HW seems to have been a good egg, as far as any politician can be. He kept the country out of Vietnam for a start, for which we should all be profoundly grateful. In my case especially so as it meant… (View Post)

Head boy / girl types never make for good PMs it seems. May was terrible in the role too, though perhaps for different reasons. Are there any counter-examples? (View Post)

Yes & Facebook keeps messages back to the dawn of time unless you delete them. The only wrinkle here is that FB only opened up to UK universities in October 2005 so the dates are tight, but could… (View Post)

Parcel delivery always seems an absolute bargain to me. For £3.50 I can get 1kg of crap to anywhere in the country. An extra quid if I need a signature at the other end. (View Post)

Just as UK politicians spent forty years blaming the evil EUrocrats for policies they had backed but didn’t want to take responsibility for, I suspect it’s very tempting in the US for a local politic… (View Post)