Beautifully written piece in the TLS on life in Kharkiv now. https://bsky.app/profile/jamesmeek.bsky.social/post/3latvtnhh4s2l (View Post)

I suspect that he will buck the trend of incumbent leaders getting a pasting at the next election. (View Post)

Political leaders having to resign for lying? There won't be many left, and the few who do survive the cull will be insufferable prigs. (View Post)

Slightly ahistorical, and as the Duke of Wellington reputably said in response to being described as Irish. "Just because a man is born in a stable doesn't make him a horse". (View Post)

Well, yes and no. The UK polls got the number of seats in parliament pretty well, it was the percentage votes that they were less good on, but that matters less. The US polls showed a coin toss, but … (View Post)