It’s worth mentioning that Pauline Hanson was there too.

Did you ever visit LA in the seventies? Because that’s a comment that could only come from someone who never visited LA in the seventies.

Out of interest, what was the life expectancy for someone living in the late Pleistocene?

Why would it be? Ireland has nothing to do with the UK.

Does Farage want another Australia?

Because the last time the British government tried this shit, we got Australia.

My parents worked hard all their lives and have had very little to show for it. As much as I didn’t realise it at the time, I never really wanted for anything, but I’m sure my parents skipped meals on occasion.

Now they’re retired they have a bit of money from state pension and superannuation funds, as well as a bit my mum inherited from her parents. It’s still not a lot, but they’re able to live in the comparative luxury they always deserved.

A couple of year back they splurged and took a trip to the UK, which had been on their bucket lists since before I was born. They seemed to feel like they had to explain why they were spending the money, and I reassured them that it was their money, not mine.

My wife and I are in good, stable jobs and we don’t need their cash. Let them enjoy themselves while they still can.