That encapsulates the whole thing. That Starmer is a highly capable lawyer who doubtless fully understands this and its significance, yet refuses to address it, is infuriating.

I’ve detested Microsoft software since 1979. I’m that old.

Justified

To be fair, it’s Fox that’s doing the heavy lifting on this one.

The white one or the middle-eastern looking one?

It’s bloody irritating, but unfortunately Yorkshire is pretty lovely.

And as a dual Irish/UK passport holder, would I count as a foreign national?

And Zaxary sort of works for anyone who has some nodding acquaintance with Greek, or maths, or the etymology of Xmas, or LaTeX.

I was looking for the movie Equus on Amazon prime. It’s not on there, but suggested “Champion the Wonder Horse” would be a suitable alternative. (On the upside, it does understand Latin).

It is magic. But pretty much all the stories where people are gifted magic end up with the magic performing in unexpectedly disastrous ways.

Similarly, *explaining* vs. *excusing*

I have a personal theory that this is what happened to the BBC in the 90s and 2000s. It always had a reputation as a bastion of lefty-ness but was also very conscious of wanting to be neutral, so often gave disproportionate time to right wing commentators as ‘balance’. And then the right took over.

Exactly. That would be majoritarianism, not democracy.

The theme to the Godfather was prettt special at my last place of work

When Humphrys was hosting the Today show, Bragg was the perfect counterweight, and a blessed relief when In Our Time followed.

Where Humphrys somehow managed to be self-congratulatory about his own profound and deliberate ignorance of science, Bragg was the exact opposite.

I have also heard, directed at a small blonde child with a red face having a tantrum “Oliver, stop being so Trumpian”.

Can we retire the -gate suffix? Watergate was a peccadillo compared to current events.

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