Today's NHS data is just so dire. Almost twice as many people had to wait more than 4 hours in A&E in October than in the whole of 2010. And the govt won't put an extra billion into the system to ease some of the pain.

There’s a lot of rudeness of this sort occurring, I’ve noticed lately.

I wish I could. But I can’t.

Oh, dear - I was under the impression that love lifts us up where we belong (according to Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes)?

I am a deadringer; I suspect one is not alone.

I still have fond memories of a good fax.

I think it's more likely from reading about him and interviews with him, that in his case it's a classic case of a self-hating closet case, personally. But what do I know?

Please don't forget Doris Lessing on this excellent list?

Who’s the photographer, please?

Now that the House has no Speaker, does this mean it'll be run as an anarchist collective where whoever has the conch gets to speak?