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The Great 1985 Heatwave That Never Was
Like many people, I occasionally find myself wandering through social media's vast landscape of misinformation, nostalgia and confidently incorrect graphics. I find it strangely enjoyable. Recently I came across a particularly impressive specimen. The image showed two weather forecasts side by side. In the first, supposedly set in 1985, a smiling weather presen...
May Heatwave Brings Out Record Number of Wack Jobs
Britain’s hottest May weather on record has officially triggered an unprecedented outbreak of conspiracy theorists, arriving roughly four to six weeks earlier than the traditional peak season for absolute twaddle. As temperatures soared to 35c in parts of the UK, social media rapidly filled with people insisting that “it’s called summer”, urging everyone ...
What on Earth Is a Lethaby?
Thanks to the recent national outbreak of people loudly banging on about “heritage,” “traditional values,” and “our proud Christian roots” usually while standing in a queue for an Indian meal or shouting abuse at a Deliveroo cyclist, I found myself wondering whether I should probably learn something about my own surname. Not because I’ve suddenly ...
A Morning Down the Labour Friends of Israel Rabbit Hole
After spending part of the morning reading articles, falling down the inevitable Google rabbit holes and, yes, asking AI a few awkward questions, I ended up looking into Labour Friends of Israel, usually shortened to LFI. Like most things connected to British politics and the Middle East, what starts as a straightforward bit of reading quickly turns into a maze of ...
Sending a Fixer to Charm a Crook: How It All Went Spectacularly Wrong
There is, of course, a version of events we will never hear from Keir Starmer. It goes something like this: “We made a decision in what we thought was Britain’s interests. It blew up in our faces. Sorry about that.” Simple. Honest. Completely impossible. Because the truth, if it ever saw daylight, would be far less flattering and far more cynical. ...