I’m old fashioned and still go with the diphthong æ. Too much of my youth reading translations of Martial and Livy and chuckling at Catullus. (View Post)

I think the plan is we finish fourth in everything so we are morally fourth in the Olympics. (View Post)

So what you are saying is that he has sat on his arse since the election and is only now going to start doing things? He has a huge majority and could steamroll things through but now he’s found the … (View Post)

… How difficult is it to find people to do high level jobs who haven’t got problematic histories? This is coming from someone who has eschewed invitations to stand for office because I have been a te… (View Post)

Isn’t the problem with moving it to another city, inevitably smaller than London, even temporarily that you need to find accommodation for hundreds if not thousands of MPs, Spads, staff, officials et… (View Post)