T.B.    I see no harm in letting folk know the truth on any forum having the most tenuous connection to the important subject of the referendum. As regards bad language on a forum I plead guilty to having once used the "f" word in a direct quote from McTaggart, the subject of that forum being the fact that the "hero" "Titus" Oates fathered a child on a 12 year old girl.

Even one of Mr. Darlings conservative colleagues on the No campaign let the mask slip when he showed the contempt Darling is held in on all sides by referring to him as "flipper" Darling in public.

Anent ticks, as far as I am aware they do not attach themselves to homo-sapiens--sheep, dogs and cats being favourite targets.