I'm no expert but I'd check out the classic "Gee" by "Girls Generation", no idea what's popular these days. There's an interesting BBC news article about a kpop revival in the UK, popped up today on their homepage.

Florida Sarah! o7

I grew up with just sugar and lemon juice as the only acceptable toppings. Also the pancakes were always more like crepes, from how thin they were. I prefer the more U.S style small and thick pancakes though, plus I've been branching out with maple syrup. Still prefer lemon juice as well though.

good lord

I've honestly never seen Kerrygold cheese in Ireland but looks like they have the monopoly on the export market.

I'm surprised you only met Dick Spring this year for the first time! Merry Christmas Aodhán and all the best to your friends and family.

Whether the Kurds will be abandoned by the West now that Assad is gone + the NATO member Turkey supported HTS/SNA takeover. How the opposition was funded and armed, the weird competition between various "western friendly" nations & the militias they backed. I'd love to understand it better.

It's pretty random these days, we can have our best warm and sunny days during Spring and Autumn(Fall) rather than Summer, blink and you'll miss them though. It's fairly average/mild/temperate on the whole. Besides the rare odd storm, snow is fairly rare as well, sleet/hailstones more frequent.

I think this time around it would require some serious concessions from FG/FF when it comes to including flagship Labour policies into the Programme for Government. There is no real appetite from the grassroots membership otherwise, even many in the PLP, we've all long memories. Doubt it will happen