OMG I think I must have had a stroke or something. I've spent most of my adult life explaining academic discourse to people. But I'm now thinking that if you can't express yourselves better than this, you might not be part of the conversation as we try to embrace the new world.
I'm pleased you wrote this - captured my thought but I doubt I'd have been able to express it so clearly
But he's screwed himself, hasn't he? Manchester now knows he'll bail as soon as it is in his interest to do so.
Jeez - you people need to learn how to speak human. Don't get me wrong, I am vaguely familiar with your world - but not many people are.
The Economist coverage is grim but this is exactly how it should be reported.
economist.com/united-state...
I never thought much of the sequel.
I'm sorry but I continue to struggle to understand what type of Briton thinks that this this racist shit is anything but a grifter and a charlatan.
Nigel Farage attended Davos on a pass sponsored by the family office of Iranian billionaire Sasan Ghandehari, which told the World Economic Forum that the Reform UK leader had advised the company since 2018. ft.trib.al/V138xDu
That doesn't seem like a good idea. Obviously, I don't know Daffers, but I suspect she is - at best - indifferent to your Traitors obsession! 😉
I'm still thinking about your breakfast escapades yesterday. I had a Kenyan PI on a couple of research projects in the early 00s - when we travelled to European hotels, he would make the most outlandish breakfast combinations. Slightly less outlandish than yours, I think.
I think we all assumed there would be some organisation which would protect us from these people and their vile global goals. IMF, perhaps, or 007? Are you now telling me it was all fiction and there's nobody to stop them?
Surely the logical conclusion of this view is that a number of people need to be impeached / removed from office immediately. And if they aren't, then the political violence they appear to promote may well backfire.
Totally accept your right to strike - and I hope you achieve your goals. But "all because I refuse to reschedule lost teaching" is basically pissing in the faces of your students - who are paying thousands of pounds per year to attend your classes.
And yet, Tim Stanley hasn't caught on yet, so I guess the clues aren't obvious enough.
That's such a lovely post.
I love that it is @gtconway.bsky.social highlighting this pathetic quisling. Hope to see many UK commentators do the same.
"What only the #BBC does." Absolutely - fucking Michael "Brexit because it might make me leader of the Tories and so PM" Gove - treated as an honest commentator.
It's not as though the US legislature doesn't have options, though, is it? Don't pretend that the enablers are not equally responsible.
Anne, how many countries do you think are actively working on their own nuclear weapons? It must surely be a matter of time before numerous countries so arm themselves.
Interestingly, Richard Osman on "The Rest is Entertainment" said that this question is the thing he dislikes most about TV quiz shows (with provisos). I struggled to disagree - unless there is a very good story, don't include that question in the edit.
Think @ottoenglish.bsky.social has a view about the Ladybird books.
That's strange that you should say that. I often watch YT videos at 1.5x and a while back one happened to include Montie. Obviously it makes everybody look odd but he looked *so* strange - I wondered if he was very ill.
Yes, yes, this - it's not voyeurism, it's abuse!
Terribly uncanny - I'd never heard this before. Do you think Machado intended to echo this? It would be incredibly clever if she did - at her own expense.
Was it really your 25m swimming certificate in the first place, Andrew? I'm sure Trump already had it on his list long before it was awarded to you.
Yeah, whatever you say, I don't think it's right - I mean who are you to question The Orange Baby? I plan to sell my PhD on eBay tomorrow - gonna save somebody a *load* of time and effort.
I don't think they can rescind it anymore than she can transfer it. The astonishment is how pathetic somebody would have to be to even think about accepting it 2nd hand
This concurs with something an Iranian friend told me today - obviously he confirmed that communication is very difficult - but he said he'd been told it was costing £5K to get the bodies back of those who the regime had killed.
I know - "you voted this bunch of losers out last time because they proved to be utterly useless - but now they're part of our party!"
Thank you for sharing this. I love C&H - and as I bought various collection book over the years, really appreciated BW's commitment to maintaining his ideals - and just how hard he had to work to do so.
