100 years ago: the lifeboat at Port Isaac, Cornwall, was stored at the back of the town and had to be dragged along the main road with just inches to spare whenever it was launched. But at least they didn't have far-right morons protesting against it.

The final report of the independent review into mental health conditions, ADHD and autism is online here.

Fridges in French supermarkets hit by cyber attack

Hi Tom

Apart from once again proving himself a dead eyed socipath, Jenrick is forcing Reform down a cul-de-sac. "How about war crimes" is not winning 35% of the vote.

Liberal England: Roz Savage and her Liberal vision for a flourishing Britain It was published last month by Compass and touches upon questions that Liberal Democrats are currently wrestling with, such as leadership and defining what we stand for.

A lot of people who really ought to know better¹ seem to be taking "omg, the British benefit system gives you a car for having gluten intolerance" at face value. ¹ for example anyone who works for the wall street journal

Our Rebellion! exhibition exploring protest as part of our cultural identity, in the face of draconian anti-protest legislation, opens on the 23rd of October at the Williamson Art Gallery in Birkenhead.

News from Reform-run Leicestershire. "The concerns raised by parents were supported by Leicester city councillor Zuffar Haq, who attended the protest. The Lib Dem councillor and healthcare campaigner said more than 500 children in Leicestershire who needed specialist education were without places."

The other day I heard someone use "witch hunt" to mean "hunt", as in "I'm on a witch hunt for a good hairdresser"

I'm gobsmacked by ministers' failure to defend Burnham's claim about Russian interference in Brexit (and Tories' claim that he has no proof of it) when there were well-documented troll farms, funded by Russia, spewing out aggressive pro-Brexit attacks on social media at the time

why the Premier League is in the clutches of the global mega-rich; Labour's failure to reform the care system; the history of Westminster debates on electoral reform; eugenics is rearing its ugly head again; the giant power of tiny parks; a walk beneath Spaghetti Junction

Not a serious person.