Yes, but I’m being serious.

Hand some civil servants one of those nostalgic jigsaw box covers of an English village and say, “there, you go boffins, make that; here’s £250m a week to do it.”

Psychologically, again being charitable, he seems to be drawn to big characters who are ratings worthy and who he perceives to be winners. So there’s an affinity with Putin (even if there isn’t something more sinister underpinning it). It’s also why his gushing over Mamdani isn’t that shocking.

As I say, that’s the most charitable view. The reality could be much more sinister than that.

The second half was torture though. Watched it through my hands.

It’s a fair point. It seems to be from Rogan. Longer versions are on YouTube. But yes, it is difficult to trust anything anymore.

This is what happens when you stop reading books and published articles and are exposed only to X posts by Crusader1488 and the like.

Obviously, you’d have to keep notifications switched on to make sure you knew which party you were in at a given moment: “oh sh*t, I’ve joined Reform again”, etc.