We're not required to carry our driving licence either. I lost mine a few years ago and it hasn't inconvenienced me in any way (I have just applied for a replacement as I have just renewed my passpor… (View Post)

I do wonder that, with plenty of capacity, we are actually hospitalising people who are not that ill, and who in the first wave would have been left at home to fend for themselves. (View Post)

He's right. Although I think the tradition was invented when the present Queen came to the throne. It's just that since the Union we have always had a king or queen where the highest number is the En… (View Post)

Lukashenka doesn't fart without Putin's say-so. Looks like Uncle Vova's next scheme to tweak our tail. Using Lukashenka gives him (barely) plausible deniability but his fan base (and enemies) in Russ… (View Post)

I expect this was instigated and sanctioned by Putin. (View Post)