People have said stuff like this since music became a thing. We will not know what any genre's canon will look like a few decades hence. "These new Psalms are not as good and will never make it into the Old Testament", someone might have said in a long-dead language.

Starmer recognises that a lot of voters think of Thatcher as the reason they own their home rather than as Hitler with a bouffant. That is part of why there will be a Labour Government. Grown-up politics beats tribalism.

Nigel is trending in the UK. Not going to click. When I was a boy, we Nigels had Nigel Mansell, Nigel Planer and Nigel Tufnell to cite when folk said all Nigels were tosspots. Which they did often. Now look at us. Might be easier if I changed my name to Adolf Savile.

The Crucible was meant as Arthur Miller's warning, but these people think it's a manifesto. Taylor Swift is a ray of sunshine in the world, and even Thomas Putnam would have said "nah, not a witch".

RIP Benjamin Zephaniah 1958-2023. One the greatest British poets and an incredible performer A man of immense wisdom, kindness and wit. "The People's Laureate"

Coroner has ruled that not only did Ofsted kill Ruth Perry, but they then lied at her inquest to try to cover their backs. Ofsted needs to be shut down and those responsible disbarred from the education sector. bbc.co.uk/news/education…

34 years ago I saw post-mortem [autopsy] photographs of a child aged 11 who was killed by complications of pregnancy. She haunts me. Terminating her pregnancy would have enabled her to survive. Anyone who would deny terminations to girls like her should see those photographs.

X fka Twitter thinks I should follow WhiteDate dot net. Go home, X, you're drunk as a racist uncle at a Christmas party who says "I'm not racist, I'm just saying people should stick to their own".

A problem Sunak faces is that prior to his sudden elevation, he led a charmed entitled life in which he was rarely contradicted or scrutinised. He is not used to that, and he crumbles in the face of it. He will fare badly in the General Election.

Tony Blair's spinniest spin-doctors could not have dreamed of spin on the scale Momentum does it. Labour's worst defeat since 1935 was not some great victory. That such an obvious fact is not obvious to all shows the Left is as dysfunctional as the Right.

Climate minister Graham Stuart flying a 6,824 mile round trip to vote to fly migrants 4,000 miles to Rwanda is this entire dumpster-fire of a government summed up in one ludicrous little farce. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

Whatever you are doing this morning, pause to gaze upon this image. Contemplate the beauty of this world we are blessed to inhabit. #TreeOfTheDay for Anna #TreeClub🌳 Hat-tip TC🌳

The beautiful voice of Richard Burton overlaid with Justin Hayward's #ForeverAutumn in Jeff Wayne's #TheWarOfTheWorlds. youtube.com/watch?v=C9DISb…

Point 4 is illegal on several different levels. Call me old-fashioned but I like parties that believe in the rule of law. The Civil Service is not the Sturmabteilung. This stuff is so un-British that perhaps the Home Office should check Mr Tice's passport.

Blue Polka Dot Cream Crackers (h/t Jayden Crump)

I do, RTing it now. They do not. They do not. Who is "we"? They could. They do not.

I have known James Coldwell's work for many years and can be certain he will make a wonderful MP for North East Somerset & Hanham. It is a beautiful area with lovely people who deserve better than Jacob Rees-Mogg. Choose James Coldwell!

Oh lordy, is it #AbolishTheMonarchy season already? Gets earlier every year. I'll stick with King Charles, to avoid there ever being a President Boris Johnson, Tony Blair or Nigel Farage.