Chris Davies
@crd37.bsky.social
Complexity, politics, public policy and helping things be better. Welshman in south London.
Neither of those is any way to talk about my Auntie Jean
November 27, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Neither of those is any way to talk about my Auntie Jean
I mean, who wants a £40bn industry in the UK? What would we even do with that money, eh?
November 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I mean, who wants a £40bn industry in the UK? What would we even do with that money, eh?
Correction: in *another* country
November 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Correction: in *another* country
Exactly my thought. This is the true meaning of the Anywheres.
November 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Exactly my thought. This is the true meaning of the Anywheres.
Here’s to the Wicked Extended Universe
November 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Here’s to the Wicked Extended Universe
"SEAGULLS! (Stop It Now)" -- A Bad Lip Reading of The Empire Strikes Back
YouTube video by Bad Lip Reading
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Gotta get services growing again James
November 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Gotta get services growing again James
Problem is: in days past it was possible to deter voters from picking some parties thanks to racism being beyond the pale for polite society.
I'm not sure that holds as strongly any more.
Put those two things together and you've got a really hideous cocktail.
I'm not sure that holds as strongly any more.
Put those two things together and you've got a really hideous cocktail.
November 26, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Problem is: in days past it was possible to deter voters from picking some parties thanks to racism being beyond the pale for polite society.
I'm not sure that holds as strongly any more.
Put those two things together and you've got a really hideous cocktail.
I'm not sure that holds as strongly any more.
Put those two things together and you've got a really hideous cocktail.
Agree that most people won't give a stuff about what he said as a kid.
I worry about focusing primarily on policy, though. I'm not convinced voters' decisions are that affected by policy specifics, especially for a choice that currently seems to be based on a 'sod 'em all' attitude.
I worry about focusing primarily on policy, though. I'm not convinced voters' decisions are that affected by policy specifics, especially for a choice that currently seems to be based on a 'sod 'em all' attitude.
November 26, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Agree that most people won't give a stuff about what he said as a kid.
I worry about focusing primarily on policy, though. I'm not convinced voters' decisions are that affected by policy specifics, especially for a choice that currently seems to be based on a 'sod 'em all' attitude.
I worry about focusing primarily on policy, though. I'm not convinced voters' decisions are that affected by policy specifics, especially for a choice that currently seems to be based on a 'sod 'em all' attitude.
Apart from when they killed Socrates, but y’know
November 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Apart from when they killed Socrates, but y’know
I’m more sympathetic to this interpretation of the value of collective worship. Problem is it’s hard to have this kind of activity without a shared belief.
One counterpoint is classical religion, which managed that collective action without that much interference in individuals’ lives
One counterpoint is classical religion, which managed that collective action without that much interference in individuals’ lives
November 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I’m more sympathetic to this interpretation of the value of collective worship. Problem is it’s hard to have this kind of activity without a shared belief.
One counterpoint is classical religion, which managed that collective action without that much interference in individuals’ lives
One counterpoint is classical religion, which managed that collective action without that much interference in individuals’ lives
I mean, I think we all know why
November 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I mean, I think we all know why
Like so many of these things you can see they had a great idea for one series, and then when it was a success they scrabbled around to come up with new plot that’s never as good
Homeland, 24, Killing Eve and so it goes on
Homeland, 24, Killing Eve and so it goes on
November 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Like so many of these things you can see they had a great idea for one series, and then when it was a success they scrabbled around to come up with new plot that’s never as good
Homeland, 24, Killing Eve and so it goes on
Homeland, 24, Killing Eve and so it goes on
The logic of the paragraph suggests the final sentence is a bad thing.
Which is mind blowing…to think that making one group of people afraid to go outside is a good thing
Which is mind blowing…to think that making one group of people afraid to go outside is a good thing
November 25, 2025 at 12:36 AM
The logic of the paragraph suggests the final sentence is a bad thing.
Which is mind blowing…to think that making one group of people afraid to go outside is a good thing
Which is mind blowing…to think that making one group of people afraid to go outside is a good thing
Let us know what you think!
November 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Let us know what you think!
Another overlooked middle child
November 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Another overlooked middle child
I'm very sad that the people with a pool are having to pay IHT. How will they cope?
November 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I'm very sad that the people with a pool are having to pay IHT. How will they cope?
The democratisation of scammery: they're not even princes any more
November 23, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The democratisation of scammery: they're not even princes any more
What made them hate this country (which isn’t theirs)?
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
What made them hate this country (which isn’t theirs)?