OT. The laws of unintended but bleeding obvious consequences. Yesterday it was announced that UK North Sea Operators have surrendered 5200 km2 of frontier exploration acreage that was awarded in the … (View Post)

Northumbria? Pah. Itself a newfangled bogus nation made from combining the true kingdoms of Bernicia and Deira. (View Post)

I agree with keeping the original definition. I prefer to refer to this latest sordid episode by the much simpler term 'ballot rigging'. I think it cuts through much better for the man on t… (View Post)

Worse dress sense? (View Post)

No you have me wrong. I was vehemently opposed to ID cards for voting (and indeed ID cards in any form that demands presentation to the authorities). I posted at length about it in the run up to the … (View Post)