You makee singsong ob de lilly buckra sailor!

Perry himself was not entirely without Heathcliffian qualities — the absence of levity, the ruthless disregard for a girl's comfort, the way he had of scrutinizing you as if you were a puzzle to be solved.

As well as fighting against pay freezes (the RMT is about to ballot members of TransPennine Express), the union is seeking agreements with Network Rail and train operators that there will be no compulsory redundancies (it already has this agreement with ScotRail). … Whether redundancies come and whether they result in industrial action remains to be seen, but it's clear that the RMT is not prepared to show any flexibility towards rail companies.

There is a likelihood that there will be an explosion of slumburbs, as cities will be unable to provide basic services, much less information-related services.