If something comes from the engagement, i.e. Badenoch either changing policy or putting forward a good argument for why hers is better, acknowledging the trade offs, then I will indeed be impressed (View Post)

Of not listening to or engaging with an opposing point of view? In the GMB clip - she just kept repeating, paraphrased: we must do something, my plan is something, therefore we must do my plan. If sh… (View Post)

It took me a while in academia to understand that grant income trumped all else (at least at our uni). The promotion criteria did not make it explicit, but when I got a fairly competitive fellowship … (View Post)

And one can lighten the mood during a crisis by shouting: "Romeo! Romeo! Where for art thou, Romeo?!" (View Post)

Indeed. I too have watched Upstart Crow :wink: Still, means it also fits when the bullying claims come back to bite and Starmer acts confused about how she got chosen! (View Post)