Late to the party as per but CMAT - so class. And Irish too natch.

correct meme

I will remember this exchange for as long as I live.

One Tory MP said to me “I’m not going to back someone who can’t or won’t make polite small talk with me over breakfast in the conference hotel, how are they going to do the One Show?”, and while they’re palpably correct, I really think they’re overlooking how funny the answer would be.

Thanks Donal!

Going to read another Ned Beauman book having lived Madness is Better than Defeat. Anyone have views on the best?

Starmer really illustrating the inherent risks in trying to give a talk while doing the online shop

It’s really very simple: none of the children has lost their water bottles, they are simply no longer around

I have just made a life-long enemy. I sat down near two elderly ladies in the café. When the waiter brought out their order, he gently pointed out the lady who’d put in the order had only paid for her own coffee and cake and there was money owing for the other coffee and cake. 1/…