I thought I would start a separate thread on the situation in Ukraine as several of the other related threads are getting a bit fractious and have long since deviated from the original question. That...
How would he be handling the Ukraine crisis? https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/02/20/europe/biden-putin-macron-ukraine/index.html I was going to post this in “politics” as it isn’t strictly news but a...
Surprise surprise Russia is now talking up the conflict in E Ukraine. https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/shelling-breaks-out-in-east-ukraine-as-west-and-russia-dispute-troop-moves These are...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-60204847 Presumably now Liz Truss has been stricken with Covid, or at least tested positive. A cynic might say first the Met rides to the rescue and now an LFT...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-60106416 On Friday the UK govt updated its travel advice for Ukraine, not only advising against all travel to the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Donbass, but...
One of my more perverse habits is occasionally to go to the review section on Amazon of a book I’ve just particularly enjoyed, to read the one-star reviews! Yes, I know … There was one I read recently...
… by a temporary visa system for foreign drivers? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58673567 I thought a certain Swift character known for his travels might have beaten me to this one ;-) At least...
http://theirishexpress.com.au/dup-faces-electoral-meltdown-as-sinn-fein-popularity-soars-in-latest-opinion-poll/ The headline in that article is misleading, as popularity of Sinn Fein hasn’t “soared”....
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-57521972
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-57472032
Even if he didn’t do Earth in six days …...
The owners of a farm near us have been holding clay pigeon shoots in a large field on some Fridays in the recent past. There’s a public footpath through the far end of this field and the odd Friday...