If Boris told me something that turned out not to be true I know who would be first on my list of people likely to have been duplicitous, and it wouldn't be Rishi... (View Post)

I was glad today that I brought my selection of random euro coinage with me to Vienna because the luggage lockers in this museum want a euro coin... PS the Habsburgs had an astonishing collection of … (View Post)

On the other hand if you have a strong religiously derived set of moral views and are in a position where you can speak on a political subject that intersects strongly with those moral views (not gre… (View Post)

Yeah. There are various things I'd give up my personal right to vote to obtain or retain; rather fewer I'd keep in exchange for disenfranchisement of a large lump of the population. Inciden… (View Post)

Maybe it's seen as a perk not to have to spend their time slumming it on Twitter or Facebook for a change :-) (View Post)