It comes off the back of her 'fuck off' to hecklers too. I'm not even sure this is performative.

Eyes and ears, and potentially so much more: the role of parliamentary private secretary to the prime minister—a case study Abstract. Both advocates and critics of the ‘presidentialization’ thesis agree that the British Prime Minister’s power depends on the effective use of the

Really great article by @timbale.bsky.social on Ian Gow (Thatcher's first (best) Parliamentary Private Secretary). An interesting man in a fascinating role. Well worth a read: Eyes and ears, and potentially so much more share.google/K1Pa0x02jn9e...

The Memories Live On YouTube video by Michael Spicer

You may wish to mark the occasion by listening to @michaelspicer.bsky.social reading aloud what I still like to think of as an accurate representation of what goes on in Cambridgeshire

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That's a very nice way of saying 'tragic nerd'...But it really is a great piece and well worth anyone's time.

Eyes and ears, and potentially so much more: the role of parliamentary private secretary to the prime minister—a case study Abstract. Both advocates and critics of the ‘presidentialization’ thesis agree that the British Prime Minister’s power depends on the effective use of the

Really great article by @timbale.bsky.social on Ian Gow (Thatcher's first (best) Parliamentary Private Secretary). An interesting man in a fascinating role. Well worth a read: Eyes and ears, and potentially so much more share.google/K1Pa0x02jn9e...

I’ll never forget watching The Wicker Man with my outer Hebridean mum. “I just don’t know where there got all that wicker from”

Yes, Prime Minister - The need to know YouTube video by 1w3rpass

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How the entire scandal can break in September and not once he thinks to ask ‘what did UK Vetting actually say on him?’.

If one of my party's recent prime ministers had redecorated the Number 10 flat in a way that ended up involving TWO separate inquiries and a Wikipedia page, I would simply not have put out a press release confirming that the current prime minister had spent less than the allowance he was given.

One big tell is the letters from HMRC which at no point explain *why* this maddening new burden has to be imposed. You can explain process in pat-on-the-head monosyllables all you like.

The Flyer of Dorian Gray.

HMG: We must boost growth! We must tackle the cost of living!

Also HMG: You there! Sole trader, is it? Why are you doing productive work? You're meant to be doing this extra bureaucracy we've invented. What d'you mean, you don't want to spend hundreds of pounds on the software? Why are you crying?

If Trump really wants to show the Iranians what's what, he should threaten to bomb US airbases in the region, too.

Latest Trump position on the Strait of Hormuz

Viz 355

Worse than limited opening hours, it's the withdrawal of 2/3 of the archive for curiosity-driven research that is the real scandal for what is supposed to be a public-service organization.

Checked this three times thinking “can’t be real” each time:

Anyone who hasn't seen this and can get Talking Pictures definitely should. One of the great casts of all time, and soundtrack music by Ravi Shankar. Truly astonishing film.

The article was a chance to dig out the Crossman and Howard reviews of Finer at al - an early example (surely not the first?) of political practitioners meeting political science and not being overly impressed.

New passport really bringing things home.

2009 Rob: two kids under three, exciting job covering British politics, who knows what the next decade holds?

2026 Rob: I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.

Happy Eggmas🥚

I misread this. I thought readers won a Zepplin in WW1. Like on Bullseye when they won a speedboat.

Reading up on something vaguely related, and reminded of what is surely one of the best newspaper promo campaigns ever.

New laws to make it easier to cancel subscriptions Consumers will be able to cancel unwanted subscriptions 'at the click of a button', the government said.

This sort of thing won't win anyone an election but it is genuinely useful.

Glen Baxter obituary: absurdist illustrator Yorkshire-born artist and writer known for his quirky and original cartoons of cowboys, gangsters, schoolchildren and explorers dies aged 82

This is such sad news. I only met Glen Baxter once, at a literary festival in Montpellier. (He was hugely popular in France.) I can only say he was one of the funniest, warmest, most charming geniuses I've ever met.

Wikipedia now has higher standards than all universities

This week’s horror is our introductory module, which examines the literature, art, music, dialect, film and TV from the region 1500-2025 being forcibly replaced by an entire ‘success in HE’ module featuring two weeks on how to use AI.

I designed my module to incorporate proper study skills…

Remembering Barry Cryer today

Knock knock
Who's there?
Grandad
STOP THE FUNERAL!!!