Sad that the dome is taking a battering, but relieved that Eunice decided to wait until after I went there last weekend. Anyway, that venue brings a lot of pleasure to a lot of people. Unlike the Pal… (View Post)

Do we ever learn anything of value, one way or the other, from poring over the results of local council by-elections? (View Post)

Would be nice to have the option, but a lot of us are going to be forced to go to work in this (and the wind warning for when I'll be coming back home again later today has been upgraded overnig… (View Post)

This strange idea seems to have taken root that the UK has just signed up to an obligation to send troops to defend Ukraine. I stand to be corrected by events, but this sounds like arrant nonsense to… (View Post)

OTOH one can understand why the Ukrainian government might not be particularly keen on this. A pro-Russian majority can, after all, be created in any part of Ukraine via the simple expedient of invad… (View Post)