The pronoun pattern hidden in Andy Burnham's first PM speech Andy Burnham just delivered his first speech as Prime Minister. There is one pattern hidden in it. Once you see it, you cannot unsee … (View Post)

Also, I think their thesis about Starmer's majority being due to the implosion of the Conservatives as much as Starmer's changes to Labour, misses the point it is the NOTA parties that dire… (View Post)

And the books problem – if I might be permitted a small rant on education in ydoethur's absence – is made worse by, aiui, school English courses increasingly dealing with fragments of texts; and… (View Post)

I'd be more worried about recent advice to turn up several hours early because the new border checks are broken. (View Post)

From Starmer's early days as Prime Minister, I was forecasting that he would retire early like Wilson. He often made slips, and in recent speeches seems to be reading if not word-by-word, then c… (View Post)