They'd be voting to request the elections be postponed by the Government - Essex CC does not have the power to scrap its own elections. I'm a bit doubtful permission will be given in these … (View Post)

You could always have a wank.* * I've not checked canon law on this - have a word with one of your cardinals if uncertain. (View Post)

Fair point. Actually a lot of the job is about quietly efficient administration and being on top of the complex theological debates of the day. You can do that day in, day out as Pope. But you dig up… (View Post)

Not in any way to defend privatised water companies or the regulation of the industry. But I do always remind people that the biggest mass poisoning event in the UK, at Camelford in 1988, was pre-pri… (View Post)

Virtually no chance she'll be next out. A bit of tension between the neighbours has been a feature for decades - given how pivotal economic policy is, it isn't at all surprising. But those … (View Post)