Ben Cobley
@bencobley
Writer. New book 'The Progress Trap' (Polity) out now: https://tinyurl.com/y5429c2h. Previous one: The Tribe (2018)
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It's not pointless and out of date to the CCP and its allies. Quite the reverse.
It’s time to admit that the UN is a pointless and out of date institution. Time to Brexit.
And it’s off! A Puffling experiencing the power of flight for the first time as it fledges off the Isle of May
The number one rule of being very online and very pro-Palestinian is that it's the job of every western Government to stop a war that Gaza's Government started. It's everyone's job to stop it, except that of Gaza's Government.
The trouble with this is that Labour *cannot* address the public's concern over immigration. It's committed, devoted even, to not doing so. All it can do is say things.
The Met's Apollo 13 moment: "Houston, we have a problem"
That there has been a 7% increase in police chiefs over the the last year - at the same time as a 1.5% fall in constables suggests (yet again) that something is going very awry...
Met an old couple out with litter-pickers earlier. The best of us.
Someone is offering organic fresh rhubarb on Freecycle, which is nice.
This game has reminded me of England v Italy men's games. They wear your attack down, get you annoyed and frustrated and are clever up front.