Zero tolerance is stupid because you end up with arresting people for all kinds of minor stuff that shouldn’t be a crime. “Broken Windows” policing involves quite a bit of discretion, incidently. In … (View Post)

Given the legal protections for informing and the associated deals, this is one thing that could conceivably *not* leaked. Any criminal evidence would have leaked long ago. If I had a pound for every… (View Post)

Ha! no Poor old John fell off his stool (reserved for him as a regular) at Le B. Was a great place, faded a bit, but still going. But living in a bar has an inevitable result. The cheese trolley was … (View Post)

Clubs come in all sizes. I joined the Phoenix Theatre Club when it was a pub in a basement with 1am last orders and it cost a few pounds a year - great for a drink or 2 after the play/film. Haven’t b… (View Post)

There is the phenomenon of group size putting people off. There’s name for the effect, can’t remember it. My youngest daughter was in the first class of a new primary school. Two classes of 25. The P… (View Post)