Is it the Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent? Because I think he gets a pass for Nicholas Cageing the hell out of that one

I can't believe we're already at the stage where you can compare different Emily Maitlis/Prince Andrew performances as if they were Shakespeare characters

The media excitement about Laura Kuenssberg’s interview admin mishap perhaps explains how two TV series were greenlit about the admin of booking guests on Newsnight.

TLDR: Lab needs to keep the fiscal trust Reeves/Starmer have built. But the debate needs to be about something wider than spending, and they need to offer and deliver better standards of living and public services. Prudence with a purpose as someone once said. (4/4)

‘Blame the last lot’ is a good strategy; but it should be for the state or Britain, esp Britain’s public services. Hopeless to make it narrowly about fiscal policy - not credible and doesn’t set up Labour to pursue its priorities. (3/4)

Swing voters were able to vote Labour because they felt they could trust it with £ again. But that isn’t why they voted Labour. There’s a risk of mixing up necessary and sufficient conditions. (2/4)

When Osborne pursued austerity post 2010 it was popular. Voters had plenty of stories of wasteful spending. They didn’t back the Tories despite it, but because of it. That is not the case now. (1/4)

(I’ve kept a diary on Twitter of every gig I’ve been to over the last 5 years - with a Covid hiatus in the middle. Picking that up here as I’ll miss it when/if I finally leave Twitter.)

Then last night PJ Harvey at Terminal 5 in Manhattan. Played the new album in full and it was beautifully warm and mesmeric - Nick Drake meets Meredith Monk on a Punchdrunk set. Then a second set ripping through the back catalogue. Wearing a cloak daubed with her own artwork, she’s a category of one

Couple of gigs over the last few days. First Yannis and the Yaw at Koko. Afrobeat indie. Took me down a Vincent Taeger rabbit hole when I got home - a drummer worth seeing whoever he is playing with.