"I was AT the Punic Wars (one AND two, thank you...have my tour T-shirts from both)."

What, you couldn't make it to the third one?

"I was quite surprised that British MPs could switch parties - after all, most of the time they get elected as a result of people voting for them because of the party they represent. It amazes me that US Senators can too. . ."

Yes, well... When people vote like that, we're all pretty well screwed, anyway, eh?