I reckon she'd be absolutely charming, and something of a feeder, insisting on dialling out for McDonalds, KFC, deep fried lard - whatever the big man wanted, any time if day or night. Anything … (View Post)

They didn't know it'd be a two party system. Indeed, the times when a contingent election has decided it haven't been two-way fights. Also, 538 isn't in the constitution as such -… (View Post)

Very difficult to know. Plenty of countries with similar "British influence" aren't. Plenty without it are. (View Post)

How many famines has India suffered since 1947, out of interest? That's not a particular criticism of the British Empire of all empires, incidentally. But it's undeniably true that function… (View Post)

On topic, the problem with Last Night of the Proms is not the lyrics of Rule Britannia, but that the whole event is utter, utter shite. The Proms as a whole is a brilliant festival of classical music… (View Post)