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And so was Oliver Hardy. Stan Laurel and Jeremy Hunt were born in the UK.

Who'd have thought John Major a potential saviour? John Major's Today interview - Summary Sir John Major has never been a fan of Boris Johnson. As a Telegraph journalist in the 1990s Johnson regularly ridiculed the Major government, and the former prime minister hasn’t forgotten, or forgiven...

One born in the USA and one in the UK. The parallels!!

If I have understood correctly, only those born within the USA can become president. Can we urgently invoke the UK equivalent for becoming PM? (BJ born in NY.)

Since DT got into the WH, I have seen so many fingers pointed at those in the USA for having been so <fill in your choice of word - ignorant?, gullible?, etc.>. Obviously such finger pointing disregards the reality that most did NOT vote for him. Are we now on path for everyone to point at us...

It is also warm - apparently about 4C.

Anyone care to predict the wonderful trade agreements we will get from the USA? Trump lashes out at 'foolish' May as crisis over ambassador grows US commerce secretary pulls out of trade talks as president calls envoy ‘very stupid’ Transatlantic tensions over the British ambassador’s leaked...

Or this (though I do appreciate the difference between Indiana and the UK): Why leave dying corn in fields? 2013 was a wet and cool year overall except for August. Our average harvest moisture was 20% across the whole farm. If we let corn dry all the way to 15% (maybe pushing into December...

We certainly have some nice ice cream in the county, but I am not aware of any vans that sell it. And I don't remember horse-drawn carts - though I do remember horse-drawn drays such as Vaux.

Does anyone know any good company receiver and administrator companies looking for investment? If brexit makes 30,000 farmers go to the wall, and if even some of the other predictions come true, receivers and administrators will become some of the most profitable companies in the country. Might...

I always carry cash so that I can buy an ice cream from a van. Trouble is, most of them sell disgusting fluffy stuff. Still hoping I'll find a fully dairy ice cream with nothing unexpected in it. Some day my ice will come...

Ice cream van man in leaver Eastbourne... “Since Brexit, people have less money, and less confidence in spending money. They haven’t got the money in their pockets they had a few years ago.” (Eastbourne voted to leave the EU.)...

Maybe not as wild as some have suggested? The following point about the thujone content of pre-ban absinthe should be stressed: there are no analyses from the 19th century because neither knowledge about thujone nor the required analytical methodologies were in existence. Therefore, so-called...

There is little else to admire about the DM.

If you don't want to go to gaol... (Please can we have proper English English spelling.) Perhaps he should go to Mexico first? I've heard it is easy to cross from there. The dark forces at work south of the USA are far more terrible than he fears. Yet the USA seems intent on locking the door...

Think my worst was ouzo. Sans Rival. ΠΟΤΟΠΟΙΙΑ Χ. ΘΩΜΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ Από άριστης ποιότητας υλικά (γλυκάνισος, κόλιανδρος, μάραθος, κλπ) από τις πιο ονομαστές περιοχές της Ελλάδας και με συλλογή, κατά το στάδιο της απόσταξης, μόνο της «καρδιάς» του αποστάγματος του ούζου, το Ouzo Sans Rival ...

Ah! I'd always got that wrong. Always thought it was absinthe.

UK firms cut investment plans as Brexit alarm hits new high - survey 3 Min Read LONDON (Reuters) - British companies are more worried about Brexit than at any time since the 2016 referendum decision to leave the European Union and they plan to reduce investment and hiring, a survey of chief...

At what point is it reasonable to use the same currency? And at what point should they use different currencies? For example, should the Scottish pound not just be a piece of paper but a real currency which can move against the pound Sterling? Should there be a Welsh pound (or any other name...

Just as much of a clown as Ronald. (And I have always felt clowns can be deeply sinister.)