Dan Spicer

I expect Mel Gibson will be

There must surely be a market for whatever the equivalent of heritage railways is for aviation

We’ve just listened to the radio series with our 12yo and 9yo and while they were bemused by some of it that was mostly about how Times Have Changed, not content related. They loved Marvin

Thanks… I feel there must be a study in breakage rates somewhere in this system

If you go to delay repay on the TOC website, the first question is “did you complete your journey” and if not you need to ask for a refund. So which is it?!

Hoping someone on here follows me and understands the intricacies of train tickets refunds v delay repay… If you start your journey but end up giving up and going home, which is the right option? Refund via ticket supplier says you must not have used your ticket, which we technically did, but…

I think pre-Covid the Centre for Cities were strongly pushing the case for residential in city centres being key to reviving those that were struggling, which made a lot of sense then and makes even more now

LAs don’t set business rates - they’re set by the valuation office and councils have very little wiggle room

Disappointed this isn’t a Hamish Macbeth crossover event tbh

If I don’t have an air fryer can I shallow fry them?

I suspect they’re the ones where the writers really got to play and have fun and it shows

Some of my favourite episodes of eg Buffy are the ones that do almost nothing to advance the overall story arc - they’re usually the ones that bring the joy and laughter

And surprised anyone would think I wasn’t.

and why it’s so disappointing that the implementation of that approach hasn’t followed through

Tbh I think this broad view applies across pretty any policy domain (both the drivers/levers and low expectations issues) - eg most of the drivers of health outcomes are not in the gift of the NHS. One of the reasons the thinking behind missions was so welcome…

I’m not being supportive of him

Ah, but that isn’t immigration, is it - he’s been forced into tax exile

You both seem to have forgotten about Keith Andrews

Not sure Tyrrell’s thought this messaging through as much as they could have

Can’t really understand backbenchers if you’ve not spent much time being one

Worth noting that neither Starmer nor Sunak had long parliamentary careers before becoming PM which feels relevant

This may be also about my inability to use a search function well

Argos is great and is my usual go to but not so good for slightly obscure things eg when I had to get a replacement for my son’s Fitbit strap and Amazon dominated the search results so much I couldn’t find an obvious alternative

Quoting this as a prompt to note that there’s been a swell of articles about alternatives to US tech recently but not the one I want most which how to de-amazon your life - I would read the shit out of something that could propose solid alternatives to the beast

Why do we have to position becoming an MP as a step up from regional mayor?

If this is representative of civil service thinking the exodus of good people has been worse than feared

It was really notable how many of the cast this year were desperate to be traitors, and that doesn’t seem like a good thing for the show

Trying not to read too much because I haven’t watched tonight’s episode yet but I think the series as a whole is vulnerable to the same issue as Big Brother in that having seen the show affects how the people on it approach it

Three people standing in silhouette on a rock formation as the sun sets behind them

Three people standing in silhouette on a rock formation as the sun rises through behind them

Last sun of 2025/first sun of 2026

Hoping 2026 brings good things for the world

Praying for 2026 to be the year we turn the corner