Dave Clark

Describe your Blue Sky account in a single image

Man who appointed a cabinet yesterday despite not having a majority in parliament accuses other leaders of overestimating their influence

It's the French people I feel sorry for. They usually like to have time for a quick general strike and a couple of rowdy street marches before sending a government home

The political retrospectives are getting younger every year

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"It's only the shortest lasting French premiership of the year so far"

Or an avocado. Seems superficially fine until the day you actually try to use it in something

Always hard to convert between French metric measures and UK Imperial.
For example a Lecornu is only 0.55 Truss

"Magindrone Line" was right there

Fishing for wanker > fishing for flounder

It's all I see on my Instagram algo feed, which probably says a lot more about my interests than I'd like

When a Finnish lady bursts in on a group of Geordie lads clearly plotting something in their shed

Oh, sure. The FT will put its own work up behind a paywall, but an baby-namer tries to make an honest living and you're handing out IP for free?

"OK. Thanks. There's your receipt."
"Wonderful, when should we expect..."
"Steve"
"What?"
"Your baby is called Steve now."
"Steve?!"
"I could go to 'Colin', but it'll cost a bit extra."

Surely their music is drowned out by the guy playing four bars of Bella Ciao on a loop with an accordion and a boom box?

Reach out, touch faith

Your own personal Jesus
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who cares
Your own personal Jesus
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who's there

No point asking Thomas anything, though. He's never sure

Sorry, not signing up until it has all 12 apostles.
Got to hear from all sides

If we don't get a compass (with pillars) we'll never know which way we're facing on the roadmap to the landing zone

Octopuses Invade the English Coast, ‘Eating Anything in Their Path’

Oh, they're coming
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/w...

Sorry, didn't read all the way down, sidetracked into pondering very quickly.

I wonder about octopus. Tasty, but smart

Hard to disagree with most of that, but where are we putting sea creatures?

On the whole

Given the upper case, can only assume The Times is referring to its own mum?

My claim that things are under control at the frontline nuclear plant is raising questions that, on the whole, were answered in my claim

How it started.
Oh the humanity

Guys in Polish pub: Why's this match? Who supports Newcastle here?
Me: Me.
Them: OK, but Union St Gilloise then?
Me: Well, funny you should ask

www.theactuary.com/features/201...

What were the chances?