They may struggle to be fully liberal, but they're certainly more liberal than any of the others. Ditto, being democratic, as anyone who follows Tory and Labour party conferences will very well … (View Post)

Hopefully the residents are regularly reminded of it. I remember back when I'd been the councillor for twenty years continuous, and I'd still meet the occasional person who would assert tha… (View Post)

Mr Dog and I are bravely already out in the woods, both nursing our insect bites from yesterday. I think this is what passes for a view in Finland....you can just see the lake through the trees. Toda… (View Post)

I see that trying to stir up civil strife by incessantly predicting it has been joined by direct racism concealed within an unverifiable anecdote. This place is becoming a cesspit for simple minded b… (View Post)

Apparently the British name for them is Cowberry, because cows love to eat them. Although I am not aware they're common outside scatterings in Scotland, anyhow? Up here, they are everywhere, and… (View Post)