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Can I purchase some Schrödinger's chain from you? First there is a link. Then there isn't.

I think the lowest class of society implies those who indulge in corrupt behaviour. And the cover and conceal aspects fit corruption very well. As well as "dirt". scum (n.) early 14c. (implied in scummer "shallow ladle for removing scum"), from Middle Dutch schume "foam, froth," from...

Wrong. For one simple reason: We have collective cabinet responsibility. If one is deemed suitable for castigation (due to decisions made in cabinet - not unrelated things), they all are. They are each and every one fully responsible even if individuals were not present - simply being a cabinet...

Don't mince your words, David... :) Lord Puttnam announces retirement from House of Lords: FULL SPEECH https://www.davidputtnam.com/viewNews/n/lord-puttnam-retirement-full-speech/

As just an individual speaking only for myself, a damn sight more appealing than the tories.

And Johnson's record on use of language is acceptable? "Scum" is a mild schoolyard insult compared to the massively insulting way Johnson has, does and most likely will continue to spout. Each time he insults a president, of Turkey, the USA, Russia or elsewhere, most of the population of...

Did I say it did help?

I see the UN has changed their mind: Matt Hancock, the former UK health secretary, will no longer become a special envoy for the United Nations, after the job offer was withdrawn.

"... one of our best MPs." Unfortunately, that can easily be read as some less good MPs possibly not deserving the same level of sadness/anger/protection. I say that for all I would have disagreed with a lot that Amess said and stood for, it is bad for all of us when any MP is attacked. All...

It is very difficult for an individual to get their opinion on these alleged wrong-doings taken up either at the ballot box or by the courts. The government appears to be trying to ensure that judicial reviews become less accessible. They fail to institute inquiries. They have a Home Secretary...

Even if there is some truth to what you say, I hardly think it counts as credit.

During the days of IRA mainland activity, some people seemed to be excessively concerned. Despite living in a potential target city, having been in Oxford Street when a bomb blew, etc., I always felt my statistical chances were extremely low of being harmed. Yes, of course, keeping eyes open was...

Certainly not in my own self. When he was positively cultivating the clowning and joking imebecile persona, I'd find nothing about him amusing or entertaining.

If you don't wear a stab-proof vest when you are out and about, would it be your fault if you got stabbed? The implication is that if an MP didn't wear such a vest one day, and were stabbed, it would be at least partly their responsibility for failing to obey the mandatation.

Mis-informing of motivation is a bad and dangerous game. If they don't know, or are unsure, it is likely better not to say anything. And, to consider one possibility, if the suspect has a severe mental health issue, that might eventually be seen as more important than a possibly more visible...

Much prefer live yogurt. :)

Something odd is happening. After weeks of moderately empty shelves in all the food shops I go to, fairly suddenly, there is much less empty space. (And not just due to moving things round.) Not as it used to be, but considerably better. It felt as if someone found the key to the warehouse...

Write it all down in a simple list before your next appointment! It's the only way even for those who have excellent focus, memory, etc. Comes across as being towards the Walter Mitty end of the scale - but who knows?

A private lab screws up: Covid PCR tests: at least 43,000 in UK may have had false negatives Health Security Agency suspends operations at privately run lab in Wolverhampton https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/15/public-urged-to-retake-covid-tests-after-false-negatives-in-berkshire...

However, many redheads have Nordic genes and suffer from more skin cancer, need more anaesthetic, more likely to get Parkinson's, ... My own hair was never red - but my beard hair was really quite orange! (In the middle east, people often wondered if I was hajj.)