On topic for a moment. Tories will imagine that you do not have to have an organisational link to someone to be in their pocket. After all, successive leaders have been in the pocket of Nigel Farage. (View Post)

Forms of ID were always required in some circumstances*, but I think the specificity of so many things being much more difficult without a passport or photo ID - taking employment, getting a bank acc… (View Post)

A reminder about strikes: These are driven by democratic ballots that, unlike the Brexit ballot, have a turnout threshold, can very simply have their results overturned in the courts in the event of … (View Post)

Sat at the dentist's with my son yesterday discussing ChatGPT and university assignments and he was quite interesting on it. Regaled me the story of the academic who had submitted an essay written by… (View Post)

An ice warning was put in place yesterday for overnight across the North based on wintry showers (though were expected as rain at valley level), followed by freezing of those showers. Looks like they… (View Post)