Call Me Ken I have ordered A Tenured Professor, published 1990. It has one, I think only one, similarity to Lucky Jim.
Linguistics and Politics It’s part of a politician’s job to open their mouths and put their feet in it. I voted for Jeremy Hunt to lead the Conservative (and Unionist) party but I will never forget him saying his wife is Japanese on a visit there. (She is Chinese.)
Pants on Fire? “We all agreed tonight that we detest the Prime Minister, deplore his lack of judgement, disapprove of his henchmen; and yet we can do nothing – yet!”
A Tawdry Tale Tom Tugendhat is a Conservative Member of Parliament, representing Tonbridge and Malling, and Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee.
Don’t Tell Sid The title of this post is an inversion of the slogan used when British Gas was privatised in November 1986.
Behind Bars Breaking news in Rishi Sunak’s budget: £3.8 billion for the “biggest prison-building programme in a generation”.