Unfortunately, I can’t remember the name of the wit on Twitter who said a boomer is someone you don’t like who is older than you, and a millennial is someone you don’t like who is younger than you.

Possibly it is – it’s often said that some of Corbyn’s circle like Seamus Milne and Andrew Murray are genuine admirers of Stalin. But as well as the moral objections to harassing whistle blowers, I think there […]

For a good description of what institutional racism is, and why British Jews are worried about it in the Labour Party, there is a very good thread by Maajid Nawaz on Twitter, which he was also posted on […]

I’ve just been through Trafalgar Square, and they’re putting up the stalls for the Christmas Market, a tradition which I think goes all the way back to this year.

They probably would have started yesterday, but […]

I heard Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais on a radio chat show a couple of weeks ago, and one of the other guests mentioned scrumping for some reason. Neither of them knew what the word meant. I’ve never heard a […]

They complained that the pay was chicken feed.

(I did enjoy that, so thanks for posting it. )

I suppose Ringo was comparing Brexit to the breakup of The Beatles, and remembering how quick, straightforward and amicable that was.

Yeah, it was supposed to prove beef was safe – but you never saw her again, did you?

Just saying.

I happen to work near Trafalgar Square and was one the people whose travel was disrupted by these protests. Well, if you work in Central London you get used to this kind of thing. I have an interest in climate […]

Are you sure you haven’t confused this with a thread about Brexit?

Songs for Johnson

“To live outside the law you must be honest”

Or probably

“I fought the law and the law won”

If you think that’s surprising, reading the birthday column in The Guardian over the past couple of weeks I noticed that Jerry Allison, drummer in the Crickets, at 80, is a year younger than Jet Black, the d […]

Johnson is managing to look both bored and scared after only a month in the job. Hoping for a grown-up to turn up who will sort things out.

Hard to see him lasting a five year parliament, even if he wins an […]

One of the main characteristics of people who read the Guardian seems to be mocking “Guardian readers”. But here’s another amusing list along the same lines, this time from the Telegraph about Glastonbury.

We are often told that Labour has 500,00 members and is the biggest party in Western Europe, and yet it looks that they are hardly doing any canvassing. This is only ever done by a minority in any party, because […]

Yes, I can say it has happened at least once. I also live in North London, Camden, and we had someone come round canvassing for Labour. He asked if I would be voting for Labour, and I said no, because their stance […]

Can I just say I’ve never seen a single comment on the Internet about never seeing a single episode of Game of Thrones.

I read Felix Dennis’s autobiography a few years ago, and one thing he commented on was these public estimates of wealth. He wasn’t denying that he was very rich, but after he appeared on the Sunday Times rich lis […]

Surely 2 can only be met by staying in the EU? You can’t leave a club and get the same benefits as you had. So this is twaddle. The Labour (or Corbynite) line, seems to be vote down whatever Theresa May proposes, […]

I left in the late seventies, but still go down there to see relatives, so I’m not sure. It was closed for some years, but I think it was refurbished and opened up again.

This is of limited interest but I’ve […]