wow that's really grim. Mind you it's not as if cheating is hard anyway, for anyone who wants to...

At least these guys actually are James Annan - there’s been a middle name Kofi for a while (he’s actually quite a guy from what I can glean) but now this Dadzie is a new one. However, firstname.lastname is *me*, dating back to the time when you could get such addresses without adding numbers…

I don't think there is necessarily any deprivation involved, milk production is variable and it would be straightforward to skim off (!) a bit for human use without the calf going hungry.

18 in Yorkshire! "E lord, she be thin" www.yorkshire-dialect.org/humour/yorks...

Maybe they got the wrong idea what CBA stands for :-)

I doubt they include things like lost productivity either.

<insert joke about grizzly bear shit>

No, I’m not sure what petty bone you’re trying to pick with me but I’m not blaming any victim here.

I'd be astonished if it was anything close to 10% valuable.

Yes absolutely I have that same perspective. I’d expect some people to be a bit more careful if walking around solo late at night in some areas, but no-one normal takes weapons when going about their daily life.

The way you call it “means of defence” as if it isn’t a weapon… we just have no need for or wish for these things to be widely available and carried around in the UK.