Ian Moss
thebriefwriters.com
Ian Moss
@thebriefwriters.com
Politics, policy, music and blah.

Partner at thebriefwriters.com, ex Senior Civil Servant, ex Labour Advisor

From Stoke on Trent to the Sussex countryside.
I expect it will be one of those announcements where the response from Labour should be "you are welcome to him".
January 18, 2026 at 12:18 AM
We are all just ignoring David Davis in 2008 I hope.
January 17, 2026 at 1:16 PM
The BBC could append all its science stories with the line ´some people on the Internet disagree’
January 17, 2026 at 11:46 AM
I think it's possible that he's implausible that he gets through regardless of what he does.

I reckon is the first season where there have been almost no ganging together. The table is so random, no teaming up. #thetraitors
January 16, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Because of the amazing self confidence that she combines with her density. #thetraitors
January 16, 2026 at 8:39 PM
It also deeply reminds me of that era where they started to assume that pubs needed REALLY LOUD MUSIC and having to listen to songs like this one give me dreadful flashbacks.
January 16, 2026 at 7:30 PM
The end of the 90s pop really doesn't stand up well does it?
January 16, 2026 at 7:27 PM
That's the sort of argument 12 year olds use in school balloon debates.
January 16, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Thursday night then off to the Sports and Social. Good times.
January 16, 2026 at 4:56 PM
For both kids, online means chatting away with friends whilst gaming.

The thing I think my boy has missed is the mass scratch games of football on the park "up the back" that we had every night and all weekend. Basically roll up any time and get to join in.
January 16, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Also network effects. The kids of relaxed parents don’t roam as their friends, kids of the unrelaxed parents, are not allowed to do it with them.
January 16, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Harriet has gone rogue #thetraitors
January 14, 2026 at 8:52 PM
It feels she's had enough and wants out. #thetraitors
January 14, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Cripps was Chancellor at the 1950 election, which Labour won - albeit with a small majority. By the 1951 election Gaitskell was chancellor.
January 14, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Strong agree. I saw him do a presentation in Parliament and it was deeply unconvincing. The epitome of "correlation does not mean causation" slides.
January 14, 2026 at 9:38 AM