Austerity was a right-wing response to the Financial Crash, if it failed it was a failure of the right-wing. (View Post)

I was in the hot-desking hub earlier this week and someone was talking to ChatGPT at lunch. Human: "How many t's in ballet?" ChatGPT: "There are no t's in ballet." Human… (View Post)

Winding people up for the fun of it used to be considered something people grew out of while they were teenagers, but these days you can make a career out of it more easily than ever. (View Post)

The longest gap between two separate tenures of a Prime Minister was the 23 years, 3 months and 13 days between the two stints that William Cavendish-Bentinck, the 3rd Duke of Portland, spent as PM. … (View Post)

I understand why people are falling over themselves to do this sort of thing. It seems like the way to curry favour. But the collective effect is really pretty dangerous as it feeds Trump's sens… (View Post)