I liked Johnson's proposal of a big roundabout under the Isle of Man with roads to England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Much better than Cummings's nutty desire for a lunar base. (View Post)

On-topic: re. Johnson and his phone: "Allies on Thursday suggested to the newspaper it was not correct to say he could not recall the PIN's digits, but instead that he was not entirely sure of t… (View Post)

Off-topic: 20,000 new surveillance cameras are to be installed in Sao Paulo with real-time data analysis using AI. An equal number of "third-party and private" cameras are to be integrated … (View Post)

There isn't much of a left left now, but one weakness of what used to pass for the left in Britain and of the relics of it that still exist has been that while they commendably detested the Scum (cre… (View Post)

Political films? How about The Ruling Class (1972), featuring Peter O'Toole and Alastair Sim? It was the British entry at Cannes. Beautiful film. The butler character played by Arthur Lowe was somewh… (View Post)