Yes, the rules were difficult to interpret and follow literally which is why on a number of occasions I just used my common sense, and so did others I knew. For example, when MrsPtP contracted Covid … (View Post)

Congratulations on winning today's PB Pedantry award, Applicant. :smiley: (View Post)

Just checked out Starmer's speech. Quite strong stuff. More of that kind of thing during the GE campaign and he might even become Prime Minister. (View Post)

Definitely not! To the best of my recollection there were no Jewish boys at my primary School, which was in Hackney Wick where there were very few Jewish families. The Grammar School was in Clapton, … (View Post)

That's pretty much how it worked when I was a kid in the East End, except the two relevant groups were Gentiles and Jews. The Grammar School I went to had a strict policy of accepting 50% of eac… (View Post)