David McAllen
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“We’re gonna need a bigger bus”
January 12, 2026 at 1:51 PM
“We’re gonna need a bigger bus”
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This is smart from Polanski in broadening the greens appeal. Often language around ‘green choices’ is received as choices for those who can afford to do so and just another financial/time burden at a time of already high burdens for everyone else looks tin eared. www.thetimes.com/article/a7ac...
January 12, 2026 at 8:18 AM
This is smart from Polanski in broadening the greens appeal. Often language around ‘green choices’ is received as choices for those who can afford to do so and just another financial/time burden at a time of already high burdens for everyone else looks tin eared. www.thetimes.com/article/a7ac...
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What I have discovered from drifting around the "lesser" parts of the UK is that the country has a surplus of pleasant often historic towns and villages, there is remarkably good food and drink on offer, and there is rather less anger than is often imputed... www.ft.com/content/fc96...
The surprising joys of under-tourism
Avoiding the trials of modern sightseeing is more soothing than you might think
www.ft.com
January 11, 2026 at 11:24 AM
What I have discovered from drifting around the "lesser" parts of the UK is that the country has a surplus of pleasant often historic towns and villages, there is remarkably good food and drink on offer, and there is rather less anger than is often imputed... www.ft.com/content/fc96...
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I wonder what Londoners know that the rest of the country don’t?
January 11, 2026 at 9:26 AM
I wonder what Londoners know that the rest of the country don’t?
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On the case for Starmer’s refusal to criticise Trump and the strategic paralysis it conceals. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Is Starmer’s reluctance to criticise Trump smart tactics – or the sign of a man without a plan? | Rafael Behr
The PM won’t call out Trump over Venezuela, and won’t commit to Europe. His refusal to choose leaves vital choices for Britain to be made by others, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:38 AM
On the case for Starmer’s refusal to criticise Trump and the strategic paralysis it conceals. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We’re currently counting how many of each chocolate is in a box of Celebrations after a heated Christmas Day debate…
January 1, 2026 at 12:46 AM
We’re currently counting how many of each chocolate is in a box of Celebrations after a heated Christmas Day debate…
Happy New Year World…
January 1, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Happy New Year World…
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Brilliant cartoon by Glen Le Lievre
December 19, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Brilliant cartoon by Glen Le Lievre
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5. Intervention today (or in any recent decades), if it has any effect at all, will instead hasten the depopulation dive on the other side of the peak: a trend that is just as inevitable, whose impacts are brilliantly summarised here by David Runciman: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Runciman · Are we doomed? The End of the Species
Are we doomed to die out? We find ourselves at the only point in the history of the species when the rate of population...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 10:27 AM
5. Intervention today (or in any recent decades), if it has any effect at all, will instead hasten the depopulation dive on the other side of the peak: a trend that is just as inevitable, whose impacts are brilliantly summarised here by David Runciman: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
What is it about LIV winning 2-0…#LFC
December 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
What is it about LIV winning 2-0…#LFC
Scotland in with Brazil anyone…getting more likely
December 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Scotland in with Brazil anyone…getting more likely
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Financially corrupt *and* morally corrupt
Some people can achieve world leading levels of corruption in one sphere, or the other
Only FIFA can really hit the dizzying heights in both
Some people can achieve world leading levels of corruption in one sphere, or the other
Only FIFA can really hit the dizzying heights in both
December 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Financially corrupt *and* morally corrupt
Some people can achieve world leading levels of corruption in one sphere, or the other
Only FIFA can really hit the dizzying heights in both
Some people can achieve world leading levels of corruption in one sphere, or the other
Only FIFA can really hit the dizzying heights in both
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Elephants need more space than zoos can provide.
So where should they go?
Europe's first large-scale elephant sanctuary is about to launch in Portugal, promising a place that the elephants can live out their final years with space and companionship www.ft.com/content/060a...
So where should they go?
Europe's first large-scale elephant sanctuary is about to launch in Portugal, promising a place that the elephants can live out their final years with space and companionship www.ft.com/content/060a...
Meet Portugal’s newest retirees: elephants
Without space to roam, the world’s biggest land animals do not thrive — so what should happen to those in Europe’s zoos? One sanctuary has an answer
www.ft.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Elephants need more space than zoos can provide.
So where should they go?
Europe's first large-scale elephant sanctuary is about to launch in Portugal, promising a place that the elephants can live out their final years with space and companionship www.ft.com/content/060a...
So where should they go?
Europe's first large-scale elephant sanctuary is about to launch in Portugal, promising a place that the elephants can live out their final years with space and companionship www.ft.com/content/060a...
Turn it into a museum and tourist attraction. Build a modern fit for purpose Parliament. Controversial for sure! How long can they keep kicking this can down the road?
A final decision on how to repair Britain’s crumbling parliament is likely to be postponed beyond the next general election, according to four people familiar with the matter.
Final decision on fate of crumbling UK parliament delayed to 2030s
It’s a fire-hazard that’s prone to tumbling masonry — but fear of a public backlash is again delaying repairs to the world famous building.
www.politico.eu
November 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Turn it into a museum and tourist attraction. Build a modern fit for purpose Parliament. Controversial for sure! How long can they keep kicking this can down the road?
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If you want to understand the emotional end intellectual malaise of British politics, this piece by @mjrobbins.com is a pretty good place to start. It effectively describes a country that has gone mad. open.substack.com/pub/martinro...
November 3, 2025 at 7:20 AM
If you want to understand the emotional end intellectual malaise of British politics, this piece by @mjrobbins.com is a pretty good place to start. It effectively describes a country that has gone mad. open.substack.com/pub/martinro...
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The end of free movement of people with the European Union has been a “disaster” for the UK that should be urgently reversed, new Green Party leader Zack Polanski told POLITICO — in his first major intervention on EU policy.
Ending EU free movement a ‘disaster’ for Britain, says Green Party’s Zack Polanski
The party’s new leader calls for the migration pact to be reinstated as he sets out his stall on Brexit.
www.politico.eu
October 29, 2025 at 8:16 AM
The end of free movement of people with the European Union has been a “disaster” for the UK that should be urgently reversed, new Green Party leader Zack Polanski told POLITICO — in his first major intervention on EU policy.
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“Science is never settled” sounds reasonable—but it’s often a rhetorical trick to undermine consensus on issues like vaccines or climate change.
Science evolves, but some things are overwhelmingly supported by evidence.
My latest for Live Science
www.livescience.com/...
1/10
Science evolves, but some things are overwhelmingly supported by evidence.
My latest for Live Science
www.livescience.com/...
1/10
There is such a thing as 'settled science' — anyone who says otherwise is trying to manipulate you
How bad-faith arguments sow doubt by weaponizing scientific humility.
www.livescience.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:36 AM
“Science is never settled” sounds reasonable—but it’s often a rhetorical trick to undermine consensus on issues like vaccines or climate change.
Science evolves, but some things are overwhelmingly supported by evidence.
My latest for Live Science
www.livescience.com/...
1/10
Science evolves, but some things are overwhelmingly supported by evidence.
My latest for Live Science
www.livescience.com/...
1/10
October 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Fede player of the month! Little hint here to Mr Slot about what the fans want to see 😉 #lfc
October 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM