actual horizon is slightly lower than the bottom of … (View Post)

Your reference to Europe contains the clue, since there, you can be stopped and asked for "your papers, please?", and in many places it's an offence if you don't have them. Here, … (View Post)

I have taken a break precisely because I got fed up with wading through Leon’s shit; most of the content he spams into this forum nowadays consists either of repetitive bigoted vomit, self-obsessed w… (View Post)