I am aware that I sometimes write about statistics on this blog’s performance, whilst suspecting that some readers are really not interested. However, when you
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To gish: the act of talking drivel with the intention of closing down debate
Heather Cox Richardson used a term in her ‘Letter from an American’ on 27 June to describe the rhetorical technique Trump used against Biden in
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These are terrible times and we need creative democratic voices
A major publisher has approached me, asking that I write a book for them. The publisher in question and I have only met once, at
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What is Starmer trying to hide?
Keir Starmer came up with his latest failing yesterday. As I understand it, when asked what his favourite television series was, he could not say.
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Quieter time
I suspect that some readers of this blog will be pleased to hear that I am planning a relatively quiet weekend. The last week or
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Daily reach
I had an email recently in which the author suggested I try to extend my social media reach. This made me wonder what that was.
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9.45 this morning
If all goes according to plan I will be on the BBC News Channel at 9.45 this morning discussing the Green Party’s tax and economic
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Why put up with the grief that writing a blog guarantees I’ll get?
I have already mentioned that I spent some of yesterday at an event at Queen Mary, University of London, discussing the future of water companies
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Today’s video, now on your favourite podcast channel
This is today’s video, which we have put out as a podcast: You should now be able to hear this by clicking the link. It
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