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A barred door with a collection of bolts and a large metal bar across the middle. The repair to one door and the damage to the doors suggest the bolts and bar have been needed in the past and possibly the future. Taken at the Rat and Pigeon in Manchester, UK.

Sometimes a door tells a tale of an eventful past. This at the Rat and Pigeon in Manchester is a great example.

I signed up after you told me to. We were in a cafe in Hale I think, and you knew my then boss. That was way back, 2004 maybe. I don't have emails going back that far unfortunately. Keep up the great work.

It has a certain resonance with the industrial revolution.

I've still got both kidneys hot sauce.

I've met Sir Humphrey a couple of times. He's an 'interesting' chap. One of those times he was in disguise, inspecting one of his pubs undercover.

Book. The Auctioneer by Joan Samson. Wine glass of Crianza.

Current reading material.

But they tell us it will be different this time. For reasons that apparently can't be explained beyond Labour will do it differently.

One of the biggest and nicest people I've ever had the pleasure of meeting.

Football is bad for it and it makes taking public transport, before and after, very awkward at times. Boxing is vastly worse and it has the heady mix with steroids. I've stopped going as a result.

But, pricing in the UK is based on proven clinical effects. So, the company could do a better job of proving the effects or accept it is worth less money. The alternative is taking money from elsewhere, where it produces greater patient benefits to pay excessively for this.

We had an extension of the main phone line. The computer was far too heavy!

I'm on those. There are three for Alastair Campbell including two titled "Hague" and "War criminal supporters".

What may contribute to this is a fear of him winning given how vindictive he is. It's still shameful false equivalence though.

Odd that a suggestion to maintain this platform as a constructive engagement space, enhancing the usefulness, is viewed so negatively by a select few, who ironically don't want this platform to end up like Twitter. Remarkable.

It's the same for me. It's the sort of thing I'd love to study, or for someone else to study. It's a fascinating aspect of human behaviour.

Years ago at an event there was a session on changes in human behaviour. Just as a side note the speaker had an example that stuck with me. The change in behaviours between in person to online and in car conduct. I guess both have distance between the person and the target?

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He looks like he's been partying with the Russians again.

Part of the problem he has now is that the apology has left open avenues for questioning which he can't easily address. It's failed the primary purpose of closing this chapter from his side as a result. He comes across as ticking boxes and not actually engaging.

He's shredded the position he's adopted for the campaign already. Irretrievably in my view. Patriot, statesman, honest, details, planning. All shredded before the manifesto is out. Incredible. However, he's too vain/deluded to resign. Actively driving voters away is a remarkable "achievement".

He's executed the perfect opposition strategy. His choice. His failure. Beyond Baldrick levels of decision making.

Potentially yes, Sunak is performing so poorly that the point where the risk of keeping keeping him is too high is close. The immediate risk for Sunak is if Mordaunt performs well against Farage. He could shift from a presidential to a cabinet campaign approach, but he won't.