I should note that perhaps the most important news of the last two weeks has been the scandal around the cancellation of the West Coast intercity franchise awarding in the UK. However, on one hand, this has been covered extensively in earlier comments in the [2 October] Tuesday Open Thread, the October 3rd Salon, the 4 October Salon, the [4 October] Thursday Open Thread, the 5 October Salon and the last Weekend Open Thread. On the other hand, this would deserve a diary bringing all the threads together – would anyone from ET's UK contingent like to write it?

_{*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.}