A “speak Spanish” requirement for Brits retiring to the Costas would be somewhat more taxing. (View Post)

We seem to have lost sight of the imprecation to speak softly but carry a big stick. Isn’t one of the reasons political trust is so low that successive governments have spoken ever more loudly while … (View Post)

Up the RA? (View Post)

I don’t often agree with you on anything, in fact you are as close to an ideological nemesis as I have in here, but I am inclined to concur with “sheer energetic shameless mendacity”. (View Post)

A bit people in glass houses here. You are not approaching this discussion with anything resembling pluralist objectivity, are you? There is a tendency, especially on here, to ignore the large compon… (View Post)