Recent content by masquesmog

Labour haven't won many GEs, but when have they ever come even close to dumping the leader after one of these rare victories? The only situation I can think of is when Wilson resigned. But wasn't it later revealed that he had been diagnosed with dementia? Replacing Starmer after a GE victory...

Rolling stock is owned by (mainly) 3 rolling stock companies, who then lease to the train operators. Rolling Stock companies I guess you don't need to buy them to run the services .... yet. As the RMT say, another racket though. So the UK (unique in the world I think) has a system where: - 1...

It is reported, but tends to get lost in the 'net' figure: The provisional estimate of total long-term immigration for year ending (YE) June 2023 was 1.2 million, while emigration was 508,000, meaning that net migration was 672,000; most people arriving to the UK in the YE June 2023 were non-EU...

In Manchester even the bugs wear clogs ...

Uber has one app, as far as I know, for the whole world. ...... where I am now, using the same app as the UK ....

I was checking it out for a visit in a few weeks. How does the regular price compare with Boro Taxis, who seem pretty cheap anyway?

as long as they don't light up afterwards But they were allowed to complete the act unchallenged. Only when they indulged in a relaxing post-coital cigarette did British restraint finally crack.

watching it in Brasil. Overtime/penalties completely full with adverts (they pop up on the side of the screen here during games). I assume TNT will still make something out of the world outside of the UK. This bar was 90%+ for Real. Although it is true, the local pundits did seem to know a bit...

I imagine after that first meeting she was thinking, "Christ, to think I started this malarkey with Winston Churchill." Would you bother getting out of bed the next morning?

As John Crace says, we need more Liz Truss interviews. From his column today: Apart from the lunatic Institute of Economic Affairs, there’s no one left in the country who takes anything she says seriously any more. She’s so delusional, she can’t even accept any responsibility for trashing the...

From John Crace's column today: Apart from the lunatic Institute of Economic Affairs, there’s no one left in the country who takes anything she says seriously any more. She’s so delusional, she can’t even accept any responsibility for trashing the economy. Bizarrely, she even talks of her final...

Hunt forgot to declare that he bought 7 flats Absolutely right that Rayner needs to clear her up her issue as well.

...... that surname probably reflects the fear she induces in the Tories ..... 😀 The view at PMQs from the Tory front bench .....

I get that any of us expect our employer to cover us for legal actions which are taken against us for actions which are in the normal course of our employment responsibilities. But how can comenting libelously on the social media comments of an academic be considered the normal employment...

Very sad. One of the first players I saw playing when I started going to games in 1965 and, of course, he played in THE Oxford game in 1967. In my mind I always picture him in the kit with the white shoulders. When Rooks retired from football he became a self-employed builder in his home town...