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^ Oh, I’ll keep watching until I tire of it. I only asked because the whole ‘TV show outpacing the author of the source material’ thing really interests me (if there’s a precedent for that, I don’t know it) and I was curious to know whether there’s any correlation between that and declining...

Just finished season 1. It’s basically a long version of Willow with Machiavellian scheming, gratuitous violence, and tits. So I’m happy enough. Just a question for those who aren’t, like me, a decade behind the times: Does the decline in writing quality that everyone’s moaning about coincide...

Apparently May told the poor chump it was her way or the Huawei.

Shut up and go Huawei. (Sorry).

Goodnight. EDITED to remove needless and ill-judged insult. Frustration plus too much Ardbeg. My bad.

Oh, FFS. I drew attention to what I consider the worst of the Scruton comments quoted in the NS piece. I also drew attention to the fact that he didn't address that specific controversy in his defence (which I linked to). I also wrote that the omission is to his discredit. And I did it in the...

I've already explained why I think it was a hatchet job (quotes presented out of full context to make them look worse; post-job celebration clearly indicative of malicious intent, etc.). I imagine you think Douglas Murray is a racist too (he's conservative and doesn't think immigration is an...

It’s not the role of the defence to make the prosecution’s case for them. You’ve called him a racist bigot. That’s name-calling, not a substantive case. Make a substantive case, and I’ll respond with point-by-point counterarguments. If you can’t be arsed, I suggest we drop this and reserve the...

You're the would-be prosecutor here. State your case, and I'll respond.

It was a hatchet job, clear as day. I can’t help you if you can’t see it. Fuck, even the ‘journalist’ responsible has issued a half-hearted mea culpa for not presenting the quotes in their full context (he hid behind the excuse that Twitter requires brevity) and for posting a picture of him...

It should have been obvious that the only way – the ONLY way – to retain a decent position in the negotiations was to calmly but visibly make the necessary preparations for no deal. This should have started on 24 June 2016. Failing that, it should have started well in advance of issuing the...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47781009 :brill:

I also watched Line of Duty last night. Engaging tosh. Always enjoy Stephen Graham and Vicky McClure.

If memory serves, I was in the midst of a rather nasty depression when the first season aired on BBC2. I won’t bore you with the details – I mention it only to point out that ‘sad’ comedy is a bit hit or miss for me when I’m not in a good place mentally. Sometimes I feel rather cheated when...

Bit late to the Fleabag series 2 party – the first season left me a bit cold and I had to be badgered into watching the new episodes – but I’m really enjoying it. Was the first series this assured and it just caught me in the wrong mood (sometimes I have very little patience for heavily...

There is no good reason – no good reason at all – for a PPV being more than 4 hours long (pre-show included). The maddening thing is that WWE do it exactly right with the NXT Takeover shows: all killer and no filler for 3 hours max – and tough shit if that means some very talented people not...

This has aged well...

I drank (a lot) and pondered the fact that we’re now living in an unending episode of The Thick of It. I also had an argument with a published author about their flagrant misuse of semicolons. Pretty typical day, really.