A tugboat pulls a large float advertising pesto (of all things) past the O2.
Tories to ban themselves under new extremism proposals.
Revealed: plan to brand anyone ‘undermining’ UK as extremist
Britain’s elite institutions appear to be spectacularly incapable of producing a governing class able to run a modern country. Perhaps this explains the dominant reactionary thread that is woven through an establishment that aspires to rule the past.
Okta, the new way to spell disingenuous cowboys. Joking apart - whole governments trust identities to these muppets.
Working from home? Here’s a tip. Get yourself a cuckoo clock. Muji sell nice modern-style ones.
The Covid Inquiry so far - journalism and Oxbridge need a long period of sober reflection.
I was at a good Newham community event today on their People Powered Places strand. It got me thinking about transformative people. I had a (sad, ageing GenXer behind the curve) epiphany: I’ve been privileged to know some transformative people, and 9 out of 10 - I say again: 9 out of 10 - are women.
Bluesky asked me for my date of birth, but will only let me enter a date that is 1,000 years older than I admit to being.
The Economy
Over the years in the UK, “the economy” has become the central obsession of politicians. Not education or healthcare, not aspiration or a better life for “hardworking families”. So important is “the Economy” that politicians work tirelessly to cede all control of it: to multinational corporations and other assorted rentiers, Ciry spivs, and, of course, technocrats. The same people more or less who over the last 40 years drove “the Economy” into the ground.
These politicians and their highbrow friends in academia and the media then puzzle about widespread disengagement with politics and the rise of populism
The BA app for iPad is excruciatingly useless. All it presents is a screen to book a flight. No other options. If I enter a destination to book, nothing happens. Great work, British Airways!