Hi,  Likes: Cricket, Cricket and the Cricket
                Kindness
                Abstract concepts
                Students
                Political vetos in Europe
                English football
                Coffee Shops and Coffee Chill -- Perculated
                Libraries with more books than computers
                Humourous people
                History
                Thoughtful people
                Unserious people

Dislikes:

                Aggression in debate
                Dullness
                Political cliches from the left and the right
                Coldness in people
                Modern day mythology in Europe --- yep, yuk

Anybody, whom is well - mannered, insightful, and thoughtful at the very least is welcome to write. I will try to rise to the ocassion in response. One thing to keep in mind:

although I have made the odd wee remark which may raise an eyebrow here and there, each is made in good faith and in partial jest

Diplomatic History, mostly concerning the dreaded so-called Europeans, but also touching the United States and Southern Africa
Working in the community services sector

They are a genuinely great people -- uttered at the site of Stalingrad, the SU 1944

Europe should consist of 'fatherlands from the Atlantique Ocean to the Urals'

-- General De Gaulle