An important and very detailed thread about Brussels sprouts

I've got "somebody feed Phil" written in my diary for this week and I have no idea what it means.

The 1970s was a decade of serious anxiety about food supplies. Norman Tebbit, of all people, urged the government to consider rationing basic foodstuffs. That played a significant role in the decision to join the EEC, and raises some important questions today. [THREAD]

This, by Spanish Foreign minister Arancha González, is absolutely superb. The clearest expression of the problem I've heard. The UK is trying to use a trade deal to do something it's not designed to do. This, fundamentally, is why negotiations have failed. Well worth sharing.

Alex Andreou "I didn't think they would throw bottles of piss into MY garden", says man who voted for the Throw Piss Into People's Gardens Party

“What did you accuse Keir Starmer of?” “Wanting to cancel Christmas.” “And what have you just done” “Cancelled Christmas.”

Whether or not support bubbles can stay overnight comes down to your understanding of this quite confusingly constructed sentence. #Copywriting

I’m responding to specific questions about the new rules - do email me. I have been asked if you can stay overnight in your support bubble. I have had it confirmed that YES you can. I’ve asked for the support bubble guidance to be clarified: gov.uk/guidance/makin…

Sadly we need to suspend accepting orders for delivery to Northern Ireland with immediate effect. We know this will be disappointing for our NI customers. We just don’t have the resources to undertake the paperwork required. We are so sorry.

Voting technology company Smartmatic files $2.7 billion lawsuit against Fox News, Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell over 'disinformation campaign' cnn.com/2021/02/04/med…

Creative founder friends, I've written this for you. Out on 30th March. First chapter below to read today. I'd love your early reviews 🙏 kind endorsements & invites to talk about the book's central ideas in your podcast, newsletter etc. #amwriting #author businessexpertpress.com/books/founders…

So I’m not getting a vaccine next week - was feeling weird about why I’d been selected ahead of others so rang GP to check. Turns out they had my height as 6.2cm rather than 6 ft 2, giving me a BMI of 28,000 😂

A headline I never thought I would write liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool…

‘There are some men whose instinct is to control and coerce the women they have been inculcated against from boyhood: women are the object and other; they are the enemy.’ My special report for British GQ on domestic abuse Refuge gq-magazine.co.uk/gq-hype/articl…

Thanks for all the love during and after last night’s series 4 finale. Delighted to announce that #Unforgotten will return, with the very brilliant Sanjeev Bhaskar💙, and a new partner in crime, next year. #Unforgotten5

I have written about the human vacuum at the heart of AC-12, DI Steve Arnott newstatesman.com/culture/tv-rad…