Arthur Snell Can I second the desire for more Norwayness in our lives? The Norwegians are a wise, grounded, outward-looking, collaborative people with a long history. They are comfortable in their own skin and imaginative enough to aspire to a future that isn’t a mere replay of their past.

Just imagine what we could be learning if all these journalists were off doing journalism rather than whatever this is.

Glad to join Disorder Podcast with Jason Pack and Arthur Snell to discuss Israel, Iran, the risks and the options for de-escalating - podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ep3…

Here are the maps of,
* Oslo's Tram Network.
* Oslo's Metro Network.
* Leeds' Tram Network.
* Leeds' Metro Network.

The Russian asset wing of the GOP sure is mad at Mike Johnson.

Maybe they can get together and cry about it over a borscht and vodka at their FARA caucus dinner.

Failing American candy shop wishes it was money-laundering front buff.ly/467vkTa

If Johnson refuses to Co-operate with the authorities governing ex-minister appointments, and Truss did not comply with rules governing ex PM memoirs, why should either of them be paid from the public purse because they once happened to be PMs? theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

If you want to understand some of the context of Johnson's diplomacy-for-hire scheme, I wrote about it here: arthursnell.substack.com/p/boris-johnso…

Dmitry Grozoubinski Jonathan Portes Britain should have taken the opportunity of Brexit to discover massive new oil deposits and joined the Single Market. And taken Valium.

Anand Menon Point taken, but I haven’t seen any evidence that what Labour wants is a standing invite to the FAC

Norway on Valium is literally my dream country

Didn't Russia claim there were almost no casualties when the Moskva sank? A monument was unveiled in Sevastopol but seems a lot of people, relatives, and the captain were not welcome at the ceremony

Correct. Civil lawsuits not ideal for these purposes. Much better would be a judge led public inquiry. Under instructions from Murdoch, Dacre, the Barcalays etc, this Conservative Govt wriggled out of the legislation that followed Leveson Pt 1. And then cancelled the all

Satire sometimes simply does a better job

Sick leave is a complete irrelevance and a terrible focus for policy (especially as the proposal is to add more bureaucracy and cost into the system.)

There is an issue with rising long-term disability but not one that will be solved by making people's lives more miserable.

Lying liar still lying

You, a rube, naive, mainstream: so happy Taylor Swift has dropped her new album

Me, a hipster, defining taste: there’s only one musical release today I care about

Not so much the Ming vase strategy as the Ming the Remorseless. So much negativity

Who among us hasn’t skim-read a CND pamphlet and misattributed a Greenpeace quote to the Defence Select Committee because of toothache?

First we had Wragg now we have Menzies. The whole lot are a almost walking, almost talking set of paradigm examples of kompromat. Time, I am afraid, for a two stage national security investigation. Stage 1 - people can mea culpa for lesser sanction. Stage 2 1/2