A number of the long-term unemployed have long-term mental health issues, for which support has been absolutely eviscerated in the community over the last 10 years. They'll just slide deeper int… (View Post)

I very much hope the Queen makes it to her Platinum Jubilee. (View Post)

What an interesting article this is, in contrast to the rhetoric about "securing our borders". "Everyone is saying to me that since Brexit it is easier to find safety in the UK". … (View Post)

I once saw a member of the Wurzels on the bus. More interestingly, my wife knew and still knows some of Syd Barrett's London coterie, which included both Jonathan Meades and the man who unfortun… (View Post)

Numbers are noticeably higher. The French have no incentive at all now ; negotiations are complete and we're out. Speaking honestly it wouldn't be my highest priority if I was Macron, eithe… (View Post)