Yes, this resembles the old dock worker issue - dockers were asked to turn up for possible work every day, and were only paid if there actually was any. I use ZHC all the time for freelance translati… (View Post)

That's the reason not to be too relaxed about "younger people don't die from it". (View Post)

The ban on double-hatting is taken to extremes in some cases. When I was an MP I flirted with standing for the European Parliament - speak 6 languages etc. - but Labour side that to be even considere… (View Post)

Without getting into the underlying argument, anyone who sees deep meaning in a Boris Johnson joke is building on sand. He makes jokes for two reasons: (1) he enjoys making them (2) he likes indulgin… (View Post)

I actually met a voter who said "They're all the same" in 2019 about Johnson and Corbyn! I said, "Honestly, what do we have to do to persuade you we're different??" She … (View Post)