Yes, I've heard that story too. There were some more details - about how he started telling exactly the same joke and 'forgot' the punchline in exactly the same place both times. As yo… (View Post)

John Harris in the Guardian yesterday is a good Starmer-critical read. Normally when you see an article like this, you'd suspect it had been 'planted' with a friendly journalist by som… (View Post)

To be fair, that’s common for almost anyone who gets to the centre of power and hangs about there for a while. It’s the principal saving grace of democracy, that it ensures any ruler is got rid of be… (View Post)

You bend the paper over and sellotape the top to the bottom, making a cylinder so that the bar goes all the way round without top nor bottom (View Post)

He and his team have clearly given thought as to the performative shock and awe stuff they always intended to drop in the weeks after his election win. It's still not obvious whether they have a… (View Post)