You are all expending a lot of energy on why the government is so unpopular when Occam’s Razor suggests it’s because they aren’t very good at this.

Still convinced I met George Best in my local corner shop when I was about 10. My parents were less sure. In reality I think I met a man with a beard.

So I've been spending the last few days away in County Durham and North Yorkshire, and it's really striking seeing the number of villages that quite evidently grew out of the industrial revolution and where now there's no clear reason for them to be there beyond "they're there".

Russian dictator. Not sure I like this game.

Again, liberalism on easy mode. It’s easier to defend her rights if she’s a long suffering victim. But rights aren’t just for long suffering victims! Ian Bradley had rights. Myra Hindley had rights. You don’t defend my rights by making them predicated on virtue.

I think Stephen's being a bit unfair on Kemi here. She's managed to squeeze evident lack of interest in the topic, racism *and* amnesia into one short tweet. Fans were growing concerned she might be falling behind in the "most incompetent party leader" table, but she might have pulled it around.

"Hello, I'd like to order one French stereotype please. Yes, the strongest you've got... "Oh Christ no, that's simply too much."

This is at least the fourth version I've read of this interview, and my overriding feeling is always, "he actually sounds like a decent bloke, he really should consider running for Prime Minister."

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD USE HYPHENS

My litmus test with this is "has the ability to track our relatives made us less paranoid" and it's hard to say the answer is anything other than "no".

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