Political bits and bobs, often to no meaningful end. Formerly the likes of thatchersrise etc over on the 'other' place.
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All referees should refuse to officiate at the World Cup until he's reinstated.
What are the best things you’ve read on the idea of Englishness? Novels/essays/travel writing/political writing/poems/whatever else
As ever, a fabulous listen but comes with a lovely passage by @petepaphides.bsky.social on why going back to these sources are so rich and important.
"It is one of the accepted hypocrisies of modern British politics that when your side changes PM midterm, it is part of our distinguished constitutional heritage as a parliamentary democracy. When the other lot do it, it is an outrage." @philipjcowley.bsky.social
Literary wargamers from the Brontes to Tom Clancy via a Swedish anthropologist. open.substack.com/pub/boundles...
Why is the universities crisis being ignored?
Essential piece by @gsoh31.bsky.social for Arguably on the “grim dribbling away of one of Britain's great triumphs and economic advantages” – and why so few politicians seem to care. www.arguably.uk/p/the-quiet-...
Every day, a migrant saves someone's life in an operation, teaches a child, cleans a building, is a good neighbour or parent.
That never leads the news.
No gangs rush down streets thanking people who *might* be migrants.
But as soon as an atrocity happens, all "migrants" are held responsible. 1/3
'Let us digitize everything, and then cut off access to the originals,' Google said. 'We're the experts in digitization. You'll see: it'll be even better than using the originals.'
To read along with Pete and Chris visit iamtheeggpod.com
To listen to the full interview visit patreon.com/eggpod
I was living in Hull at the time. Got up at some ungodly time, drove all the way Sevenoaks, got there for the archive's opening hour (9am?), thinking I had a day's work ahead of me, was given his diary (9.01am?) and had finished with it by 9.02am (?).
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
Around three-quarters of those who can vote in any contest on who succeeds Starmer are not Labour Party members
