flats aren't as easy to sell - they stay on the books and end up discounted even in posher areas (or that's what the London estate agents say) - so there must be less demand and pricing accordingly

hilaire - we do actually attempt to tot up who has "won" at the end of the year so listen out - usually it's @georgewparker.bsky.social and @stephenkb.bsky.social

oh man that's my all time favourite track - cynical and drunk and boring someone in some dark cafe

if they had specified the offence that puts you in the stocks is listening to videos on your phone without using earphones I bet those numbers would look different

swoon

... I've had enough of this. Knock yourselves out in my absence from this new and slightly rubbish public square - byee! (And for the rest of you, her Saudi comedy festival piece really is excellent and you will enjoy and be appalled and marvel don't be put off!) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

You think Helen Lewis is a Nazi? I dont' think we are going to get anywhere with this conversation if so.

well I think it is complex but OK - I don't really think it's healthy to limit your reading or admiration to people with whom you agree on every issue, this or any other - but hey ho - feel free to unfollow me if you don't like what I post, it's not obligatory!

can I just stress that it was me calling voters patient or impatient - not the very careful academic researchers!

Also it's possible to get impatient about idiotic hyperactivity in policy that reinvents the wheel and screws things up on the ground - but maybe that's just common or garden pissed off

bloody good point Jane - I thought that the female 'everyday concerns' angle sort of hinted at that perhaps? May be an inference too far as I know Matthew and co are keen to avoid journalistic speculation!

the thing is I was actually quite motivated and I think it really did push me away - but maybe the owl is now a scapegoat if you see what I mean with that nightmarish mental creation

oh god that owl - wrote about it a while ago - maddening - www.ft.com/content/3a9d...