Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus at the conclusion of Mass with Pope Leo XIV in Metz.

Un homme, mort, gisant dans l’eau après avoir tenté de traverser la Manche pour trouver refuge au Royaume-Uni. Cette image a été prise par le photojournaliste Sameer Al-Doumi sur la plage d’Hardelot, en France, il y a deux jours. Dans l’indifférence. instagram.com/p/DdqjKYZDVHh/…

I have just watched Michelle O’Neill and Mary Lou McDonald from Sinn Fein outside the High Court in Belfast this evening. This is a time for calm heads, not political rants. This is a time to show leadership, not to wind up the community. I have been appalled to see those who have decided to ramp up tensions, and dial up the rhetoric throughout today including senior Sinn Fein representatives on the decision by the Parades Commission to grant a very modest walk on the Garvaghy Road at 8am on Sunday morning. Michelle O’Neill should be dialling down the temperature, not giving stump speeches. Regardless if someone agrees with the decision or not, all should be calming things down. The behaviour of Sinn Fein at the very prospect of 35 men walking down a road at 8am on a Sunday morning, a parade that would take just moments to pass any point, says all you need to know about a “shared Ireland”. The Portadown Orangemen have made clear there is absolutely no threat nor violence. There is nothing to fear from them and absolutely nothing to be apprehensive about. Sinn Fein need to dial the anti-Unionist, anti-British sentiment and show leadership and encourage calm.

If it was a typo, why was this on your Facebook page? I know you have a track record of struggling with the truth but perhaps just for once admit you were wrong.

I’ll die on this hill: Basil Fawlty was just a Net Contributor at the end of his rope. And this was in the much more high-trust 70s.

Soulless and Depressing

Westminster Voting Intention: LAB: 26% (+1) CON: 23% (+1) RFM: 22% (-1) LDM: 11% (+1) GRN: 8% (-1) RES: 6% (=) SNP: 2% (=) Via @Moreincommon_, 18-21 Sep. Changes w/ 11-15 Sep.

What's depressing about the Botley Road Bridge is that thought was put into the design, but it still looks ugly. Planning docs claim the "gothic themed shape" along the side of the bridge is "inspired" by and "sympathetic to" Oxford's character. They could have done this:

"Phantom majorities" on social media. Interesting little essay. researchgate.net/publication…