The moon on Poplar Marina
When a marginally less incompetent government begins the long, slow slog to address irregular maritime arrivals, we shouldn’t be surprised the right pivots to “grooming gangs”.
In the past I’ve used terms like “deep state” or “uniparty” on short-form media as a lazy shorthand. Whatever small use these terms had, they have now been fully captured by the manipulative conspiracist discourse of the hard right. I won’t be using them anymore. They are doing more harm than good.
Tunnel Operations
I’m testing something - excuse the noise.
I have come to believe that stationery is hard.
Let’s start with the 2mm clutch pencil. The Staedtler Mars Technico 780C Clutch Pencil has its faults, but has fewer than its competitors. It is the best 2mm clutch pencil. It is easier to get the black one. Try to get the blue one, which is simpler.
I can’t use LinkedIn. It makes me feel too ill.
Owen Jones nails it here.
Here is the basic truth: the Labour right ran out of ideas long ago. For the permanently crisis-stricken Britain that emerged after the 2008 financial crisis, they have no solutions
The bigger problem is that this is true of the entire UK political class, not just the Labour right.
Crikey, Apple, for £150 quid couldn’t you at least have offered backlighting?