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Britain’s least serious newspaper has more principles than most of Britain’s official opposition, or the entire US Republican Party

submitted 2 days ago • 5 comments

At first glance I thought this was a rallying call to defend I.T. and suspected the influence of Elon Musk. .

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A rare (for me) event. Wordle 1,342 2/6 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Badenoch, Farage & Johnson: read the room.

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The chickens are coming home to roost.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

It could hardly be more topical given the technocratic takeover of the US government & the rise of Artificial Intelligence.

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Zelensky is very brave to draw a line in the sand and call out Trump’s comments to the US press yesterday, which largely parroted Russian talking points and disinformation about the war, sprinkled with his usual BS hyperbole. History will judge Zelensky the hero of our times, and Trump the villain.

submitted 4 days ago • 6 comments

Finally got round to reading Allan Massie’s The Ragged Lion. Uncannily brilliant in capturing Walter Scott’s voice, profound in its understanding of that era and shot through with the supernatural. Warmly reommmended.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Defenders of “Christian civilisation” could profitably do what that great Headmaster Sanderson of Oundle got a divinity class to do: recite the Beatitudes using the words “Rule Britannia” as a response to each one. Kemi Badenoch might profit by trying it.

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

A wise headmaster once said that “you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar”.

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The bullies have officially overtaken the schoolyard. They smash up whatever stands in their way, all while trying to make us believe that they are representing "conservative“ (what exactly are they preserving?) or "liberal“ (who exactly is allowed to be free here?) values.

submitted 6 days ago • 3 comments

We could veto a Trump-Putin partition of Ukraine by refusing to contribute to a peacekeeping force unless troops in it from NATO nations were covered by Article 5 of the NATO Treaty in the event of any future Russian incursion. Time to stand up to Trump.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Time to rethink “Five eyes”?

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As it is my wife (a wheelchair user) & I view Princes Street as a no-go area during the Festivals because the pavements, including the wider one on the north side, are too crowded. I shall be giving the Council my views in the strongest terms.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Massive scoop for Cathy Newman in today’s Sunday Times. The CofE had a presence in Australia & New Zealand in the 17th century, so got there well before Captain Cook.

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submitted 8 days ago • 36 comments

Meanwhile VPOTUS Vance is telling us we don’t have free speech in the UK.

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If they don’t want to go on helping to defend us, they have no right to lecture us about values.

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www.seenandunseen.com/marsha-de-co... Well worth a read.

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And the “if you only pay peanuts you can only hire monkeys” argument was comprehensively exploded in 2008 when very highly-paid bankers plunged us into a crisis by monkeying about.

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Trump is plunging us back into the late 18th century, the era of Great Powers partitioning Poland.

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What baffles me is that the author of The Art of the Deal allowed Hegseth to concede most of what Putin wants before the negotiations began.

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

Baffled. “Hey Siri turn the light on” resulted in the “smart” speaker playing a Bach unaccompanied cello suite. Good choice except that it wasn’t Stephen Isserlis playing it.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

We’ll both turn 75 later this year, which is well over the speed limit.

submitted 12 days ago • 2 comments

Suffer the little children…

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Another guessing game & it broke my streak. Wordle 1,333 X/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Good sense from Alex Massie. The only thing Cummings & I have in common is that we were both taught by the late, great Norman Stone. www.thetimes.com/article/8acc...

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Clearly a miracle.

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments