OTOH, one of my favourite tropes is in Nordic Britain/Labour Forever scenarios where the Labour PMs are mid-level apparatchiks or people who are OTL trade union officials - which would make a lot of sense in such a scenario!

I watched him turn out for York City when I was commentating for Leamington FC at university. Delighted that he's still making headlines. Not that he was doing that too much in his time at York City.

To be fair, McGrath performed a lot better against McConnell than the lean of the state - also helped by McConnell being really fucking old. Big issue is definitely them having a Pet Candidate Who Loses All The Time, which voters fucking hate. Remember Dino Rossi?

Especially after Sorkin left when the showrunner was Literally the Guy from ER.

You can also see this in Sports Night, Studio 60, Newsroom. Everything Sorkin writes is "what if I was the coolest guy in the office...but I have a FLAW..."

Entirely there myself. A few drinks today and I'm almost asleep

Make it a great one. And most of all...win.

276/282. Remembered all the Lord Privy Seal/Leader of the House of Lords-es, but got let down by Welsh Secretaries. Also, who on earth was "Shailesh Vara?"

It was 2015. I led Labour to one of the worst results in school history- 36%, 29/60 seats. I think in every mock election before since they've got about 60% of the vote.

Yeah, I hear that. Apparently the new art is more true to the manga, in which case, fair enough, but it doesn't have quite the same appeal for us as it did before. The episode where they visit about fifteen suspension bridges was very tourist-y, yeah.

Actively finding it quite dull at this stage. Which is a shame, because the first two series and the film were really beautifully made

Wrexham. Currently getting near Chester.

Kings Cross is shut today, so the East Coast mainline isn't an option- no Leeds, Hull, Sheffield, Newcastle. Serendipitous, some would argue

You're 18. You play for Rosenborg. Approximately 1500 people have watched you play and they're all online. You're not LeBron James.

There are points of failure and atm everyone is knackered and it exacerbates them. But people want a magic bullet and get upset when there isn't one