It’s been creeping up for a while…New Statesman, Nov 2010.

Chris, what is most striking about your piece is not the reporting of events, but the relentless effort to frame every development through the prism of impending collapse. Throughout the article, readers are presented not with objective analysis, but with a succession of loaded phrases and assumptions designed to reinforce a predetermined narrative. A premiership is described as "flailing", potential rivals are elevated into waiting successors, and routine political disagreement is transformed into evidence of a government supposedly on the verge of disintegration. What is conspicuously absent is any serious examination of the reality facing any government today. Defence spending does not emerge from thin air. Every additional pound committed to the armed forces must either be raised through taxation, borrowed, or diverted from another area of public expenditure. That is not a political slogan. It is a fiscal fact. You devote considerable attention to those criticising the Defence Investment Plan, yet remarkably little attention to what their alternative would be. If the spending settlement is inadequate, what precisely should replace it? Where would the money come from? Which taxes should rise, or which public services should face reductions? These are the questions that matter. The article also appears determined to portray every resignation as a judgement on Sir Keir Starmer's leadership while giving scant consideration to the possibility that ministers can disagree on policy without it amounting to an existential crisis for the government. Westminster may enjoy perpetual leadership speculation, but governing a country requires rather more than gossip, intrigue and anonymous briefings. Perhaps the greatest weakness in your analysis is the assumption that political commentary can substitute for political reality. The government remains in office with a substantial parliamentary majority, inflation has fallen significantly from its peak, economic growth has returned, and major policy decisions continue to be implemented. Whether one supports the government or not, those are facts rather than interpretations. In the end, your article says far more about the current appetite among sections of the media for leadership drama than it does about the actual condition of the government. The country deserves analysis grounded in evidence, not a running commentary built upon Westminster's favourite pastime: predicting the imminent downfall of every Prime Minister. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx26…

What in the propagandist guff is this? Big TVs? Eh?

In case you were one of those people who claimed this Liverpool team were the ‘worst ever’ or some similar nonsense…take a look at the 90s vintage.

Outside of the ‘media village’ where people live to care about this stuff, is anybody arsed?

A really odd flex this.

Switzerland’s performance was a bit like Liverpool this season. Inviting a poor opponent to steal a goal.

Her brother was PM but he was obviously perfectly fit to serve in the role.

The most intellectually dishonest take I’ve read in a while. Completely disingenuous.

The replies to all of the ‘greatest’ posts are broadly stupid. Every single post is met with thicko replies from daft accounts who know virtually nothing about Liverpool or football.

Not sure anyone’s mentioned it but keep getting ads with Nigel Farage fighting on Question Time.

Is the Nunez stuff based on anything or just summer madness?

Accounts like these having apparently strong opinions on Liverpool’s greatest players list. Relentless dedication to sharing really glib opinions.

Nigel Farage Listens to the News

caNNOt BelIEvE hE iS AbOVe COutINHo!!!

The Great Replacement is taking longer than anticipated…

The UK believe 20% of population is black (3%); 15% is Muslim (4%); 5% transgender (0.6%); 15% gay and lesbian (1.8%); 20% of the country is vegan or vegetarian (4%) Misinformation from the Media

Isn’t showing up to a police station draped in a Union flag just evidence of a male mental health issue? These guys are completely ridiculous and possibly vulnerable. Demonstrating their inadequacies by behaving so absurdly. #farageriots

I love women, some of my best sisters and nans are women. #BBCQT #reform

The Liverpool Greatest run down is bringing out some awful stuff from Liverpool fans who are either 14 or just hate anyone who played before 2018.

Nigel Farage's work over the last 11 weeks broken down: - Parliamentary votes registered (including on immigration): 0 - Violent racial divisions stoked: 1