I said in the Civil Service. The bodies referred to are not staffed by civil servants. (View Post)

In theory, you're right, In practice, however, there's a whole load of folk out there who are determined to paint any criticism of the Israeli government, and in particular its treatment of… (View Post)

It's not a bizarre accusation, really. It's a gratuitously offensive accusation. She needs, quickly, to come up with evidence of CS anti-semitism, or retract and apologise. (View Post)

On your last point, I think that the Prime Minister breaking the draconian rules that his government had imposed on the rest of us was somewhat more detrimental to societal cohesion. (View Post)

I was going to write 'it never rains but it pours', but I guess that's not an apt idiom at the moment. Nevertheless, there seems to be a relentless torrent of bad news. (View Post)