I posted here a few weeks ago, and it made me feel a LOT better, but I think that I need that amazing Jezzie support again...

For real. And it's not an argument I would use even if it were true, which it's patently not.

Well I'm a very liberal democrat from San Francisco, CA, and so I was extremely wary of working for a "TORY" (dun dun dunnn), but considering that the UK political spectrum is shifted to the left and the US political spectrum is shifted to the right, it's been interesting to observe really how closely aligned Cameron…

According to the linked article there's another one Tottenham Court Road that just emits the scent... anyway, I'm not surprised it's empty so soon - this is total marketing genius!

I don't know, I think England has the US beat in terms of national sweet tooth. . .

Now I've heard of a savoury pie, but what is a savoury cake? That's not just... bread? (Forgive my ignorance!)

Though I do much prefer pie - yay Pi Day! - I will absolutely accept free cake. (There's a joke somewhere in here about 'let[ting] them eat cake' but it's far too late/early here for me to find it!)

HA! Touché.

OK fellow Londoners, don't be fooled if you smell cake around a bus shelter on Tottenham Court Road and see this advert - apparently it's the one that is only emitting the *aroma* of cake, from a scent spray on the poster site. How cruel!

OH MY GOD WHERE WAS THIS, TELL ME NOW! And will there be more??

I agree! I'm an American Democrat (San Francisco, no less, so you know I'm extremely liberal ;) who works for the PM, and although I was consequently initially wary of working for a Tory, it's been astounding how closely his policies actually align with Obama's. There's a lot of power in labels, but they're much,…

Me too! The moment I saw this video I knew it must be done, and yet I would probably not be the fastest to do it. Kudos DEB!

Oh my god, thank you for making me totally crack up over a topic that is otherwise so anxiety-inducing! Brilliant.

I completely agree. I actually work for the PM and all of my colleagues are, at least outwardly, extremely secular, and sneer at this sort of ideology - and these are conservatives! If the country swings Labour next election it's even less likely. Of course I can only speak for the current political climate, but I…

In terms of the United States, I absolutely agree that to some extent and for some politicians religion is a means to an end (their misogynist ulterior motives), but I don't see those means necessarily having political clout or agency here... I don't deny that there are British men and women who will jump onto this…

As someone who grew up in the US but has lived in the UK for 6 years, I just don't see this as being as much of a threat here in the UK as it is in the US. Even though the Church of England is essentially the state religion, there is very little evangelism here and something like 1 in 10 people even consider…

I'm. . . I'm usually fairly articulate (I like to think), but I am rendered utterly gobsmacked by the fact that this was actually endorced by a subcommittee! Well, less 'gobsmacked,' and more 'totally blind with rage and disbelief.' How can this be real?!?!?! Beyond the way it completely discriminates against women…

He really is!

He really is!

HOLY SHIT YOU GUYS. Downthread I said my dad partially grew up on this block, but I got the address wrong. I just shot him an email and look what he said when I asked if he remembered the address: