A fascinating piece by Sam Freedman (sorry @ydoethur) which unfortunately is paywalled: https://open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/the-gap-that-never-closes?r=1meubq&utm_medium=ios The gist of his argu… (View Post)

As a naive 16 year old in 1976 I got the job of students union vice president at Hull College of Further Education (stood as FCS candidate for those with a long memory). We booked the Stranglers to a… (View Post)

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She’s been listening too much to her SPAD Albert Ross (View Post)

I don’t know whether it’s a factor in the polarisation and shift to the extremes of U.K. politics, but it is interesting to note that the 2026 Russian Federation budget includes the following: “ The … (View Post)