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There's very little we know about how people would have voted if things had been different

Recovering philosopher
West Riding the A63 East

*Bring back the Internet*
Be the tea towel you want to see?
November 30, 2025 at 11:49 PM
And the one thing you can do is Mind the Fees...
November 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Have the book, would definitely recommend! And the introduction on the (absence of) Customer's Yachts is illuminating...

blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...

independent-investor.com/2009/02/01/j...
The Long and the Short of It
John Kay provides a guide to the complexities of modern finance. He describes the basics of investment and the sophisticated innovations of the modern financial
blackwells.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Just makes me think of this...
youtu.be/DUcg-R4k-Wo?...
Tony Blair playing football in the 90s while a scruffy Corbyn looks grumpy
YouTube video by New Labour
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Red cabbage! The most subversive of all brassicae.
November 28, 2025 at 10:32 PM
1851
November 27, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Also on Bermondsey st, just as irritating there
November 27, 2025 at 12:11 PM
More of an imperative
November 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
+1
November 24, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Is there some nominative determinism thing going on there?
November 20, 2025 at 8:31 AM
So that's what the Pistols were singing about! Makes sense now...
November 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Maybe like: "eurosceptics keep derailing our agenda" => "promise an in/out referendum in the manifesto to shut them up for ever"? ;)
November 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The capitulations will continue until the polls improve?
November 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Hear hear!
November 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Odd, I don't recall quoting it
November 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM
No contradiction. To be Chosen is not to be Talented.

(Etymology, the penultimate refuge of elite mediocrity)
November 13, 2025 at 8:53 AM
"An American Halfwit in Heathrow" has everything it takes to be a truly modern musical smash. Still waiting for Damon Albarn to call back but Pam Ayres is locked in for the libretto...
Like Come From Away without the cod?
November 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Epic. "With top speeds of 42 miles per hour, the Aerotrain is faster and more efficient than the lounges, but it does not reach concourse D."
But what if Noah doesn't know that???

northernvirginiamag.com/things-to-do...
Dulles' People Movers Could Remain Essential for 20 Years
The mobile lounges — also known as people movers — at Dulles International Airport could remain essential for 15 to 20 years.
northernvirginiamag.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Also: Dulles
November 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
May I recommend some artisan-cancelling headphones?
November 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
On a similar theme - more solidarity from space... www.reuters.com/article/worl...
www.reuters.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:33 AM
... At less than half the length. Not an easy read, but then nor was Hofstadter after the novelty wore off.
November 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I learned a lot more from the book on the right.
November 5, 2025 at 12:39 AM