The personal allowance and higher rate thresholds have been frozen for 5 years and the two years before that they were only £200 lower. The few years before that they were increasing approx. in line with inflation.

This was me, too. Viv was easily the most talented player of my childhood. He played with a swagger that even Botham couldn't emulate.

Perhaps he feels Zohran in some way belongs to all of America. Similarly, London is such an important part of the UK that Sadiq Khan is well-known and broadly respected here.

It's presumably "our" because the author of the piece, Freddie DeBoer, is an American living in New York. It's not uncommon for the highbrow papers to include such articles.

Sadiq Khan is centre-left, but not socialist. No idea how the Times covers him, it's paywalled and not my bag.

This is a great blog post, right down to Descartes being the best classic work to start with. I started with Hospers and my wife enjoyed it when she was interested in finding out what my degree was all about. Am now going to check out The Philosophy Files.

Intrigued by the picture, I clicked through to see if the story explained its use. Not that I can tell, is the answer. Is fixing a puncture supposed to be a metaphor for reforming SEND?

I think the parish he's ex of is the Resolution Foundation. He's still here posting on bsky.

Magnificent thread, thank you.

Also cucumber simple syrup for use in cocktails (G&T, mojito) or cucumber cordial.

Yes, agreed, but you don't need to actually drive to renew your licence. Your post suggested people continue to drive so they can have a licence. You don't have to, you can just renew but not drive? And if you're not actually driving, it doesn't really matter than you lied about your eyesight.

But you don't need to drive to have a driving licence - my daughter has had a licence for some time but never driven.

He's got the most ponderous flow of any rapper I've ever heard.

You must have an interesting cv!

how about "it seemed like a watershed moment for wildlife in the UK"?

Yeah, everyone knows the Ace Frehley one was the good one.

it's imaginary?

This thread really speaks to me, thank you. Public Enemy were a crucial part of my education: growing up in a northern English mining town, they opened up a whole new world to me. Fight the Power came out when I was 18 but I confess I introduced my daughter to PE when she was seven - am I a bad Dad?

I've always assumed it was Johnny Winter. Either way, I can't hear it without it putting a smile on my face.