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I grew up in her constituency, parents still live there. I never voted there before because I lived in an adjacent constituency when I moved back to the area after university. Now I live in Canada, but today I am registering to vote in Mid-Beds because I am hugely excited at the prospect of the...

Weird interview. Early on, Musk asks "Who/what is the arbiter of what is misinformation and what is not?". I'd think that the clear and obvious answer is that there are verifiable, objective truths to things, which are the only way (and the best way) of knowing what is misinformation and what is...

No, I don't think 10% of revenue is a dent: I just didn't think it was as much as 10%, as I'd been led to believe it was much lower, so I'm happy to have been corrected on that. Nevertheless, I still don't believe City or any Premier League club should have increased ticket prices to the extent...

You make a really good point about Soriano and how that changes how Pep, I hadn't considered that. And as for ticket prices, I read somewhere that all PL clubs could let in fans for free for every single game for a season and it would barely dent annual revenue - it's such a small part of how...

Wonderful post. I'm not as resilient as you. My enthusiasm has been on the wane since Pep became manager, in all honesty. I think at that moment we ceased to be 'Manchester City' and became 'Pep FC'; his personality and stature can override any club's identity to the point where it becomes a...

He was immense in the second half of the 2013/14 season (once Pellegrini worked out how to stop leaving him so exposed to pace). His performance in the away win at Hull, after Vinny was sent off and Garcia dropped to CB, was one of the best I've seen in a blue shirt.

My interpretation of Carr’s joke was that it was holding a mirror up to racism, rather than being a racist joke. Racism towards Travellers and Roma Gypsies is very often overlooked or even just accepted as fair game, as if they don’t count. That’s what the joke was targeting, I think: how we can...

Make sure you get the Game of the Year version with the DLC. 'Blood & Wine' is the best thing about Witcher 3 - it would be a great game on its own.

Yes, I think it only works for anyone who doesn't currently have the subscription (not necessarily 'new members', just anyone who does have it right now). I didn't check that bit before I bought my 25 quid voucher from shopto!

Ah yes, I was given the same instructions about clothing - they said that the wrong colours and patterns would cause strobing. Perhaps part of my decision to not turn up was the stress of having to find something to wear. I'm wondering, were you ever invited to appear on other quiz shows? One...

Haha well, I'd almost forgotten until you pointed it out but, yes, my user name is related to him. Years back when I was at school I had the Che 'Rage Against The Machine' t-shirt and was fascinated by him, so a few people at school called me Che, which ended up being part of my user name for...

Back in 2015 I applied to go on the chase. I didn't get a call back until 2017, by which point I'd almost forgotten I'd applied. They asked me ten quiz questions over the phone and I think I answered eight correctly (I remember getting one about the winter equinox wrong). After that, I was...

I grew up down south at a time when seemingly everyone was a Utd fan there. On the morning after we lost 5-0 to them in 1994, my Dad said to me: "Go to school, it will be fine" I ended up in detention for kicking someone's lunch box over a fence after he'd taunted me.

Yes, you're right! Thank you, it was driving me mad trying to remember. It's a good question, and I don't have an answer to that. Although, I recall some Islamic terrorist attacks on Buddhist targets in Sri Lanka, so perhaps it happens but just doesn't make the headlines.

You've reminded me of a very good answer I once heard against the charge that western foreign policy is to blame for, or at least invites, Islamic terrorism. Not long after the U.S. had become an independent nation, it set out to build its naval trade capacity. It wasn't long before American...

I was obsessed with ED for a while but, alas, I bought it on PS4 because my PC at the time was crappy, and the console versions are certainly inferior to PC (the latter having so many useful add-ons). I took a hiatus from the game, aiming to get back into it with Odyssey, but that has been very...

Called those, too. It was maybe a little too obvious, perhaps, but I don't think it detracted too much from the series, which I thought was excellent. Couldn't take my eyes away, every scene was engaging. And yeah, agree about the airport. Should have ended with him getting the message and...

I'm a huge platformer fan, too. In recent years, as my gaming time has dried up a little, I find myself drawn more to these types of games than your usual blockbuster titles. They just have so much replay value and challenge to them, with satisfying gameplay. You might have played them already...

Saddam Hussein and quicksand. I think the latter developed out of a scene from the film 'One Million Years BC' in which someone succumbs to it. Fortunately, I've not yet encountered either.

My brother in law made the same anti-vax argument, and it's just baffling. He also argues that it came out 'too quickly' to be trusted. It's as if these people are unaware that the COVID vaccine was developed on the back of hundreds of years of knowledge and research into infections and...