In 2015 I wrote that Trump, Grillo, Corbyn and UKIP were the revolt of people who hate being told it is more complicated than that. Tim's lovely piece discusses populism and the aversion to the cognitive effort needed to dismiss convincing-sounding bullsh1t. Free link above 2/

"Cockwomble".

Absurdist as it references a childrens' programme in contrast to "cock", has a rhythm too.

Wouldn't use it myself though, too knowingly twee. An insult playing the ukelele in a summer dress. If they're a cunt, call them a cunt and be done with them.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wom...

Insomnia and racing around in your own head is awful.

But sunrises and sunsets are a reason I'm glad to be alive. They're glorious. And being able to survey the tableau from a train is great.

Just phrase it so that it rolls off the tongue to deliver maximum force to his fat, fraudulent face.

Brit. "Complete", "absolute", "total", "utter": any and all are applicable, please feel free to use whichever best expresses your disdain in the moment for that pathetic bellend, Pete Hegseth.

Their interests do align, it's that the current US administration is not acting in the US's (or Europe's) best interests.

*doesn't

If he thought he could sue, he'd have sued.

Threatening to sue, for some vast sum, is an attempt to bully independent media reporting facts he foesn't like into compliance.

He has no case, Arkell v Pressdram.

TY

Any mileage in "Davie resigned now so that his political compatriots on the board could pick his successor, before they were themselves replaced in turn by Culture sec?"

My natural suspicion isn't up to speed on their backgrounds beyond Gibb.

Not that you need me to say that to know it.

Insomnia in the night here, so clumsily trying to express sympathy. Really do wish your little family are OK.

Really sad it's come to this. For you, Brian and the boys. And the rest of Americans.

Hope your country wakes up and realises it doesn't have to be like this. This is a choice. Good luck.

Great article, do read it.

I was a student living in Leyton/Leytonstone in the 90s. Where construction of the M11 link road referred to had blasted through the neighbourhood and houses had been compulsorily purchased and often became squats.

Which meant cheap rents, but weird with construction and a motorway in the middle.

The US war graves are maintained by an American commission. So they just do stuff without reference to the Dutch.

look, we have to stop demanding purity tests in times like these. our era will demand left unity and political discipline...