I had hoped this would be a joke, but it seems not. Is this video AI? Or have you really jumped on this ludicrous culture war bandwagon?

Interesting that he represented himself, given that he is (very obviously) not a defamation lawyer. I wonder if this is because he didn’t seek appropriate legal advice, or he got advice that he didn’t like and decided he knew better?

This happens so much on here. And when you point out their mistake, they just double down and say ”well you should have made clear that you weren‘t talking about the US”. What are we supposed to do? Preface every post with “fuck off Americans, this is not about you”?

On Great British Menu last year someone did a “vegan fish course”…

Interesting,but the story is not quite right. She didn’t purchase the ginger beer herself. This was a key part of the legal case because it meant there was no contract between her and the seller - which is why she had to argue negligence rather than breach of contract. (Sorry for the lawsplaining!)

I think John is a troll. It‘s pointless trying to reason with people like that.

You may well already know this but Cornelissen’s is fantastic, especially for stuff that’s hard to find elsewhere. Based in UK; they do ship overseas but I don’t know what shipping costs are like. www.cornelissen.com (The physical store is gorgeous and well worth a visit if you’re ever in London.)

I tried not to, but failed!

Had similar conversation with my neighbour and his young child. They were playing football in the street, and as I went past the child picked up the ball and showed it to me proudly, saying “this me ball”. Dad, correcting her: “MY ball”. Child, outraged: “No, ME ball”!

And there she goes, sucking the joy out of everything again. This was an initiative to promote the health benefits of dancing, not just MPs having fun. And when you find yourself saying the same thing as the Daily Mail and 30p Lee, maybe it’s time to have a think about which side you’re on?

Agreed! I quite like the Simon Reeves programmes as they’re fairly informative, and don‘t shy away from showing the more unpleasant/difficult aspects of places. This just looks like the usual superficial load of old tosh though.

I somehow escaped having measles as a child. Given the outbreaks in London, I thought I should get the MMR jab. I asked my GP if I could have it, and she said “if you like”. I did have it, but I was surprised at the lack of interest. Surely they should be encouraging patients to get vaccinated?

I don’t buy Advance tickets as I can’t usually commit to a specific train. Off peak has worked fine for me until now, but maybe no longer. My Senior Railcard is about to expire and I’m having second thoughts about renewing it. Maybe I’ll just stick to my car from now on.

Or perhaps you should stop assuming that everything is about you? This may come as a shock to you, but there are many places in the world that are not the USA.

Are they, by any chance, on their way home after watching a disappointing football match?

And these same people will also go on holiday to Spain and be furious if their restaurant menu isn’t in English.

I know this isn’t what you were hoping for, but a modest bit of good news all the same.
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What do the decent Tories (if there are any left) make of this insane drivel, I wonder?

Me too!

People who’ve never experienced grief have no idea. I once had a colleague who expressed surprise that our boss seemed sad. I pointed out that his mother had died. Colleague said “I know, but that was weeks ago“…

And then the Americans took it over. Which I understand Hawaiians weren't particularly happy about either?

Been there, done that. Awkward moment when the child of the first marriage turned up at grandma’s funeral.

The Seven Dials Club is supposedly a charity. I’d be interested to know what the Charity Commission’s view is of this activity.

Yes! Starring Mark Strong or Craig Parkinson. With Mandip Gill as his sidekick (new MP, keen but lots to learn) and Kristin Scott Thomas as his no nonsense boss (“you’re off the case, Speaker”).

And LCY has no business class lounge (in my advancing years I’ve become rather attached to business class travel, esp for long haul). Which is a bit odd considering it is (IMV) primarily a business airport.

In medical terminology "elective" just means planned, ie non emergency, surgery. It doesn't mean the procedure is optional. But it's a common misunderstanding (especially for c-sections where the "natural birth" lobby can be quite militant), so I agree it would be better to use a different term.

Pears are delicious, provided you can manage to eat them in the three minutes between them being rock hard and horribly over-ripe.

Oh you can definitely apply it to legal matters. My (law firm) boss used to say “if you ask five lawyers a question, you’ll get six different answers“.

Me too, but my combo is Lidl, Tesco's and Waitrose. Lidl and Tesco's are right next to each other. When the Lidl was first built you could park in either car park to access both shops, until Tesco put a fence up to stop people doing that!

Reminds me of the great humorist Alan Coren: “why do we need Sainsbury’s? To keep the riff-raff out of Waitrose”.