I think it's important to distinguish between being anti Starmer, and legitimate criticism of what appears to be a chaotic and inept Downing Street operation. Ultimately, he's responsible, and if he's not strong enough to sack the people giving him bad advice then he's not up to the job.

Yup. There's a name for this: Blue Shell Economics.

"Vote X and you'll get Y" is both toxic and ineffective politics.

Converting to a religion in adulthood also confers a sense of self-righteousness and self-importance. "Jesus came to me and saved me, God spoke to me and gave me a mission."

Idi Amin was funny.

Shelley Puhak's The Dark Queens is a riveting tale of rivalry and murder, almost unbelievable except it all really happened.

What piece is this a response to?

We genuinely have goose at Christmas, every year. Takes a bit of planning, but much tastier than dry old turkey. Peacock though... That's tempting...

Tis the season

What will be left?

Hard disagree. Total Recall was a satirical masterpiece.

Growing up as a Catholic, when we were still conscious of being a minority, I was fed a lot of positive propaganda about Savile as a kid. He raised money for charity, he loved his old mum, the Pope knighted him... And he made kids' wishes come true. Lots of grown-ups seemed weird to me.

Thing is, the BBC is not just a news network. And its entertainment shows, over the 30 years or so, have done a lot to improve the visibility and representation of marginalised groups in mainstream media. This is one reason the right hates it so much, and wants to destroy it.