Given the initial map, there will be a hefty seam of copium- surely the Conservatives will "win" the elections, in terms of most votes and most councillors elected. They would have to lose … (View Post)

Here's the culprit: WAR WITH SWEDEN (View Post)

Got worse, or just stopped getting better? Stasis isn't brilliant- it means the only way to pay Paul is to rob Peter. And it's much less acceptable to borrow now if we're not going to … (View Post)

Suspect part of the problem has been boredom. You see hints of it in the "we need bad times to produce great men" thing. Which isn't even original; “In Italy for thirty years under the… (View Post)

Or Littlejohnthomas. I think I nicked that one from Chris Morris. (View Post)