@Cyclefree Having just finished Browning’s Ordinary Men, I’d say you’re very unusual, in standing out for what is right. Pauline Vennels is typical of the management of the C of E, who’ve spent decad… (View Post)

I don't know that I'd draw any wider conclusions, but the sentence does seem absurdly lenient. It wasn't even a case of someone lashing out, but rather, someone going after a victim wh… (View Post)

I suppose it must seem suspicious, very suspicious, that someone would actually want to move there. (View Post)

That's the most irritating thing about much of the Right across the Western world. Sensible criticisms get mixed in with total batshittery. (View Post)

The importance of the Royal Naval Blockades, in the Napoleonic War, and both World Wars, can't really be overstated. The economic and logistical impact on the enemy was devastating. The blockade… (View Post)