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"So I said, 'I'd only support the death penalty in very extreme circumstances, such as high treason or mass murder, and even then only if it was proven 100% that they were guilty...' what did I say Roy?" "You said, 'Anybody not wearing a poppy from late August onwards should be taken out and shot.'"

It continues.

My new series - Empire With David Olusoga - starts 9pm on BBC Two. Whole series on @bbciplayer.bsky.social from tonight.

A fun question. In 5 years time, what looks better? The US’s enormous bet & capex on AI? Or China’s equally enormous bet and capex on renewables?

But ransacking other languages for spare vocabulary is what the British *do*

I have no dog in this fight, but it is really strange to me that the PM has no presence here at all. When I occasionally hop on X, my feed is just conspiracy theories, antisemitism, Americans making absurd claims because AI deluded them, and random dudes claiming non-whites can’t be English.

Charter of the Forest sealed #OTD 1217 ⁦‪at St Paul’s London. Carta Foresta, important complementary charter to Magna Carta, re-established rights of freemen to royal forest, protecting land for grazing, fuel & forage. Carta Foresta 1217 Durham Cathedral | Queen Mary Psalter 1310-20 British Library

Pretty extraordinary: Trump paying public attention to the sinking polls.

This explanation is ridiculous yet likely true. Millions of people did not conceptualize Trump the way we do (e.g., "bad person who did a bad job and wants to do bad things like X, Y, Z") but rather as a TV character, an avatar of prosperity who would somehow bless them economically.

This is so true. It also helps that Mamdani is, imho, hot, and his smile couid light a candle from 100 yds. But likeability trumps all of it.

Lovely piece, including why we now have "guy" for referring to some bloke/person.

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@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social when's bins?

New favourite example of structural ambiguity

It's scarier than that, for is it not written in Revelation 6:12: "I saw the Lamb open the sixth seal, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the US executive branch was inconvenienced in its ability to tax American purchases from abroad on a whim."

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If you're a member of the National Trust remember to vote for council members by midnight tonight. Use the Quick Vote option. Entryist pressure group Reform Trust is trying to seize control. Stop them Voting is quick and easy if your membership card is at hand secure.cesvotes.com/V3-3-0/nt25/...

Great, sobering, piece. And HOUSE OF DYNAMITE is an absolute must-see. A reminder that nuclear weapons are very much with us, and they are utterly existential.

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Delightful. Cinematic.

There's a pleasing symmetry that the Cyrillic letter Ґ was created to spell the sound /g/ by adding an upward stroke to Г, while centuries earlier, the Roman letter G was created to spell the sound /g/ by adding an upward stroke to C (itself an 'aunt' letter of Г).

Strange, the fetish some Brits have for American-bashing.

The Lord is my sheepskin. He refurbishes my shawl. His down and his duvet they comforter me. I will follow the ten thread count commandments. Chenille before me. Gauze forth and mul-two-ply. Our faux fur who are in heaven, houndstooth be thy name. Thy gingham come, thy twill be done.

Wonderfully pedantic letter in today’s @financialtimes.com

Lovely enough to make you shed a patriotic tear 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Just finished ‘Why Q Needs U’ by @dannybate.bsky.social and it’s so good that I had to update my list of Top Etymology Recommendations for Literacy Teachers to include it! www.theliteracyhub.co.uk/recommendati...

This is great up until 1:25, at which point it becomes a masterwork.

But constitutions don't have to land on a blank slate. When the US made their constitution, their subsequent constitutional governance drew heavily on the unwritten Common Law inherited from England.

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In the end, whether the constitution is written or not seems less important than whether political actors feel bound by the law and accountable for their actions. Everything depends on a modicum of good will.

Gives us a new conception of *ground* rent

I don't understand why this toxicity is treated as established wisdom. I, for one — and, I suspect, many Brits — want the govt to save the Palace. It's our parliament, it's culturally iconic, and I love it to bits.

Norms and duct tape, folks. bsky.app/profile/mcop...

"If you step into the White House as president thinking it’s your own house — not the people’s house, not a national treasure you’re inheriting for four years, handed down across centuries... it turns out that there’s not really anything that can stop you from tearing down the literal White House."

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I think this is the National Trust for Historical Preservation version of same. savingplaces.org/press-center...

the man said it in all caps too

This is an *incredibly* good idea.

I have another cartoon in the current Private Eye. Shoppers, assemble!

I’m sorry but these sound like vintage esoteric euphemisms for “homosexual”

Nelson's Victory crew included a Brazilian and a Russian, 2 Indians, 2 Swiss, 2 Portuguese, 3 Danes and 3 Norwegian sailors. There were 3 Germans, 4 Italians, 6 Swedes, 7 Dutchmen, 9 West Indians and an African, as well as 21 Americans, 63 Irish, 64 Scots, 441 English.... oh, and 3 French men, too.

Sadly, there's a lot to be said for Marina Hyde's analysis here. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...