Did you read the cases referred to in my link? I don’t wish to get into a discussion on it, but changes were in fact applied retrospectively, not as a way to “tighten up a loophole”. Full disclosure, I was a […]

“Changes do not apply retrospectively. ” Tell that to people I know who joined a legal tax scheme only to have it retrospectively made illegal. Unfortunately you can’t tell all of them because HMRC hounded a […]

You had me right up until Stewart Lee. Looks up my street, though. Thanks for the review 👍

As far as Trumpism’s future goes (a phrase I never thought I would type) JDV is supposed to be the torch-bearer for the next generation of people who define themselves by what they hate. Something to look forward to, there.

And people who kick down also invariably kiss up. Hence his fawning over Orban, Putin et al.

I had heard that he never laughs, but not his view that it’s actually a weakness. Jesus.

And now it’s here.

Duly noted and head hung in shame 😏

Try the internet. There are many “search engines” on it, which are useful for “finding out about stuff”.

Echoing the NAS suggestions. Peace of mind in a box. I have a Synology one and it was a snap to set up and connect to.

Nice. “Fear Of A Black Planet” seems apposite.

Idea for new TV show: George Clarke’s Amazing Screaming I really liked that song, almost against my will 🙂

Nice bit of satire there, Rodney. Good lad 🫡

Your first para is a great observation that I’m going to be using/stealing.

Yep. He’d rather see the country burn (or the world) than admit to failure.

Interesting, thanks Sal. There’s some stunning videos about the size of the universe, and I remember a jaw-dropping one comparing the sizes of stars (clue: the Sun is tiny compared to some out there like Rigel, […]

Bdum tish! 🥁

That is exactly what they did and the reason for the video. All images of the solar system are way out of scale because on a page all the planets on it would be invisible dots. You need a canvas that big to see […]

That’s just nitpicking etc