I believe they turned down Morocco on the grounds it isn't in Europe. On the other hand, it isn't a rich western democracy either, and Cyprus isn't in Europe (neither are parts of Spain, France, the … (View Post)

Dyno-Rod would be obvious (assuming they still exist) (View Post)

Went to a new Indian restaurant in Keswick while on holiday. The food was pretty good and it wasn't expensive. The manager was an obviously British Asian, he spoke with some sort of Lancastrian accen… (View Post)

I'm not sure how different that is. Cabinet ministers are elected by a small subset of the population - about 1/650th - to serve as the legislator for that district. And then appointed through patron… (View Post)

Also Skansen, the open-air museum. And the National Museum for the Viking and Vendel era stuff. (View Post)