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Someone (anyone?) with a little more competence than Abbott would have shot down Oakeshott's guff and Bruce's ill-considered tacit agreement with a bit more rigour than a mumbling 'we're kind of level pegging'. Quite why she's a regular on QT is beyond me as she's a very poor communicator, and...

Done, though as DG points out you have been mentioned Gamble is in terrific form at presnt Have you tried nibbling your cousins yet? https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/stores/ranging-and-merchandising/sainsburys-stocks-edible-crickets-in-uk-supermarket-first/573957.article I have: the first bite...

He reappeared on New Years Day after a four year absence and has been posting his inimitable missives regularly since then Most of the correspondents on TRF nowadays seem a pretty strait-laced lot so doubt he'll get much sparring; but for we who remain untrussed his return is most welcome

Gamble has resurfaced on TRF :) Seems as eruditely surreal as ever he was

I love Shropshire and have spent several holidays there: the Wrekin, Longmynd and Stiperstones offer fine walks with fascinating geology. Ludlow and Shrewsbury are fine towns too. The urban ambling of the flaneur can be rewarding too I'm sure health 'n' safety for what I assume is essentially...

At 60-something I've yet to have a mid-life crisis, unless giving up booze, baccy and entheogens almost simultaneously aged 58 counts, which it might well. I do still vape, pinch a bit o'snuff and have the odd glass of wine on high days and holidays If age brings anything it brings - me anyway...

Indeed, the political spectrum isn't a linear Right-to-Left but a circle with Far-Right meeting Far-Left after a 360-degree revolution The UK public are not and never have been predisposed to extreme doctrines: the far-right know it but there'll always be a small irrelevant minority of them...

This article from the Graun provides a rather good summary of Corbyn and his ilk https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/16/why-are-labour-party-leaders-so-quiet-on-europe---maybe-it-is-the-lure-of-disaster 'I said stupid people' 'I voted Remain' hmm...:confused:

I'll watch 'The ABC Murders'; a three-parter starting on Boxing Day, if only to moan about whoever it is playing Poirot isn't half as good as David Suchet was. A cracking yarn, sure it won't disappoint Other than that there's the continuous loop of Carry On...films on ITV3, a now traditional...

she will not lead the Tories into the next election Seems to be the phrase doing the rounds on Grub Street today which, if not a lazy misquote with in 2022 omitted, begs the question: if Corbyn and whoever decide to call for a no-confidence vote in the near future and if they're successful who...

Forecasting the result of secret ballots is a fool's game: saying one thing in public, doing the opposite in private is a trait particularly applicable to duplicitous MPs. That said, I'd be surprised if May loses this confidence vote; though whether she'll feel the backing she'll be given will...

It's a credit to Team Talking Horses that they haven't given Ozbad the boot and just let him carry on in his own sour way, making a bigger tit of himself with every missive posted 'No-platforming' those prone to expressing views the vast majority find offensive just empowers the offender Let...

Should Banks et al be taken to court and found guilty that would generate an interesting constitutional conundrum: the Leave campaign was illegal, therefore was the result of the Referendum illegal? Uncharted waters or what? Given the snail's pace with which the law moves I very much doubt...

Thanks Grey, useful info From the Table it looks as though I qualify twice: as a C on my father's side and as a D on my mother's side No idea how welcoming other countries are to those with tenuous links to them but the Irish do seem generous with their qualifications for citizenship. Ireland...

I've been mulling the idea of becoming Irish too i.e applying for an Irish Passport but not sure if I qualify My maternal grandmother was born in County Offaly and migrated to England as a teenager in the '20s, then married an Englishman, from which union my mother appeared Meanwhile, my...

The Sanders bandwagon whipped-up at their last election strikes me as similar to that of the Corbyn bandwagon whipped-up at ours: youngsters somewhat smitten by the (now) unusual sight of two ageing and greying leftists with a long history of activism taking on 'the establishment' If both had...

If that has a plain gold/grey label with a large stylised E at the top it dates from release to 1969; if a plain red label with same E, from 1969-1970; if a 'butterfly' label, from 1971-1979 The plain label 'large E' Elektra releases are collectible, particularly those by The Doors. Didn't have...

Apologies, memory playing tricks The 'pressing' codes aren't A- B- etc but -1 -2 etc after the catalog numbers. A, B are the sides (duh!) It's a bit of a minefield anyway, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_number No idea when pressing codes were introduced, though as your copy of Pet...

Don't recall that esoteric chat. I used an eyepiece to help identify the aforementioned runoff codes and sometimes had a glance at the stylus but wouldn't recognize a worn one from a new one When buying a new stylus I'd take the old one in for the dealer to check first; and tended to keep old...

I sold masses of late '60s early '70s LPs a few years ago on Ebay Before selling I'd suggest you consult Rare Record Price Guide, which is what I used https://rarerecordpriceguide.com/ Of those on your list Clear Light, Tea For The Tillerman and Tubular Bells appeal as ones that might be...