That's partly why I was wondering whether it was Cummings-related - the excellent, lingering timing and vengeance - but then I remembered that he was supposed to have left the government payroll… (View Post)

The Mail includes the telling detail that this fake "press conference" was in the £2.6 million "briefing room, that has now been ditched." That's the kind of detail that real… (View Post)

Hmm. Starmer's team will be happy with that one, that's for sure. Maybe the competence profile really is cutting through above all else after all. (View Post)

A propos of nothing and on no particular topic, this is surely one of the most bizarre headlines I've ever seen, on the Guardian's website just now. "Electrician jailed after castratin… (View Post)

I do worry if we're in danger of a kind of collective hypocrisy here. Relations with underage people are clearly unacceptable, and this particular case is not only about age, but also exploitati… (View Post)