One oddity is that parts of the NHS are locally working fine with almost no waiting times. I had a cataract removed within just a month's notice even though it wasn't especially urgent, and… (View Post)

I used to resist paying by card as I believed that shops had to pay 3% or something to the card providers - that was why some shops refused to accept them, no? - and I wanted to support the shop, not… (View Post)

She's been on TV a lot, but I agree that some are responding more to "Do you think the Home Secretary (whoever it is) is doing a good job?" That's a question that rarely gets an e… (View Post)

To be fair to Charles, if he went vegan, it would largely be because of personal conviction that it was good against climate change - he's a man of strong views (which is a reason to be cautious… (View Post)

Anecdata update: I posted only moderately upbeat impressions from local election canvassing a couple of weeks ago - Labour doing a bit better than in 2019, Tories a bit worse, but nothing too dramati… (View Post)