They had more power so would have been capable of greater harm. I don't think they were especially corrupt though - certainly not Brown. (View Post)

Isn't this just a variant on the Saturday Troll theme? (View Post)

Effing bad call then, no? I can actually remember a similar cock-up when Jim Callaghan appointed his son-in-law Peter Jay to the post of US Ambassador. That ended in tears too. Most PBers would be fa… (View Post)

But PB's Pedantry Police do a sterling job in keeping such abominations off these pages. It is years, for example, since anyone dared to use the execrable phrase 'this moment in time',… (View Post)

Thanks Leon. Doesn't matter if there's any truth in it. Scandal and speculation is what we need here. The site and the Flintknappers are fortunate to have you. (View Post)