The odorous mess around Starmer and freebies is far wider, and greater, than the football tickets. And also, he was not a government minister, and the tickets were not given in a ministerial capacity. (View Post)

Which, along with your new-iPhone-a-year addiction, makes me think that you have far, far more money than sense. ;) (View Post)

I tell them both. I should just do so more often. Incidentally, I still remember the occasion I first told my parents that I loved them. I'd told them many times before, of course, but this is t… (View Post)

If you hadn't guessed, I'm quite proud of my dad. I should tell him that more often... (View Post)

My dad was a reasonably successful SME businessman. He employed a few people, built a few things; knocked down a few more. He said that the best sort of deal you could do was one where both parties l… (View Post)