I'm mildly in favour of returning the Elgin Marbles, but if we do return them they won't end up back on the Parthenon -- they'd go into the Acropolis Museum to go along with the parts … (View Post)

Is that actually even slightly likely, or is it more like the suggestions that Sinn Fein might have taken their Westminster seats to vote in some Brexit vote or other -- theoretically possible but in… (View Post)

In my experience it's quite common for private sector firms to use contractors instead of permanent staff for some work, or to contract out catering or cleaning rather than employing cooks and j… (View Post)

One year's Reith Lectures just before the fall of the Soviet Union (the 1988 ones) is on the topic of Gorbachev's Russia. One of the reasons I found it interesting to listen to recently is … (View Post)

Ah, this must be the "carry on and hope that something will turnip" strategy... (View Post)