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I don't think it's a mental illness, it's a predilection that contravenes our current social mores. In medieval times homosexuality was tolerated and then the Victorians deemed it unacceptable and it is now tolerated. In our distant past and in some cultures up until very recently, cannibalism...

Good spot Doc, makes me feel a lot more confident about letting Stockdale go.

Talk about the pot calling the kettle black, it's you who's laden with the persecutional delusions. Just wind you up and off you go, little clockwork toy.

Neither do I. You're rather dimmer and a lot angrier than I'd originally imagined.

Ruth Davidson or Boris Johnson? Not exactly two peas in a pod eh? If that's the best you can scrape up then the barrel must be nigh on dry. Your earnest straw-clutching spin demonstrates clearly how wedded you are to the tories, bringing to mind Wilde's quote about marriage:- "The triumph of...

Fair enough, they couldn't be any worse prepared but who's better?

BBC Website: And yet on the ground people speak of a total lack of coordination from the government and Kensington and Chelsea council. Local residents' association representatives say some families are still sleeping on floors in centres around the Grenfell Tower four days after the fire...

I believe there's an ever so slight difference between being impeached by the House of Representatives for refusing to admit you had illicit sex with your secretary and what the Department of Justice is lining up for a President who's refusing to admit he's had illicit sex with the enemy.

What is the difference between religion & politics?

Isn't that because we'd only offer him a 1 year contract and he'd not be the automatic first choice keeper? Oh of course, how could I forget, Harry Redknapp would be the clincher

Nah, be like Live by the sea, serves 'em right, brought it on themselves, Milk of Human Kindness? I'm all right jack,let the b*stards suffer, that'll teach the scrounging ne'er-do-wells a valuable lesson they won't forget.

Not in your lifetime then.

Personally, I think that's a bit of curate's egg.

Perseus the Plumb is unimpressed; Gianluca gets a thumbs up from me then without having seen any footage.

short shrift noun rapid and unsympathetic dismissal; curt treatment. "the judge gave short shrift to an argument based on the right to free speech" pedant alert, pedant alert!

Cheeky :blush: Oh, OK :love:

But all things aren't equal, that's exactly the point! Some people learn from experience, some people don't, some people are born with a great deal more common sense and wisdom than others acquire in their entire lifetime. Old people don't know more, biologically they've forgotten more, they...

Good grief, you're just like a little toy, wind you up and off you go.

I can see that, there are a lot of people who would be attracted to a slippery buffoon with a eye for the main chance. Certainly, the fact that most of his pronouncements appear to emanate from his arse hasn't so far diminished his appeal.