Ah, the other Orient! Apologies. Genuine error, but gave me a chance to spout on about the team I supported from boyhood. (View Post)

Yes, I think it was the connection with the Army that helped make 'The Gunners' so popular. In my family, if you weren't an Orient supporter, the Arsenal was an acceptable alternative.… (View Post)

If Johnson comes back, the Tories will be lucky to win fifty seats at the next election. As it is they could easily be down to 150, but they can fight back from that if they stop playing silly bugger… (View Post)

Good to hear, Mike, and good luck. This would be an opportune moment to state that in a long life of generally good health I have always found the NHS excellent on the rare occasions when I've n… (View Post)

It's like a lot of questionable institutions. If it didn't exist, you certainly wouldn't invent it. Since it is there however, the cost and trouble of disposing of it is probably not w… (View Post)