Just found out from my old colleague Stuart Theobald what the taco trade means. Trump always chickens out. I thought it referred to something "ruder". The other Stephen C is always making jokes about Taco Bell.

Before or after Peter Gabriel?

Stiff competition. But he has lived up to the nickname Stumblebore. Jeremy Corbyn would have been even worse but he was unelectable

Hamas operates openly in Cape Town and has mounted a very sophisticated PR campaign. What's the mystery? Naledi Pandor phoned Hamas to congratulate them a few days after October 7. She lost her seat thankfully.

Which comment are you replying too?

The FT must stop spamming my inbox with these myFT Instant Alerts. Why do they expect me to be interested in their copy? I am not an accountant or an actuary.

As if an insider like you doesn't know already, Mark

McDonald's advertised R59,90 for a McCrispy meal but we were R78.40. Another Ramaphosa lie.

When I offered to write your biography for Tafelberg you said you were too shy, Michael 😗

I hear after pressure from BDS thugs Absa no longer sponsors the Jewish Achiever Awards. What a bunch of lily-livered cowards.

Long time no see Niall. My book finally came out. "The Mavericks" got another on the go now. I saw you with a beard on Trigger Nometry, which was strange

It turns out that Nasionale Pers aka News24 has been charging me on 2 different emails for months. Call centre cancelled one but refused to reimburse me for the back payments. Only R109 a month but it adds up. She was rude in fact. Seems to resent being asked to speak English.

Yes

Agreed but a lot of my former colleagues moved there for Koos Bekker's 39 pieces of silver. Natasha Marrian came back after a few days.

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The trend started with advertorial. Advertising and editorial should have always be clearly separated.

Assuming that podcasting can never be journalism?

I was thinking of Trigger Nometry for example

It is longer form than Piers Morgan or Zeteo and gets people from all sides. "The Rest is Politics" is the most thoughtful podcast I see but very UK focused

Not for debate? I think it's time you had a debate with Natasha Hausdorff.