GreyShuck

Starmer said he had ‘full confidence’ in McSweeney a couple of days back. That phrase always used to be the knell of doom. Nice to see that some things remain constant in the current political world.

I wonder if Irish/Scottish/Gaelic speakers can pick out anything

Those are from the Q-celtic branch. Cornish, Breton and Welsh are P-celtic. They are pretty different.

I would imagine that it is linked to the rainward side of the Urals, which I would imagine have more cloud and so would promote a selection for improved Vitamin D production, as with Ireland.