Seems there are only two countries which officially include ‘The’ in their name. There I was thinking it was THE United Kingdom of etc etc. T’aint.

The Gambia and The Bahamas The former was named after the […]

‘If you deal with a known tax-dodging company…’ I assume you’re referring to BP, GSK, Lloyds, BAT, Shell, SABMiller and/or AstraZeneca? According to the Indy none of them paid any UK corporation tax or […]

On arrival I was scoffed at and derided for my pronunciation of (among many, many others) THAT word. Because you know, there are few things in the world more threatening to an English than different […]

Very well said. Very.

#NotMyPresident #CalExit

TBH, Prop 58 was about repealing the ’98 ban on bilingual education and requirement of ‘English immersion’ for non English speaking children. Cali also extended the tax increases for the wealthiest Californians. […]

Misogyny. I know of (distant in-laws) who simply would not vote for a woman. Also seems the hispanics of Florida kind of pulled the ladder up.

Disagree on one point; I believe that come the midterms the Dems will take back at least the Senate and possibly the House. I think (hope) the Republican party’s betrayal of the very people who gave them power […]

Aw, your words have move me, MB. I shall make more of an effort to ‘look in’ and contribute. And play nice.

Hee-hee, boyo-boy you sure got me there, @Locust. As I wipe a tear of laughter from my eye I think, that is what puts the Great in Britain. That a person can say the first thing that comes into their mind. […]

I believe it to be the most egregious remark of the night.

Just remember; he will not win.

Oh I get it. The Nobel process is a conspiracy aimed at bringing the US to its knees in the face of such a slight. I haven’t been sitting round that hotel on West 44th for some time but I’ll bet that Woollcott, […]

Got-dam that’s funny!

A moving and dignified speech from a woman who has been subjected to constant vile and hateful abuse from the opposition for nearly a decade.
Come November (ok, sooner but you get it) I shall follow the advice of […]

Ah Stevers, your position is well documented and mine, greatly misunderstood. I put it down to my accent. Nevertheless, you set the bait, I bite.

You think ‘Blair felt he was helping his mate’? Bollocks. He […]

An elite pompous braying toff convincing all that Britain’s recent bout of self harm will work out just fine. For pompous braying toffs. Nut didn’t fall far from that tree.

As Occupy Democrats said; ‘Only the British would colonise half the world then leave the EU because the don’t like immigrants’.

As Phillip Pullman said; ‘We had a headache so we shot our foot off. Now we can’t […]