For those in the US - this, from the NYT, reassured me a little. Key quote: "Trump is acting like a king because he's too weak to govern like a president."

The Independent being refreshingly unambiguous here. Small steps.

I will maintain until my dying day that this man was single-handedly holding the world together.

This is the blurb for a book called The Cloud by Robert Rivenbark, which Amazon just suggested I might like. I recently searched 'speculative fiction', so I'm guessing that's why, but I actually think it fits better in current affairs / non-fiction. 1

Have just been to see the Dr Strangelove play with Steve Coogan and Giles Terrera. Very well done of course, and completely hilarious - as long as you conveniently forget that everything unfolding on stage is completely believable in our post-satire world 😱

Me: "You don't really need another tattoo, or to see the same show sixteen times"
My daughter : ⬇️

EXCLUSIVE! First picture of new US government!

After careful consideration and soul-searching, I have decided to end my free trial with The Telegraph app. It was an attempt to step outside my echo chamber, but I honestly have no idea how people can function if they believe in the kind of world it presents. #FBPE #KTTO #UKpolitics