On topic, many thanks to Cyclefree for the header. There is, I think, a default assumption that any situation will produce numerous people claiming money on more or less spurious grounds, magnified b… (View Post)

My parents lived with me until they died (when I was 49). I doubt if one can draw any general conclusions. (View Post)

They tend (according to one of the course organisers who I saw interviewed) to be frustrated by constant reshuffling of prisoners to other prisons to cope with shortage of space, so completing any co… (View Post)

There's something in that, but just throwing money at a political problem doesn't work, as Musk himself recently discovered when he tried to swing a special (by-)election. Not convinced that Musk has… (View Post)

Yes. I'm a possible recruit for the new party (after 54 years in Labour, and still chair of my CLP), but the "launch" seems quarter-cocked. (View Post)