Matt
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The coward's answer is Game of Thrones. The wrong answer is Lost. The honest answer is The Wire.
while I am posting trivia, which TV show do you think showed the sharpest fall in quality from first to last seasons? I ask because the answer is obviously The Morning Show, the last series of which was garbage
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The coward's answer is Game of Thrones. The wrong answer is Lost. The honest answer is The Wire.
Reposted by Matt
Ultimately it comes down to what you're going to say at the next election.
Would you rather say "we broke our pledge but at least things are better" or "everything's still shit but at least we kept our pledge"?
Would you rather say "we broke our pledge but at least things are better" or "everything's still shit but at least we kept our pledge"?
Too much analysis was still treating breaking the tax pledge as “just another unpopular decision” rather than recognising consequence of breaking a promise which defined an election for the public. If is correct the govt won’t now break it they may have avoided a deeply scarring loss of public trust
November 14, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Ultimately it comes down to what you're going to say at the next election.
Would you rather say "we broke our pledge but at least things are better" or "everything's still shit but at least we kept our pledge"?
Would you rather say "we broke our pledge but at least things are better" or "everything's still shit but at least we kept our pledge"?
The real problem here is that the top 2% of earners can't even afford a starter road bike from a downmarket brand anymore, such as a Pinarello Dogma
The UK just has incredible attention to detail when it comes to making sure the people who pay all the taxes can’t have nice things. Child benefit? No. Free Child car? No. Cut price bike to cycle to work? No.
Functionally we are telling people they pay too much tax to get anything from the state.
Functionally we are telling people they pay too much tax to get anything from the state.
Rachel Reeves is setting the Cycle to Work scheme on fire as part of the war on salary sacrifice policies! on.ft.com/4oKXNrC
November 13, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The real problem here is that the top 2% of earners can't even afford a starter road bike from a downmarket brand anymore, such as a Pinarello Dogma
Really annoying me that there isn't even a cursory reference to the (prizewinning) novel here.
Trespasses: Gillian Anderson steals every scene in this miraculous TV heartbreaker
Trespasses: Gillian Anderson steals every scene in this miraculous TV heartbreaker
Lola Petticrew and Tom Cullen’s chemistry in this tale of secret passion during the Troubles will floor you. But it is Anderson as a sour, ragey alcoholic who truly mesmerises
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Really annoying me that there isn't even a cursory reference to the (prizewinning) novel here.