I hope you don't mind me saying, but I think that is unwise. IMO a sensible instructor would not let a new learner driver anywhere near an extended drive on a high speed road until he has learnt… (View Post)

1 It's the Telegrunt. 2 Do people add up better if you force them into offices? 3 The "as low as 5%" in the headline turns into higher numbers of 15-20% across most buildings. That 10%… (View Post)

Interesting listening to The Rest is Politics 'things of the year' conversation. Fairly innocuous answers. The one that jumped out at me slightly was Stewart dropping in an anecdote about h… (View Post)

I can tell you a little about Iceland. It was an invasion - ie troops appeared without warning, without diplomacy etc on the side, with a few hundred mainly inexperienced troops, to occupy to foresta… (View Post)

Thanks for the header, @Cyclefree . It's risk and responsibility, isn't it? I hope I can be forgiven a modest Boxing Day rant. An "anybody else but me" culture which tolerates ris… (View Post)