People who genuinely come to the UK to study do tend to leave afterwards, or stay in & work in economically net positive jobs but I think this misses the considerable abuse of the student visa sy… (View Post)

The “cabbage vs insane political figure/policy” is also now a universally understood part of the discourse of politics. UK tabloid humour has gone international it seems! (View Post)

Many years ago my wife and I walked most of the Cathar trail from the coast to Foix in a blazing hot September - temperatures hit 30 degrees IIRC. We chickened out of climbing all the way up to Perpi… (View Post)

What abundant energy? The North Sea gas fields are in end-of-life decline & the decision on whether to grant new exploration licenses is a rounding error compared to that inevitability. Now if yo… (View Post)

The Brexit wars will never end until everyone involved is dead. It’s the Whig/Tory split for the C21st. (View Post)