Thanks very much! Diego+Frida house is likely to happen (the Trotsky link is interesting too - my grandfather, who had emigrated to the Americas, knew him, though he declined Trotsky's offer to … (View Post)

Off to Mexico om Wednesday for 2 weeks - Mexico City, Tecotihuacan, butterfly sanctuary, a couple of smaller towns and three days on the beach to finish up. Any tips? I'm particularly keen to ch… (View Post)

In general I skip posts which feature an anoymous poster attacking another anonymous poster personally - what's the point, and who cares? I think otherwise PB remains pretty healthy, as a place … (View Post)

That's defining Reform as "right", whereas arguably they're something orthoganal to the left-right spectrum. They're a classic "I want stuff to change quickly" popu… (View Post)

Unless you're very young, I'd question whether Starmer was to the left of Gordon Brown. Does Musk issue dozens of tweets every day, and just occasionally takes a potshot at Starmer that we … (View Post)