#NFFC in blue. It's not right. Not right at all. (View Post)

Which is, of course, the plan. Those things are put in place so that apparatchiks can take over locally because noone else is really interested. C.f. Gwen Taylor in Yes, Prime Minister: Power to the … (View Post)

Anything you still can't cope with is therefore your own problem. (View Post)

I was having this conversation the other day. I think the your analysis of Johnson is accurate: he is awful, posturing, weak, lazy, and not half as clever as he thinks he is, but not actively evil. M… (View Post)

I propose: "Brisk", "Steadily brisk", "Steady", "Sluggishly steady", "Sluggish", "Dead" All of which can be appended with "which means… (View Post)