Points 7 and 8 apply a lot in local government. I know of several cases in which a top officer was appointed on a high salary with councillors extolling his/her experience, knowledge, contacts, etc. … (View Post)

I am old enough to have done O-levels and one of my books for English Literature O-level was Siegfried Sassoon's "Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man." Somehow I don't think that is on a… (View Post)

I haven't read all the way through this thread but has anyone suggested an alternative ittle of "A Stalking Horse With No Name(s")? (View Post)

I prefer to remember him as a distinguished Shakespearean actor. I saw him as Mark Antony in Antony and Cleopatra in Chichester playing opposite Kim Cattrall. (View Post)

Turnout in my ward was 53.54 which is high for local elections. (View Post)