I note that election leaflets in other languages have been a normal thing since at least the 1970s. I can see some would feel their nose put out of joint by the content (even though there is often si… (View Post)

Heh. I landed straight out of University into maintaining a telephone exchange with all the software written in Assembly Language, using octal numbers. (View Post)

The ILR move was mentioned in the Standard today: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/knife-crime-london-reform-zia-yusuf-visas-migrants-pakistan-britain-b1272018.html (View Post)

The BBC need to improve their headline ambiguity avoidance. They should really not be starting "Andrew charged .." when it continues ".. taxpayers for massage services when envoy, clai… (View Post)

Hmmm. I've long thought that someone like the Church Commissioners could offer an "invest via us" service; their average return is about 10% per annum over the long run. The church of … (View Post)