Some years ago, I was in an Irish pub on St Paddy's day, in London. In walked a couple of people I knew - part of a larger group of Dutch Oranje fans (they had just won). The juxtaposition of or… (View Post)

That was kicked off by a memo from Churchill on code names, IIRC. You can find it online. If you like those code names, have you come across the Rainbow Codes? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Che… (View Post)

1990 or so was the last property crash. I bought my first flat in 1998. For the 1988 price. (View Post)

Large chunks of the American economy are utterly dependent on cheap migrant labour. Makes the U.K. look like Switzerland. Plus you have the usual contrast of utter opposites. So illegal migration is … (View Post)

As a start, if you are having a drink with them, they aren’t Hezbollah. (View Post)