I'm guessing that you are keeping a close eye on the Michigan Senate Democratic Primary? @theweind.bsky.social
The best part is, I recall hearing a senior Tory grandee - I forget which - telling Times Radio that Cameron and Osborne picked austerity as their great project not because it was smart or necessary, but because they needed a great project and that felt like a Tory thing to do.
What the hell is the BBC 6pm news doing leading with Farage's clickbait about using the Royal Navy to stop immigrants? An absurd soundbite from a tiny party with a disgraced leader and that's the most important news in the UK today? Dear God. The rot has truly gone deep.
Eldest is at the Hibs v Malisheva UEFA Conference League game tonight.
Pints with my lads in Robbie's Bar, Leith Walk, Edinburgh. We're up here to see David Byrne tonight at the Playhouse. And, speaking of Mr. Byrne, we just met him close to the venue!
Good start - I just got the first question right on the new University Challenge series!
Solo pint this, almost bearable, summer's day in the newly announced candidate for 'Town of Culture', - Birkenhead!
Just a thought, but do you think defenders may stop/block more shots on goal if they didn't thrust their hands behind their backs and turn away from the attacker?... #didnthappeninmyday
Brexit cost 6% of UK economy, says Bank of England. Other studies suggest 8% hit. After the 2007-08 banking crash, the UK was growing fast and could have at least partially kept up with the US without the disruption. Now scavenges for trade deals. Relationship with the EU needs to be recalibrated
Brexit cost 6% of UK economy, Bank of England company data suggests
Analysis showed how much the UK could have grown if it had not exited the EU.
bbc.co.uk
Two and a half members of the North of Ireland squad mouthing the 'National' anthem away to France in a pre-World Cup friendly. Just an observation.
Chariots of Fire on TOTP, you on for royalties Col? @harrymcnally.bsky.social
Quick heads up that the marvellous 1970s political thriller, 'Three Days of the Condor', is on Sky Arts tonight at 9:00pm. It stars Robert Redford who sports a US Navy pea jacket and certainly influenced me to aquire one later in the decade.
