We ran out of chairs at our church yesterday. Conservative Evangelical Low Church Anglicans. I don't think I've seen that happen at Easter for a long time - certainly not since Covid. Thinking about … (View Post)

The other thing is that we had natural resources - particularly lots of good quality, relatively easily mined, coal - which turbo-charged the industrial revolution. If you take the view (and it's cer… (View Post)

Or will we see a big right wing tactical voting campaign? On those numbers it wouldn't take much effort to give Ref + Con a stonking majority. And that's probably the best outcome too - the Tories sh… (View Post)

Why do we need to nationalise a profitable business? The problem with Thames isn't it's failure to generate more money than it's operating costs, it's that it's substantial operating profits are insu… (View Post)

Volunteer at a heritage railway. You don't have to be all that into trains, it's the shared sense of purpose that really makes it work. (View Post)