It's all lies, isn't it? I mean, how much you can rely on any of them is a matter for debate, but the Tories are clearly making most of it up as they go along. (View Post)

Given the way the country has been governed, one ought not, on reflection, to expect the Tory manifesto to be anything but a clueless and incoherent mess either. (View Post)

Re: restaurants (FPT, can't quote, too fiddly on a primitive phone): "Middle class" chains: I find Pizza Express very reliable, Nando's variable and overrated. Pub food: is pot luck, but ce… (View Post)

Yep. The new mechanism is valuable to poor pensioners reliant wholly on the state handout (whom the Government doesn't much care about as they mostly back Labour,) but it's of more limited relevance … (View Post)

The logical conclusion, if the locals don't want to reward this behaviour and aren't terribly keen on secession (or the Edinburgh Government) either, is to find some alternative. Somebody rational an… (View Post)