”Wherever it is used, I wish it wasn't. I find it a particularly ugly word and I hate it ..... but that is a topic for the 'Language Pet Peeves' thread.

That’s true, Doug.

”What has this got to do with UK politics?”

Nothing at all, but it’s friendly, knockabout stuff that I, for one, find infinitely preferable to some of the ugly bickering that used to dominate ‘UK Politics’ threads. The atmosphere in recent times has smelled far nicer - long may it continue.