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I get a free cup of coffee whenever I buy coffee beans: can they tax that?
November 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I get a free cup of coffee whenever I buy coffee beans: can they tax that?
The cardinal skill of Westminster Bubblism is to be able to hold two things in your mind—
(1) On the inside, everyone thinks they are the Main Character
(2) On the outside, no-one cares.
(1) On the inside, everyone thinks they are the Main Character
(2) On the outside, no-one cares.
November 12, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The cardinal skill of Westminster Bubblism is to be able to hold two things in your mind—
(1) On the inside, everyone thinks they are the Main Character
(2) On the outside, no-one cares.
(1) On the inside, everyone thinks they are the Main Character
(2) On the outside, no-one cares.
I thought it was an episode of The Week Yesterday
November 12, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I thought it was an episode of The Week Yesterday
There’s a Keanu Reeves quote where he says "I'm at that stage in life where I stay out of discussions. Even if you say 1+1=5, you're right - have fun.” He’s like the John Stuart Mill for the 2-girls-1-cup generation.
November 8, 2025 at 12:28 AM
There’s a Keanu Reeves quote where he says "I'm at that stage in life where I stay out of discussions. Even if you say 1+1=5, you're right - have fun.” He’s like the John Stuart Mill for the 2-girls-1-cup generation.
Article makes some interesting points, but how long before AI companies start selling space to companies to tilt results in their favour (a la Google etc)? To make profit, these AI companies will need to enshitify at some point.
November 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Article makes some interesting points, but how long before AI companies start selling space to companies to tilt results in their favour (a la Google etc)? To make profit, these AI companies will need to enshitify at some point.
Did you buy a candle from Aesop?
November 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Did you buy a candle from Aesop?
His path to success inevitably involves him wearing a hotdog costume 🌭
November 3, 2025 at 9:43 AM
His path to success inevitably involves him wearing a hotdog costume 🌭
Very important article! I think many of us were left agog by a certain former judge’s intervention in the Bates v Post Office recusal application.
But what will guarantee the death of the convention is the continued complacency about judges’ working conditions.
But what will guarantee the death of the convention is the continued complacency about judges’ working conditions.
November 3, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Very important article! I think many of us were left agog by a certain former judge’s intervention in the Bates v Post Office recusal application.
But what will guarantee the death of the convention is the continued complacency about judges’ working conditions.
But what will guarantee the death of the convention is the continued complacency about judges’ working conditions.
He looks like Tim Robinson
a man in a car with the words " not everybody knows how to do everything " above him
ALT: a man in a car with the words " not everybody knows how to do everything " above him
media.tenor.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:23 AM
He looks like Tim Robinson
This is crazy although it’s a tad click-baity to say the road “doesn’t exist”.
November 3, 2025 at 8:15 AM
This is crazy although it’s a tad click-baity to say the road “doesn’t exist”.
That article weirdly slips in “There are some, however, that support the proposed taxes.” as if being anti-gambling is a kooky position and then goes onto say—
November 2, 2025 at 8:33 AM
That article weirdly slips in “There are some, however, that support the proposed taxes.” as if being anti-gambling is a kooky position and then goes onto say—
Always liked that track but it goes on a bit and is annoying to mix out of
November 2, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Always liked that track but it goes on a bit and is annoying to mix out of
This is the connoisseur curse. I know coffee guys who have spent thousands chasing ‘perfect’ espresso and seemingly kind of hate coffee now.
October 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This is the connoisseur curse. I know coffee guys who have spent thousands chasing ‘perfect’ espresso and seemingly kind of hate coffee now.
Some of the little summaries are very funny. The Rookes v Barnard one:
“With no regard for the political sensitivities surrounding the regulation of strike action, the Law Lords developed the economic tort of intimidation…”
Er, so the common law should just reflect ‘political sensitivities’. Huh!
“With no regard for the political sensitivities surrounding the regulation of strike action, the Law Lords developed the economic tort of intimidation…”
Er, so the common law should just reflect ‘political sensitivities’. Huh!
October 30, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Some of the little summaries are very funny. The Rookes v Barnard one:
“With no regard for the political sensitivities surrounding the regulation of strike action, the Law Lords developed the economic tort of intimidation…”
Er, so the common law should just reflect ‘political sensitivities’. Huh!
“With no regard for the political sensitivities surrounding the regulation of strike action, the Law Lords developed the economic tort of intimidation…”
Er, so the common law should just reflect ‘political sensitivities’. Huh!
My reflection on Starmer is that there have been moments as a lawyer when I’ve thought maybe I should give politics a go; but his experience tells me - absolutely no-way! It’s really hard and being a good lawyer is not the training ground it used to be.
October 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
My reflection on Starmer is that there have been moments as a lawyer when I’ve thought maybe I should give politics a go; but his experience tells me - absolutely no-way! It’s really hard and being a good lawyer is not the training ground it used to be.
I notice the article doesn’t refer to Erskine May: erskinemay.parliament.uk/section/4606...
Members summoned as witnesses - Erskine May - UK Parliament
Information on the 'Members summoned as witnesses' section of Erskine May.
erskinemay.parliament.uk
October 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I notice the article doesn’t refer to Erskine May: erskinemay.parliament.uk/section/4606...
All I’ve heard from those inside is that Starmer & Wormald are two peas in a pod: neither of them willing to show any leadership at a time when the country needs it most
Remember when people used to say that Johnson was the worst-timed PM? An ideal time for Starmer to be PM was probably 10,000BC
Remember when people used to say that Johnson was the worst-timed PM? An ideal time for Starmer to be PM was probably 10,000BC
October 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
All I’ve heard from those inside is that Starmer & Wormald are two peas in a pod: neither of them willing to show any leadership at a time when the country needs it most
Remember when people used to say that Johnson was the worst-timed PM? An ideal time for Starmer to be PM was probably 10,000BC
Remember when people used to say that Johnson was the worst-timed PM? An ideal time for Starmer to be PM was probably 10,000BC
You go for a colonoscopy, and it’s Dame Louise Casey shoving the hose in.
October 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
You go for a colonoscopy, and it’s Dame Louise Casey shoving the hose in.
I think of camping as voluntary recreational suffering.
October 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I think of camping as voluntary recreational suffering.
Another one is an “Australian style points based system”
October 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Another one is an “Australian style points based system”
I also thing the survey / valuation industry needs to have a word with itself - too often valuations are just run off Zoopla numbers.
October 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I also thing the survey / valuation industry needs to have a word with itself - too often valuations are just run off Zoopla numbers.
There’s a steak thing at Tesco which I’ve been using as an inflation tracker. It’s now £7.30 (!) for two slices of poor quality off-cuts - but for some reason they’re still happy to chuck it into an £8 deal (which used to a be a £5 deal)
October 21, 2025 at 7:14 AM
There’s a steak thing at Tesco which I’ve been using as an inflation tracker. It’s now £7.30 (!) for two slices of poor quality off-cuts - but for some reason they’re still happy to chuck it into an £8 deal (which used to a be a £5 deal)