You're trying to rewrite history. The true facts are recounted in this Book Riot article: archive.ph/TX2jK

Maybe my favourite thing about Substack was that as soon as I began to engage with it more seriously I was immediately showered with essays about why it's Over as a platform and will never be as good as it was before I started using it. :-)

*Not actually new, but what the hell.

"The 21st century’s rejection of b-movie mash-up is Caliban’s fury at not seeing his face reflected in the mirror." #poetry

This hasn't been received well either. It's just another piece of rushed, performative legislation for them to list in debates when they get accused of having done nothing.

Gaby, Labour are never going to join in a 'coalition of the left' because they (a) are not left, (b) don't see themselves as left, and (c) consider defeating the left to be their real raison d'etre.

It's the right one! Love 'The Crab Man' and very happy to get the chance to write about it!