RIP David Lodge. Quite by accident, I played the organ for half of his son's wedding when I was a teenager.

I was about fourteen at the time. It's a story that could have come out of one of his novels, so let's give it a whirl on here... 🧵[Anecdote alert....]
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sobering discussion on Today of the tech billionaires jostling to buy influence with Trump, so they can gut the regulation of their industries.

It's plutocratic feudalism, with tech-barons fighting to control the court.

The long project to bring economic power under democratic control is in ruins.

"Who are Reform members?"

Great piece by @timbale.bsky.social on the members flooding into Reform: mostly over-60, mostly men, mostly outside London & mostly Thatcherites/ultra-Tories.

Interesting to see how that develops as Reform goes after more Labour seats.
www.politicshome.com/news/article...

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