I feel you have to do unironic camp to succeed at Eurovision, and the UK only does ironic camp. (View Post)

Doesn’t Andy’s analysis belie that somewhat? Except for Ireland and France, I’m not convinced there’s determined anti-British sentiment among the European public. I don’t follow Eurovision but it app… (View Post)

As with the Indian deal, there’s a rush to deliver the pre-mortem. I’m quite prepared to be disappointed; I think the EU are unlikely to be as generous as common sense would otherwise suggest, but I’… (View Post)

Brexit begat Johnson and Truss. Johnson begat the Boriswave. Brexit, destroyed any pretence to economic competence, or indeed to actual conservatism as long understood. Brexit provided a sugar rush o… (View Post)

I find X almost unusable now. It’s just alt-right conspiracy theories, extreme racism and “nudes in bio”. It’s a shame because 95% of the interesting voices are gone, mostly into their own walled-gar… (View Post)