Jim_the_Lurker

Well I can’t seem to edit my post above - but for those that care the NI secretary when the assembly came back after “cash for ash” was not Brokenshire - nor even Karen Bradley - but Julian Smith. Wh… (View Post)

If I was given £3bn I’d probably be able to say nice things too! Getting the NI assembly back up and running - while a good thing to do - probably won’t give Prime Minister Sunak the gratitude of mai… (View Post)

No problems - I think that particular bit really stuck in my mind. Something about it just summed up what was wrong with the whole Russian state at that time in such an amusing / satirical way. The i… (View Post)

I think you’ve got that story from the Adam Curtis documentary on Russia - TraumaZone. As I recall it they didn’t end up scraping good machines, but instead had to buy up scrap from all over town to … (View Post)

Maybe - but surely to god the Conservative Party can’t have another leadership change? At least let Prime Minister Sunak drag it out to an election hammering. For a while the politics of Belgium has … (View Post)