Would not have thought of that, but why not? Regrettably, Brahms died 50 years and nine months before I was born, otherwise ...

Neither. I would say 'one person in three'. So 'doesn't'. Simples.

It's revealing about taboos around racism that the visceral bullying racism of schoolboy Farage cuts through while the much more consequential thinly veiled racism of adult Farage doesn't. Many people need that veil and flinch when it's removed. You can advocate racist policies but not say the words

Left: Financial Post, "Canada reaches deal to join EU's flagship defence program"

Right: Bloomberg, "Talks for UK to Join Flagship EU Defence Fund End in Failure"

Labour's 'make Brexit work' disaster #...

Genocide is now misnamed "ceasefire".
Israel still bars foreign journalists from Gaza.Israel still murders the enclave's children, and destroys the few remaining buildings.
Only now our MSM can 'move on"

Watch @democracynow.org
Read @dropsitenews.com
Read @doubledown.news

Fascinating read, thank you.

Harsh on the wretch ... but absolutely fair. Sickening.

Once a sub, always a sub! (As only an ex-sub would understand.)

Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.

One last bright spot amidst the encircling gloom in the season of mists and mixed metaphors.

And in many cases their historical choice.

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

Absurdity defined.

Sincerely hope you're right.

Happy 86th birthday Lily Tomlin.

My first memory of Lily was watching her singing and signing "Sing” on Sesame Street.

Till this day, I still associate this song with Lily more than The Carpenters.

this is why i don't care about the "Can AI make art?" arguments -- that's not what it's built to do. this is

can i use a tank to mow my lawn? maybe, but i'm not sure why i'd try

Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations

When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?

If your humanity doesn't extend to immigrants then it probably doesn't go much further than yourself. And my Englishness sure isn't defined by such individuals.

And let's face it, we know that those who would deport any group en masse will not be too picky about whether that includes those long resident here if they have the wrong skin colour or religion.

A day of shame for the UK. A political party proposes mass deportations and the response from other political parties is not to condemn this as going further than even Mosley or the National Front.

Pretty, isn't it?

Sorry about the sting, C, partic. nasty if allergic. Hope you feel better soon. Sadly will be a much reduced Verbier for me this year. Day trips for the Academy voice m'classes/concerts and see old friends - thank god I'm close! Here, it's choir all this w/e, more Mendelssohn+Schumann duets ❤️ soon.

Ouch!

Happy "piano" 🎹 birthday (88 😉) to the great pianist and conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy, born 6th July 1937.

Bienvenue en Suisse!

Remember seeing a few Borgwards in East Africa in 1957-61 period. Had never heard of them before (my Pa had) and haven't since, until now!

"Peace"