Niall Litchfield
@nlitchfield.bsky.social
Data Guy. OakTable member and cricket fan. Loves interesting problems and thinking. Niall sounds like the river. All views are my own. "Chris Bryant dressed as a scarecrow"
Heads up that there will be a *lot* of this coming your way from me soon.
November 14, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Heads up that there will be a *lot* of this coming your way from me soon.
What on earth happened to Noah Smith? I'm sure that 5 years ago he would not have written such tendentious tosh as this.
Sidebar 1: There are multiple direct flights a day from Dublin to Paris.
Sidebar 2: When he eventually asked for help, he got it.
Sidebar 1: There are multiple direct flights a day from Dublin to Paris.
Sidebar 2: When he eventually asked for help, he got it.
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
What on earth happened to Noah Smith? I'm sure that 5 years ago he would not have written such tendentious tosh as this.
Sidebar 1: There are multiple direct flights a day from Dublin to Paris.
Sidebar 2: When he eventually asked for help, he got it.
Sidebar 1: There are multiple direct flights a day from Dublin to Paris.
Sidebar 2: When he eventually asked for help, he got it.
I do like this one.
November 6, 2025 at 9:25 AM
I do like this one.
I'd say that title goes to, of all publications, the Daily Mail.
November 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I'd say that title goes to, of all publications, the Daily Mail.
The UK *was* different from the U.S. That said, they did merge my boys' secondary school with the nearby girls' school whilst I was at it, in significant part because of the falling birth rate.
November 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The UK *was* different from the U.S. That said, they did merge my boys' secondary school with the nearby girls' school whilst I was at it, in significant part because of the falling birth rate.
And people say professional sports players complain about a crowded schedule.
November 1, 2025 at 10:57 AM
And people say professional sports players complain about a crowded schedule.
Luna regrets to inform Daphne that his human has failed to provide the requested second breakfast as yet.
November 1, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Luna regrets to inform Daphne that his human has failed to provide the requested second breakfast as yet.
It is also striking that the data for the school singled out by the Mail shows that 76% of EAL pupils reach the expected standard in English & Maths. This is 1/4 (15% points) *higher* than the England average of 61%. Source www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/school/10094...
October 31, 2025 at 7:25 PM
It is also striking that the data for the school singled out by the Mail shows that 76% of EAL pupils reach the expected standard in English & Maths. This is 1/4 (15% points) *higher* than the England average of 61%. Source www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/school/10094...
If it isn't one Cloud Hyper Scaler with DNS issues it is another. azure.status.microsoft/en-gb/status
October 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
If it isn't one Cloud Hyper Scaler with DNS issues it is another. azure.status.microsoft/en-gb/status
Something of Mrs Cohen about it.
October 19, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Something of Mrs Cohen about it.
Scarily $200 is not far off.
October 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Scarily $200 is not far off.
It appears that he is at least an expert on looking stupid.
October 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
It appears that he is at least an expert on looking stupid.
This poll and accompanying thread (on Mumsnet ffs) is one of the most depressing things I've seen about the UK recently.
October 6, 2025 at 8:14 AM
This poll and accompanying thread (on Mumsnet ffs) is one of the most depressing things I've seen about the UK recently.
What is wrong with Badenoch. FFS this is not a recognisably Tory position.
October 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
What is wrong with Badenoch. FFS this is not a recognisably Tory position.
Love this anecdote from The Guardian interview with Ruth Curtice.
September 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Love this anecdote from The Guardian interview with Ruth Curtice.
People don't want to pay for that. They want someone else to pay for that (usually 'the Rich' but sometimes 'the Billionaires'). Tax Policy Associates asked about increasing taxes to fund the NHS. Of those who said they personally would pay more, the vast majority said less than £2/wk
September 10, 2025 at 11:09 AM
People don't want to pay for that. They want someone else to pay for that (usually 'the Rich' but sometimes 'the Billionaires'). Tax Policy Associates asked about increasing taxes to fund the NHS. Of those who said they personally would pay more, the vast majority said less than £2/wk
Loving the ordering in this Wikipedia list of notable people from Fakenham in Norfolk.
September 8, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Loving the ordering in this Wikipedia list of notable people from Fakenham in Norfolk.
This is not the right response, IMO. Try
"Britain is a country that values liberty, freedom of conscience, the rule of law, and above all, the innate dignity of all people. This policy is immoral, un-British and wrong. This is not who we are."
"Britain is a country that values liberty, freedom of conscience, the rule of law, and above all, the innate dignity of all people. This policy is immoral, un-British and wrong. This is not who we are."
August 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This is not the right response, IMO. Try
"Britain is a country that values liberty, freedom of conscience, the rule of law, and above all, the innate dignity of all people. This policy is immoral, un-British and wrong. This is not who we are."
"Britain is a country that values liberty, freedom of conscience, the rule of law, and above all, the innate dignity of all people. This policy is immoral, un-British and wrong. This is not who we are."
Evidently it has been a good growing season for chilli's. These are 'Red Chillies' from Tesco.
August 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Evidently it has been a good growing season for chilli's. These are 'Red Chillies' from Tesco.
I try to read things in context myself. This post was the immediately previous contribution from the same poster. Definitely not serious at all.
August 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I try to read things in context myself. This post was the immediately previous contribution from the same poster. Definitely not serious at all.
Still going well over on the other place.
August 16, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Still going well over on the other place.
This is getting a lot of love on here, and all I'll say is today's Dems are a long way from Michelle's "when they go low" approach.
August 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This is getting a lot of love on here, and all I'll say is today's Dems are a long way from Michelle's "when they go low" approach.
Tom Cotton (supposedly) lives in Little Rock.
August 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Tom Cotton (supposedly) lives in Little Rock.