“We needed all those Tomahawks to blow up a goatherd’s shack in the Kalahari Desert, for reasons which are classified”

Presumably a strategic delay to energy support just as Russia destroys Ukraine’s heating systems and the winter gets particularly cold could be useful for forcing Ukraine to surrender, and getting Trump his Nobel for ending the war.

You’ve never been to Jakarta or Mumbai then

Paris, like New York, is considerably larger than Amsterdam and Copenhagen and needs a more comprehensive transport system. Though like them, Paris has pushed cars out and prioritised active mobility, as well as public transport.

London would probably also be a good candidate. They got a lot of things right (like wayfinding and fare capping).

More like Cthuwu

So do Ukrainian drone operators, who have developed tactics for spooking the horses into throwing their riders off.

Everything old is new again

Race conditions

If the procedure is reversible, sure. Give it a try, and if it doesn’t work for you, you can go back.

If it’s The Canary, I’d double-check it first. They have a tendency to publish incendiary claims with little regard for accuracy (i.e., their claim that the RAF was refuelling IDF bombers over Gaza).

The purpose of a system is what it does.

So, meaning is a pyramid scheme

It looks like the hollow husk of UKIP left behind by Farage and his backers has turned into some equivalent of the BNP/EDL/that one Morrissey endorsed.

That’s one horny cover

My first thought on seeing the photo: “Christ, Billy Idol’s looking rough these days”

You love to see it.

More like “Wanna root?”

All cats are beautiful

You are Patricia Highsmith and I claim my £5

They’re not getting the concessions Thatcher handbagged out of Delors. They join the EU on equal terms with other members. If they would prefer to stand proudly alone with their delusions of imperial grandeur and get pushed around by everyone else and eventually turned into a hollowed-out kleptostate run from Beijing, Riyadh, Mar-a-Lago and a dozen tax havens, then they can’t be helped. (Though if Scotland and Wales make a break for it, they should be welcomed into the EU on the standard terms.)