The handling of the Scottish referendum stood in stark contrast to the behaviour of the Spanish government over Catalonia. (View Post)

She didn’t even bend the rules. But someone had said it was impossible to get that part of the job done in the time. So she made someone look bad. By doing her job well. (View Post)

The phenomenon you are referring to has been described as War Socialism. That is, in times of national emergency, some simple concepts can hammer through, because of the alignment of everyone working… (View Post)

I see a pattern. 1) the comic bat tunnel. Not the idea of protecting bats, but the apparent fact that the requirement was expressed as an impossible “no bat must be harmed”. It’s impossible to guaran… (View Post)

"We'll bring out the moonshine and start telling lies..." He had a brilliant gift for making a small part in a poor film better - creating a whole character in the way he said a couple… (View Post)