When the alternative is to ‘jam up the pump’, it becomes even more imperative to pump up the jam.

This is the politics of blackmail. The alternative is not a Reform government. The alternative is maintaining our international commitments to being a compassionate nation

Trying to imagine what this policy would have meant for my grandfather and his friends, facing the constant uncertainty of when and whether they would have been deported, after fighting to save this country from the Nazis

Excellent and atmospheric part 2- but this week there was one significant change to your usual sign off… no Arse Horses!

The other way you can refer to it is ‘Cat, I farted’, which is what it sounds like in French (chat, j’ai peté)

That’s a coincidence - a few days ago I heard an episode of Phoebe Judge’s fantastic ‘Criminal’ podcast on this case and its consequences. Highly recommended

I can rustle up a graph from Google books - it doesn’t obviously cover newspapers etc but perhaps hints at the word reaching outside Goddard’s work

As a result of the borderline offensive body clock of a resident 5 year old, I was up at 5.30am and outside in shorts before 6, and it was horribly, worryingly mild.

Oh thank god someone said it. Like you say, it’s a minor point but most aggRAvating

It's almost as if they could easily dispell common myths about migration if they wanted to, but choose to lean into people's xenophobia 🤔

Apology? The fine’s gone up to twenty grand with the interest!

Is the ‘stod’ part in any way etymologically related to English ‘stud’, as in support strut (timber etc)?