If only there was a weight of evidence that this doesn't work at all in practice

Maybe somewhere like, say, London, where those fucking things litter pavements despite the presence of designated parking

Absolutely. Utter scumbag. Can't believe I'm siding with Kirstie Allsopp

Tbf, I support anything that makes Michael Rosen's life more difficult, the awful old shite

Tbh, not much of LO is new, it's slightly better connected existing franchise under a single branding/operator

Jesus Fucking Christ

You need to get a fucking life mate

But, like, does that REALLY happen???

You classy, classy lady. If only I weren't already married...

A person with no tastebuds speaks...

Lemon juice is quite effective, if potentially a bleaching agent

My housemate Amy was blessed with gigantic norks & our gay flatmate Del was regularly trying to get a peek, with such subtle lines as, "Amy, I think your should show us your tits, Mark, you agree don't you?" [I did, obvs, but couldn't really say yes...]

Didn't think that was mutually exclusive? At least not according the gay guys I know

Yes, yes it is...

Equally, I don't think we particularly have a Cabinet based on factional affiliation currently - there isn't a wealth of talent out there in the established MP's being ignored

The talent is in the more junior MP's

But... we do have a weak talent pool amongst MP's?

It's been on a steady decline for about 30 years. I'm hopeful for some of the new intake, as I know some personally & know their abilities, but every successive Parliament has got less talented since about 1997

But doesn't that risk further watering down the already weak pool of talent?

If you weren't good enough to be in the initial, say 60, selected, what then qualifies you to be Chancellor for arguments sake?

I quite like the idea, but what of obvious incompetency? They're not likely to resign, so are we just stuck with substandard ministers for 2 years?

[Inserts comment about how lamentable the 'talent' pool is amongst established MP's]

I mean, the headline is correct, the sentiment behind likely not.

The buck does indeed stop with Lammy now. Whether that's a good thing (it's not) or bad thing or even him clearing his own mess up (it isn't. Yet) isn't really relevant.

If not him, then who does it stop with?

"The people"

They have to have approximately 500,000 different pension strangeness arrangements?

At once?

Dunno, sounds pretty complicated to manage tbh

Used to work with a Russian woman, her voice was like my eardrums being attacked by a nail gun. Nothing at all alluring about it

But different strokes, etc

One of the absolute worst

Now THAT is service

What's worrying is that either your colleagues thought:

"Assassin gunning for Grace? I can see that"

Or

"Well, OK, so long as I don't catch any splatter"

I would say so, it's horrific

Fair

I only ever wanted to hug people, not fight them

Other substances however...

Honestly can't believe I'm about to ask this, but...

What is in the deal?

Damn right they should

I can think of a few other things that should have happened to them too

My daughter is the same age that Jamie Bulger was & I can't begin to put into words what I'd do to anyone who harmed her in the way that they did to Jamie

I need a sit down and a stiff drink to recover from that shock

You can always rely on Tatchell for some utter nonsense

I mean, unless the planes that they'd travel on separately crashed into each other, that couldn't have happened, but sure, manufacture yourself some outrage over something that didn't happen

Quite right.

If I knew who you were, I'd shake your hand