Come along to this if you are interested in the NAO. I'm talking about what it does and its constitutional position and I hope its interesting! I'm really looking forward to going back to do this.

This has been a vital resource for policy makers and just because the immediate brexit process finished doesnt mean brexit or the uks place in europe doesnt need further work

Fascinating and terrifying thread.

Marking in my university is anonymous. I dont know who I am marking and have no idea about their political beliefs when I mark.

I criticise accounts often and fines for the university aren't necessarily a good sanction for late accounts nor do I know the case... but late accounts are often a warning sign that things are going wrong. The article may be right about the fine- but this is not a trivial issue

This morning, I really thought 'well, this is a fun anecdote that it is a good opportunity to use, and will have absolutely zero afterlife'. Shows what I know: ft.com/content/a47ce1…

This seems really prescient this afternoon and a reason that Stephen Bush and Tim Bale are two of the best in the business of analysing our crazy times!

I utterly agree with this. Also stop scoring on arbitrary scales- I don't know what 10 v 9 or 7 v 6 means on them so you can't interpret what I put because I don't know what it means myself!

Hardtalk is very good. This is a very foolish move.