Thanks, Leon, but I wasn't being entirely serious. May I ask you a perfectly serious one though? What do you think of Wolfe Hall, or more specifically Hilary Mantel? I gave up after 140 pages. It was… (View Post)

Can somebody explain the attraction of The Hundred to me? It is a competition between teams I have never heard of and to whom I have no allegiance playing a form of the game more akin to baseball or … (View Post)

Yes, that and their time honored practice of lending money only to those that can prove they don't need it. (View Post)

If Starmer wants to increase his popularity he could immediately introduce the death penalty for anybody buying one. (View Post)

True, but in most cases to do so would only facilitate the return of a Conservative government. This is why like so many I have for many elections past voted tactically, and will continue to do so un… (View Post)