What’s happening at the Daily Maverick (and to a lot of the media in different ways) is interesting. First, I don’t want the DM to fail. It is important. But there are a lot of similarities with politics. Not an absolutely fair comparison but fair enough to make the point. 1/111

From Sunday May 5th, our wonderful sister restaurant La Trompette in W4 will be open for dinner on Sunday evenings. And also with free corkage! So, if in west London and you fancy a Michelin-starred dinner with free BYO, you know where to go!

One of the great songs.

This is the sort of tweet you want to be waking up to.

Extraordinary day in which the Rise crowd on X came out in support of…Iran.

Imagine being Biden. You have to respond to global security threats from Russia, China, Iran and navigate the complexities of Israel/Gaza all against the backdrop of a serious challenge from Trump and a restive left wing. Not exactly a cake walk.

Thanks Ryan Coetzee I never suggested Rise was going to shoot the lights out. It probably won't. Just amazed at how much time Democratic Alliance has given it...

No Peter Bruce, I think Rize has set up residence in a cul-de-sac when it should really have occupied a cross-roads. Won’t escape the margin of error at this rate.

After reading this I am sure a lot of people are very relieved that Gareth van Onselen doesn’t usually respond to attacks on Twitter!

Is this just complete ignorance or something more sinister, I wonder? And is it the position of Rise?

MPC parties deserve credit for rising above themselves enough to work together. If SA is ever going to be better governed, it needs leaders and supporters prepared to do that. There isn’t another way.

My multi-talented friend Nick Clelland is publishing a novel. What a champ.

Extraordinary to have fallen into the DA’s trap like this.

'The Action South Africa monster now feeds exclusively on its own bullshit, and it produces as much of it as it consumes.' My new election 2024 essay today, via Inside Politics inside-politics.org/2024/04/10/ele…

According to this analysis, MK is “close to irrelevance”, which, I am afraid, makes this analysis close to irrelevance.

Some people in their early 20s haven’t yet shed that cringey adolescent entitlement, and would doubtless laugh at my instinctive response to this, which is, “that’s just plain rude.”

I have a 1994 Kanonkop Paul Sauer and can’t decide whether to have it on 27 April or 29 May.

This is where things have been for a while now. Existential moment for ANC. Does it (whichever part of it is in charge) go down the road of racial nationalism/kleptocracy or does it seize the opportunity for a new consensus and talk to the DA?

Wait until the ANC does a deal with the EFF. Rand will do a swallow dive.

Brilliant thread. I stopped at Civ 3. Tried the later games but hated them.