What are they doing to the pension? The Civil Service scheme is now a career average scheme, with an NRA of State Pension Age, but they've maintained the index linking. And everyone got to keep accru… (View Post)

Russian котёл, cauldron. Not sure if there is a verb. To strategically encircle the enemy and then destroy in detail using artillery, air power etc. WW2 military doctrine. (View Post)

That completely fucks with Mike's theory about opinion polls. (View Post)

As a friend's mother said, "nice men don't win wars". He was a bastard, when we needed one. His second premiership was a travesty. (View Post)

In Tirana. Have just eaten unweaned kid. Bloody gorgeous. Looking at the blade bone it was teeny tiny. Only feeling slightly guilty. (View Post)