It is the belief that each of them is the personal guardian (appointed by the spirit of Lenin) of The Shrine Of The Tue Faith of Socialism. This means that everyone else either agrees with you 100% o… (View Post)

Note that the government prevents an increase in students at medical school. The cap hasn’t increased in pace with the number employed in the NHS. (View Post)

There is a species of manager who hates volunteerism, especially in charities for some reason. They will delight in forcing out long standing arrangements like this, to replace them with paid workers… (View Post)

The Cold War NATO rules never involved shooting at Warsaw Pact aircraft. Instead they were treated as badly behaved children, with the nonsense about turning off transponders and not answering radio … (View Post)

Since the start of the Cold War, the Russians have always tried to shoot down any plane they felt was violating their airspace. NATO policy was always to escort and be polite. In one incident, a Russ… (View Post)