Trouble with that view (which I share) is that the ballot paper has a x by the labour candidate irrespective of whether its for them or against the tories. (View Post)

I was hugely into REM back in the day, then moved onto Pulp, Suede etc. Now mainly loving (British) Sea Power. If you like REM and Pulp I’d say they are worth a go. On the edge of folk, or folk adjac… (View Post)

And yet the perception, perhaps because of some very vocal campaigners (wild swimmers, surfers) is that the water in this country is worse than ever. (View Post)

Time is weird. That’s 43 years ago. To those over say 50 it probably doesn’t feel that long. And it’s longer back to the falklands that it was from 1982 to 1945. (View Post)

Race is a mercurial concept. On one hand it’s really hard to find that much to tell ‘races’ apart, at least on a biological level. So there are essentially no races. And yet humans behave as if race … (View Post)