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Jonn Elledge
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#1 Sunday Times bestselling author, because apparently that matters. New Statesman, New World, Oh God What Now, The Newsletter of (Not Quite) Everything, Paper Cuts (RIP). Londoner. *Not* an American.
"Six", presumably
January 13, 2026 at 11:23 PM
If they couldn't be bothered to use an actual bear. Be like that boring fucking cooking show all over again.
January 13, 2026 at 11:02 PM
That does mean switching to understanding housebuilding as a social good not a blight on your neighbourhood, though
January 13, 2026 at 8:35 PM
pretty sure everyone in this thread - about how it's a shame he went nuts in the last decade of his life because he used to do good work - already knows that
January 13, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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This one is always in my head for every company announcement.
January 13, 2026 at 6:21 PM
yeah and why does nobody in dickens use electricity eh??
January 13, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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I think about this one quite often.
January 13, 2026 at 5:26 PM
at least slightly tempted, ngl
January 13, 2026 at 5:21 PM
also at least a third of my time is taken up by adding/removing items of clothing because of my hypothalamus' determined refusal not to just pick a body temperature and stick with it, the cheeky little gland
January 13, 2026 at 2:25 PM
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Starmer demonstrates, alas, that just because you’re boring doesn’t mean you’re necessarily sensible.
January 13, 2026 at 12:07 PM
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Reform supporters are again most negative on the question of whether their area has got worse over the last decade. An interesting finding given that the party is now attracting former members of the government in power over most of that period.
January 13, 2026 at 9:30 AM
it's crossrail 0, the Edward the Confessor of crossrail
January 13, 2026 at 9:40 AM
see also Bromley, Plaistow
January 12, 2026 at 9:16 PM
The Tories could really do with more Ciceros, ambitious bores who nonetheless have principles beyond power
January 12, 2026 at 7:55 PM
the Starmer government in microcosm
January 12, 2026 at 4:49 PM