I brought up the example of weight in reply to @contrarian, who had used the example of obesity. The point was not to pick specifically on obesity, but rather to explain why trying to equate chronic,… (View Post)

"Put to sleep" is fine for Newsround. "Put down" or "humanely destroyed" is preferable for media allegedly aimed at adults. Excessive sentimentality about animals is how… (View Post)

If anything's going to kill off reunification it'll be the plain fact that Northern Ireland is a very expensive pain in the backside. The voters of the Republic might be delighted to welcom… (View Post)

If the United Kingdom is going to maintain a token nuclear deterrent then it doesn't need Trident at all. The Israelis manage without a fleet of ballistic missile submarines, after all. The Gove… (View Post)

A gross exaggeration. If that were true then Brexit would never have happened. Obama would've vetoed Cameron's referendum wheeze. I'll let everyone else scratch each others' eyes … (View Post)