I preferred the old way of doing a general election when we elected all of the MPs at once rather than one by one.

Bicycle rides in the old days must have been...interesting.

Ok so this is a weird one: you know Lloyd Evans, the Spectator writer who wrote about hiring the sex worker, you know him? He went on a Guardian Blind Date!!

theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

Who is ready for Owen Jones/@Guardian to be forced into a humiliating retraction over his latest piece? One that exposes how lazy he is as a 'journalist', who is so committed to his own ideological bubble that he has published an egregious error.
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Wrote about an overlooked part of devolution: the fact that local politicians will do things that are good, things that are bad and things that are mental economist.com/britain/2024/0…

Water extraction and weight of buildings see half of China's cities sink bbc.in/3w5HDTh

The Financial Times Editorial Board: Western allies need to supply Ukraine with whatever they can today, and worry about replacing it tomorrow. Or as Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg has put it: “If allies face a choice between meeting Nato capability targets and providing more aid to Ukraine . .…

(once more)
Me sowing: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!

Me reaping: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.

Confusing moment before I realise which IEA we're talking about

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— the age at which British voters become more likely to choose the Conservative Party over Labour has soared from 39 at the last election to **70 years-old**

— working age voters have turned their backs on the Tories

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

*looks at 13 yr old, looks at the mirror, shrugs*

Just wished my wife a happy birthday on LinkedIn. It's the little things that make a marriage last.

the least successful prime minister in history has lunch with the FT, aka the “deep state”

via George Parker

ft.com/content/8e0046…

Advice for scholars: next time you lecture on Kant and revolutions at “Downing” (Darwin College) Cambridge, make sure your hair is neatly tied and that you’re not blonde. Or else your research impact will be on the The Spectator libido section.

This is pretty big news -EU Commission proposing a very ambitious/extensive 'youth' mobility scheme between UK and EU...

Every time I can be arsed to make vinigarette, I finish the salad thinking that balsamic is basically middle-class ketchup

“So, I have always wanted to be put into a medically induced coma.”

Architect: “Say no more”

My latest, for Foreign Policy, a dispatch from Ukraine's eastern front, as the ammunition shortages have reached a critical point.
foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/17/ukr…

amazing story from 2017:

Tory MP Mark Menzies interviewed by police over claims he got dog drunk and started brawl with friend: Friend reportedly had to spend almost £500 getting emergency vet to treat dog for 'intoxication'

independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…

The Menzies case is shaping up well...