Your term bass-ackwards is right on the money! I didn't get it on the podcast. It doesn't work so well in British English because of the r in 'arse', but all the pennies dropped when I saw it written down! And yes. I hadn't seen it, but the LF case is worse than straight hypocrisy.

Good news, John. The Party of Wales (Plaid Cymru) won - and kept the right at bay. Plaid are more progressive than Labour. So - all good. Except that the rightist party did take more than a third of the vote.

Thanks John. We have a troubling by-election here in Wales - with a strong possibility of a new alt-right member of Senedd. America’s broken politics may sadly be contagious. Results in a few hours. Hope you’re well.

I didn’t know that. That’s hopeful!

I am a religion professor and my nephew texted me to ask me if I thought Henotheism was interesting! 😍🥰

Academia is, sadly, not a meritocracy. It’s shaped by all sorts of political vested-interests and contingencies. It’s not that you weren’t good enough. Many of the brightest, most principled, most effective people I know are making their contributions outside of the academy.

You are most welcome!