Actually... I've always called the tool that was used a 'plumber's wrench', a spanner being a different sort of tool. Even adjustable spanners are different from wrenches. I think… (View Post)

There's a lot to this story: one aspect is that he committed the attack in full view of the CCTV, presumably well aware of where the CCTV camera was. Another was that, afterwards, he wrote an em… (View Post)

Back in 2016, just after he was elected, I made the point that the change he made in the US would not be sudden, but gradual. And it was. His first presidency was far from benign, and this one is pro… (View Post)

It's interesting that whenever *DS is first used - whether it is Musk Derangement Syndrome, Trump Derangement Syndrome, Boris Derangement Syndrome etc - the people saying it are proved wrong, an… (View Post)

I could probably do with a few singing lessons. When my son was seriously ill this time last year, a paramedic asked him how bad the pain was, on a scale of one to ten, where ten was the worst pain i… (View Post)