For some reason this reminds me of Pompey staging an elephant fight in the Colosseum. Only he couldn't find wild ones and had to use domesticated beasts, who were just terrified by being attacked. Th… (View Post)

Just had a lovely walk in the cool. I can confirm, however, the BBC forecast of 'light rain' is entirely wrong. Totally soaked through my trousers. (View Post)

To be fair, unless it's Alpine in charge, I imagine most F1 bosses would do a better job of governing somewhere than the current crop of politicians. The idea a marginal saving doesn't matter is prac… (View Post)

It didn't get thrown, it jumped in. And, unlike Cameron and Osborne who laid out austerity (such as it was) from the start, Starmer and Reeves didn't bother with anything like that. Which may not hav… (View Post)

The plan, comrade, is simple. 1) tax jobs 2) cut benefits 3) increase bananas 4) tax North Sea exploration/production 5) chase out non-doms with punitive taxes 6) surprised Pikachu face at economic d… (View Post)