I think that's right, and I'm in favour of a larger overseas aid budget - it's ridiculous that we worry about minor inconveniences and grudges when people are literally starving. It sh… (View Post)

Agreed, and I was abused by a driver for crossing too slowly to a bus island. Only once but I do remember it. (View Post)

I don't feel especially at risk from the police, being a boring middle-class law-abiding type. But I do think that they on average relax their standards when dealing with people in a criminal en… (View Post)

I suspect that most of us here are a bit weird, really, but it's a place for honest chat. (View Post)

Personally I think life is a lot better for most people in the West than it used to be, but we have a tendency to look on the dark side. I don't understand why the elderly tend to be more right-… (View Post)