The best thing about banknote discourse is that they could put Mr Blobby on a £20 note and no-one would notice because no-one uses cash (except when they go to the barbers obvs).
The Toilets Museum bit at beginning was 🤌
More seriously, I actually think it’s really important that someone shines a light on the behaviour of these people on Planning Committees: they think no-one’s watching and so say completely crazy things. They need to be held accountable!
There was a period before the election when Darren Jones used to give good, authentic answers to questions in interviews.
Now in Government and after a bit of Comms training he’s become a robot and his interviews are excruciating.
The core policy approach of populists is simplism: offering simplistic solutions to hard policy problems.
It can be effective in opposition, but in government it can wreak havoc (the US being a laboratory for simplism at the moment).
No flowers or music, by order of the court!
I’ve always thought: If you read the LRB, how is there time to actually read books?
Fortunately for the Wilmers' family trust, there are people like my American mother-in-law who subscribe, never read it but display it proudly on their coffee table.
Welcome to the LRB.
Amend the Modern Slavery Act 2015 deleting every single “not”
Yes, likewise - the double-think required to think that Dubai is paradise, whilst also a place you can’t criticise the regime or its massive system of immigrant-based indentured labour is beyond me, especially from so-called free speech, low-immigration types like Farage etc.
If only all men his age were so emotionally literate
The thing I would feel most uncomfortable about is tacitly endorsing their system of indentured labour
Also I’m not that interested in having a KFC bucket in 50 degree heat, whilst someone drives past in a Lamborghini they rented for an hour.
It also includes the following sentence: “The catalyst of this collapse was Brexit.”
“Any content that contradicts official announcements…is prohibited” 🚫
"ipse se nihil scire id unum sciat"
I’ve never really understood car economics - brand new they are so expensive - but I think hire-purchase has a lot to do with it (a financial product I find baffling)
I likewise have experimented with it for legal work, and my conclusion so far is that in relation to ‘real’ legal work it is professionally negligent to use it.
Social media on Smartphones
If they’re smart and don’t come across as scary weirdos (eg Matt Goodwin types) then they could do it. But there’s just something in the party’s DNA that points them towards kooky, fringe positions (eg Kruger signaling that women’s equality is a bad thing)
It was a bit “of its time” shall we say. Cocktails were good though.
When I was at Chad’s we had a CockSoc. If my memory serves, they were excellent
It’s like Russia, except instead of owning oil and gas they just own websites.
I do miss Portillo and Diane Abbott squished on a tiny sofa whilst Andrew Neill makes weak jokes.
Bloody hell, you can usually steal these from stationary cupboards.
Really enjoying this
Yes, and he usually explains these choices away as things they “had” to do - don’t blame us, blame Gordon Brown!
Competent = he got stuff done.
Bastard = almost all of it was dreadful
This Government would love a bit of the former!
He has morphed into a curious rarity: the Competent Bastard.
I remember when that guy used to write funny political sketches. I suppose needs must in the clickbait age.
I find it very reassuring that the people making these AI things aren’t themselves complete idiots
They also did something about Outdoor Education which seemed a bit unnecessary for primary legislation.
