Spare a thought for political journalists- especially the writers of "what's really going on" long reads. Part of Starmer's appeal is the implied promise to Make Britain Boring Ag… (View Post)

Meanwhile, in "turned out nice again" news, there have been a couple of UK records for wind generated power in the last week or so- about 22.5 MW, so about half our teatime peak demand, and… (View Post)

Right diagnosis, wrong answer. Even before Iraq, Ali C was too much of the story too often. But yeah- Starmer's "do not tell" is admirable government but terrible politics. Someone on … (View Post)

Why on Earth would Musk want the hassle? Just think how much it would cut into his social media posting time. (View Post)

It's a variant on the old Stalin line about the only important thing being who counts the votes. If the umpires are your lackeys, the rules are whatever you say they are. (View Post)