Boris Watch

Not sure if Boris speaks German, but he might be interested in drawing the attention of citizens of the Bundesrepublik to the rather cheap offer of rail travel to and from London, which of course is nice and affordable to visit for the lucky Euro-salaried traveller.
Anyway, what drew my attention was what the Germans (who [...]

Well, sort of.  One of the annoying things about the post-election period was that no one apart from, basically, a few blogs (you know who you are) seemed that bothered about actually examining Boris in action.  You’d have thought the Labour Party might have had an interest – they have a good record in government [...]

We had a fun time round here before Christmas – a water main burst, leaving a nicely flooded road and consequent days of disruption due to traffic lights.  It’s still leaking.  London’s water mains are clearly in a fairly rotten state – the ones down the High Road go pop repeatedly, and there’s only so [...]