There are huge concerns in Canada at the moment that the basic safeties that one would expect with assisted dying (of which I am in favour with such protections) are not in place. The recent changes … (View Post)

Aye. I certainly don't consider myself Irish for all that I have a great liking for the place and the people. I find ancestry interesting but find it odd to make any sort of claim beyond that. (View Post)

Both sides of my family have strong Irish connections. My Dad's paternal line was Irish Protestant from Carlow and my Mum's paternal line was Irish Catholic from Cork. In both cases they mo… (View Post)

The one that could really sink the police is if those three volunteers who they arrested for handing out rape alarms really were part of the women's safety charity group as claimed. I have no id… (View Post)

I thought it was Sir John Betjemen who first made that very sensible suggestion (though he was talking about a non-nuke option). (View Post)