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Cafes that serve you a tea and leave a teabag in. What the hell is that about? Amateurs or fookin Yankee chain coffee shops that don't know how to serve the great British beverage. I make a point of fishing it out and slopping it down on their counter. See their faces. What do they think you're...

People who don't say what they mean. Example, Did you get my email? When they mean, Have you read my email or Why haven't you replied to my email?

This is one of those annoying, what sort of person are you, optimist or pessimist, questions. Think about it for one minute and it doesn't actually work. If the glass was previously FULL it is now half empty. If the glass was recently EMPTY it is now half full. Next time someone asks you that...

Ian, I think you make some fair points. It will take some time to see whether these new members are genuinely committed to changing politics for the better or a mixed bunch of anarchists, trots, greens etc who will slope off if they cannot remake the Labour Party into a protest movement of their...

Ian, that is a version of, "they would say that, wouldn't they?" Which shuts down genuine debate, which in turn leads to a bunker mentality. It is the unwillingness to accept any criticism or compromise that epitomises extremism. The only ways of changing the current system are through...

Also this is interesting http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2016/01/how-middle-class-are-labour-s-new-members http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2016/07/17/the-rise-and-fall-of-corbyns-economics/...

Corbyn is about direct democracy and creating a grassroots movement to pressurise authorities of all kinds into change. He and his set don't really believe in parliamentary representative democracy. The Labour Party was formed a century ago to gain and exercise power through parliament to bring...

The only kits available for females are the ones for babies.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/26/hillsborough-inquest-criminal-charges-could-follow-unlawful-kill/ The CPS will then decide whether to charge any individual officers, while charges including health and safety breaches will also be considered against South Yorkshire Police, the...

We are still waiting to see whether there will be any charges brought against police chiefs, FA and others. It looks like a very strong case for the police perverting the course of justice. At the very least pensions could be withdrawn, I would guess? Prison seems a possibility for those who...

The OP misses the point. The current hoohah is not about the family, of which most of us care very little. It is about the monarch, who even her critics acknowledge has been an admirable Head of state for 64 years. She is no better than any of us, she is not meant to be. She is a figurehead, a...

It was a joke, but, as it happens, Prince passed me by and I would be pushed to name any song bar Purple Rain. RIP He was a hero and inspiration to many.

But she was a better singer

My absolute favourite. I saw her live twice. Laughed so much it was painful. RIP a true legend. She was a trailblazer.

Yes. I think John Terry is actually a proper old fashioned geezer. Lots of faults but also good hearted. A fine gesture from him.

Try flirting with them. Ask how they are, you sound nice, have you got a girlfriend, boyfriend etc. Are you free tomorrow night... I have never done this myself because I don't have the patience but give it a try and report back

UB40 for first song on at that party

Music died around the time the elder people in that age bracket, late 20s to early 40s, reached puberty, around 1989. :guitar2::guitar2: TBF most things were past their best by then, cinema, literature, art, journalism. It's all generic copying with little originality or creativity now. :whistle::D

Malaka, you're not a teacher are you? Many are close to the edge. I'm sure it's true in other walks of life of course. Everyone seems to have it bad in Tory Britain.

I am neither a spender nor thrifty. I have always earned more than I spend because I don't want most of the crap that is on sale. If I want it I find myself in the queue to pay and only then look at the price. If I don't want it it could be a fantastic bargain but I'm still not buying. Yet I...