yep. if the public can be helped to realise the difference, and see the BBC as the 'go to' source for analysis, rather than just stenography, then maybe the country has a chance of making a more informed judgement for election purposes. not holding my breath, mind you.

the biggest service the BBC could do everyone, would be to go on the attack and stop with the 'balance' approach, which patently obviously pleases no-one, while also allowing bad faith actors to exploit it. if you want to come across as impartial, then start pulling apart all partisan offerings.

am ambivalent myself; he's a tech investor so you'd expect him to make money. what you can say looking at the longer term, is that he has brief periods of strong outperformance of the Nasdaq (see the dotcom bubble and the current AI bubble), but barely beats the Nasdaq over 30 years:

certainly not suggesting he's a genius, but it's a bit too easy to always see him as a contra. the long term price performance of the stock just doesn't confirm that.

see also the impact on US consumers from having tariffs imposed, the estimates I've seen suggest that consumers bear 2/3 of the price increase from tariffs, companies only swallowing 1/3.

can also rephrase as: 'one of the long term problems with commentary about the UK is most print journalists uncritically soaked up their employer’s beliefs'

you're welcome, I do it first and foremost for myself to stay focused, but always happy to share it around

I'm not saying this magnificent spoof has always meant I can't take indie guitar bands seriously, but I'm not not saying it either

think the 'winner' here will be the guy with the dog, tbh

rolling over to the bully publicly, hhmm I wonder what'll happen next

weirdos gonna weirdo. which is presumably why he's a Reform person.

particularly just after the Dems had a very successful set of election results. these people are as bad as UK Labour for shooting themselves in the feet.

if ever a grown man needed a wedgie, it's him

also, what is that grinning chimp Goodwin up to ?

seems to me the DCMS Secretary should be working a bit harder and more effectively here, but what do I know ?

yes, deffo enjoyed. it's a good twist on the Predator universe*

*there are some great ideas, mostly well realised

will give it a look, ta. give me a choice between sci-fi and fantasy tho, will always choose sci-fi, which is why Predator Badlands was fun today: