Anyhow, this is what life looks like when you don’t have to contemplate all this and your entire attention can be captured by a twig

What would I do to undermine his narrative? Develop the idea that he’s a bored little rich boy playing games with the lives of ordinary people, about whom he knows nothing, for his own entertainment and ego. Ridicule underpinned by truth.

That may work for a while in his commercial enterprises (where HR policies go to die), but in public administration and society itself he literally has no idea what he’s doing. So he’s dangerous, but in a toddler-behind-the-wheel-of-an-18-wheeler-in-a-heavily-populated-area way.

The problem for me is his apparent total lack of empathy with other human beings. I don’t believe he’s particularly malicious - there just isn’t any wiring in his child-mind that recognises the people implications of his actions. There’s dopamine where the oxytocin should be.

Which is why I think he supports disruptive forces (with the added commercial bonus that division drives social media activity).

Absolutely love that beach, Jamie. Going to be right there in a couple of weeks. Fine place to get away from everything.

I was thinking about this the other day, looking at shelves of read books. Why keep them? Because they’re like photos you frame and keep in view: reminders of experiences and characters that are more tangible than just memories.

It’s like renovating a massive hotel while keeping all the rooms open and charging full rack rate. Doing less for a while to get the renovation done could pay massive dividends for a brave government.

There are people in the Civil Service who would enthusiastically rewire it to be more effective, but the constant pressure to pursue the latest political priority (often in conflict with the research that the CS is actually good at) means there’s no capacity to do it.

They are CUTE!

What a fine human being Abi is. Wildly impressive, generous and thoughtful.