Smart reply - I’d probably have been rather less nuanced!

Well - if he thinks London is bad (has he ever actually been?) just wait until he sees New York!

Something tells him he’s into something good.

See if you can get your hands on the documentary RTÉ 1 TV in Ireland broadcast the other night.
Fucking terrifying.
Meanwhile here in the UK, the BBC tells its journos they’re not allowed to quote the bit they edited out of the Reith Lecture about trump being the most openly corrupt POTUS in history

I was wondering which specific natural cause. My money’s on “the Clap” (syphilis). It would be fitting - gross, and humiliating.

HIGNFY? The News Quiz?

I feel an Arkell v Pressdram moment coming on.

And any European passports to which they may be entitled.
Or indeed not entitled, with a bit of elasticity in their claimed relationships on applications.

It’s the approach Hitler took to the Jews - disenfranchise them, make them actively want to leave for their own safety, etc. Nine years later, when that hadn’t got rid of them, came the Wannsee conference.

When we downsize it will likely be a slightly smaller house but 2 key drivers are smaller more manageable garden (currently 1.6 acres) and closer to town centre - which will almost certainly wipe out any saving from reducing size!