The making of the original Portillo moment. I was there. “The Observer polled the constituency,” said Stephen. “We’re only 4 points behind Portillo.” Silence in the room. This changed everything. An unwinnable seat now was knife edged. And this was no ordinary incumbent.

Reasons to be cheerful: have just bought some milk that will outlive the Tory government.

I made my mind up about Keir Starmer’s character years ago. It’s a highly personal account I now share for the first time, as Sir Keir is poised to lead Labour into government. In 2015, I set up an anonymous Twitter account called The Secret Barrister. The idea was to draw

It’s past 2am and Mark Francois is de facto leader of the opposition

Who did this?

VP: I was a courtroom prosecutor. In those roles I took on perpetrators of all kinds. Predators who abused women. Fraudsters who ripped off consumers. Cheaters who broke the rules for their own gain. So hear me when I say I know Donald Trump's type.

I laughed so loud the pets scowled at me 💀💀💀

The past 48 hours have been a hell of a roller-coaster ride for us Finale users! But now that MakeMusic has reversed course and committed to maintaining Finale authorization indefinitely, what does this mean for us users going forward? A 🧵:

Klimt Eastwood.

This is really a fantastic piece, extremely clarifying. I’m going to assign it to my students on the first day of class, to help them understand why it is not just against my course policy to use AI in their work, it’s not in their interest to do so. newyorker.com/culture/the-we…

James O'Brien Following the announcement of the Grenfell Tower report, I thought I would pass on my experience. As you know I was a senior trading standards officer made redundant in 2010, one of the first to go as a result of Cameron's austerity cuts.

Whenever the violins/viola suggest a bowing to Jessie on cello

THIS WINS THE DAY!!!!

People often reply to me with this American Psycho scene because I talk about small details in classic men's tailoring. But I'd like to suggest that this comparison is wrong and you should instead apply it to a different type of Twitter personality. 🧵

A Thread of Suggestions from the Public from the NHS Consultation NHS-Wetherspoons Partnership to put Pubs in Hospitals

They make the tube map ugly, they throw up some WILD prices and we don't need them... IT'S TIME TO SCRAP THE TUBE ZONES 🧵 And introduce a simpler, fairer, better system... 1/n