Well...a story to appeal to Leon, perhaps. When I lived in Switzerland as a rising young IT executive in a very respectable, slightly stuffy pharmaceuticals company, I had a girlfriend who was up for… (View Post)

Yes, rather agree. I didn't consider voting for Coyne as he is too closely associated with the internal feuding, and really we need to move on from that. Wouldn't have considered Beckett ei… (View Post)

New Statesman on the expected Sharon Graham Unite win: It means that figures on all sides of the Labour party have found something to be pleased about in her probable victory. Graham is on the left, … (View Post)

There's a significant surge in our area which has prompted us to issue a warning to residents to maintain precautions. The source seems to be predominantly young people returning from music fest… (View Post)

It's a very interesting report, covering things that we often discuss here, such as whether there is a culture war (not exactly) and whether the sense of Englishness rather than Britishness is o… (View Post)