Rather sadly, appointees by the party leaders to the House of Lords need not have any merit at all. The appointments committee is an effort to give spurious respectability to what is an arbitrary par… (View Post)

It has to date earned over half a billion dollars worldwide. I know it's not as good as the latter two (allegedly?) but you have to hit the bloody thing with a stick to even slow it down. People… (View Post)

Thank you for the crossword, @StJohn (View Post)

Ho-Ho-Ho (View Post)

1. Colonialist combat soldiers finally begin battle (6,8) : AAAAAA,AAAAAAAA 1. Craft involved in this political row flew fast and agitated air (8,6) : AAAAAAAA,AAAAAA . . . 26. Any time Ed Balls is i… (View Post)