It never made sense but now even more so.

Welcome, Orla.

Not the BBC yet, I believe?

I find the number of people saying they want to block her as a response to this genuinely baffling. You don't need to like her. She's the leader of the opposition. Even if you're absolutely convinced she's wrong about everything, why not listen to ideas you disagree with?

Herbert Von Karajan's recording of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique

Tire l’autre jambe

Ah, so sad to read, Richard. Truly inspirational.

It’s early days here, worth us all persevering. Nearly all my followers here are duplicates of the other place. That’ll change too, I suspect.

Have read most of them. Suggest Norwegian Wood to start, and if you like it, there’s many others to enjoy.

Thank you vm.

Yes please, although I don’t often post on legal issues, or anything much at all to be honest (after a couple of Twitter pile ons)

I guess I would categorise as proficient, intermediate and basic. I’d never overstate (as with everything else on CV) so if proficient is stated, except part of the interview to be in that language

Put out the flags, it's arrived!

That looks to be my experience.

I was hoping my copy would arrive today. It didn’t. 3rd week in four. Disappointing.

More in hope than expectation

My hope, probably without foundation, is that a landslide loss leads them back to being a pro-EU, One Nation party again with the Eurosceptics faded as a force. The latter have had their time in the sun and it’s not gone well.

No, please don’t it let put you off. My partner believes that it has a lot to do with staff shortages at our local sorting office where mail just stacks up. She may be right. Your situation may well be very different.