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2026 121

  1. 9 ways AI has continued to improve my life
  2. An adorable map of London (Odds and Ends #110)
  3. TfL’s countdown to disaster
  4. London’s 8,900 buses are getting a brain transplant
  5. We’re spending millions NOT generating electricity
  6. I’m sceptical Amol Rajan’s independent media venture will be successful
  7. The Green Party not-so-enthusiastically backs nuclear energy
  8. An AI powered government is already being built where you wouldn't expect
  9. Burnham’s unambitious housing policy
  10. These are the most memorable – and most forgettable – Members of Parliament
  11. The good, the bad and the YIMBY of Andy Burnham’s conference speech
  12. We're not ready for the imminent explosion in space technology
  13. Progress has winners and losers
  14. Access to AI compute is a social justice issue
  15. How many MPs can you remember?
  16. James and Martin rip off More or Less
  17. We should turn East Anglia into Europe’s Shenzhen
  18. Andy Burnham can talk human (Odds and Ends #109)
  19. John Healey goes postal
  20. The Guardian’s data centre reporting is needlessly hysterical
  21. Martin takes the Claude pill
  22. Why the net zero consensus is over (Odds and Ends #108)
  23. How to fix Top Gear
  24. The case for Nightingale Datacentres
  25. Throwing the baby out with the grey water
  26. The case for Nightingale Datacentres
  27. We’ve seen the future... in Belgium
  28. Andy Burnham’s first YIMBY move (Odds and Ends #107)
  29. 9 thoughts on Jason Arday
  30. The truth about Dobby's grave
  31. Whisper it, but AI might not be a bubble
  32. My trip to Europe's craziest border (Odds and Ends #106)
  33. Devolutionary Theory
  34. Stop arguing about Net Zero badly
  35. Martin's household solar megaproject
  36. My solar odyssey (Odds and Ends #105)
  37. It's time to tunnel with dynamite
  38. The new plan to dynamite the Peak District (Odds and Ends #104)
  39. Four takes on the new Burnham cabinet
  40. How Britain can get ahead in AI
  41. I'm worried that Andy Burnham isn't serious
  42. Britain is quietly fixing its airspace problem
  43. The truth about UK data centre water usage
  44. Great British Failways? (Odds and Ends #103)
  45. Autonomous cars do not have to turn Britain into an America-style car-centric hellscape
  46. The new war on delivery robots
  47. I went on an Amazon propaganda tour
  48. Britain needs a national drone company
  49. The Manchesterism theory of growth
  50. Labour should fight Reform by pitching a "Gamer's Charter"
  51. The Burnhamocalypse (Odds and Ends #102)
  52. I probably had a weirder referendum week than you
  53. Computer says... Maybe
  54. Here's how the government is using AI to speed up the planning system
  55. I have a mildly contrarian take about the SpaceX valuation (Odds and Ends #101)
  56. Reels are destroying our brains and I hate them
  57. How the Swiss would have built HS2
  58. The government quitting Twitter won't stop Musk (but they should do it anyway)
  59. Real Manchesterism has never been tried (Odds and Ends #100)
  60. The last metre problem
  61. We finally (sort of) know what the National Data Library is
  62. Why space data centres might actually work
  63. Data centres in space might actually work, sorry (Odds and Ends #99)
  64. Japan is an urbanist, YIMBY paradise – and a bureaucratic nightmare
  65. The problem with Secondary Legislation
  66. Watch my acting debut (Odds and Ends #98)
  67. Has Liam Byrne had his Weetabix?
  68. A thousand Chinese Robotaxis could lock down London
  69. The BBC's anti-Universal theme park bias
  70. Is Openreach inadvertently helping Reform?
  71. Mapping Labour's tribes (Odds and Ends #97)
  72. The nuclear energy gender gap
  73. The stars are aligning for proportional representation
  74. HS2's next disaster might be the trains
  75. An expert debunks James's bad opinion
  76. I don't know how to feel about Palantir
  77. The gender divide over nuclear power (Odds and Ends #96)
  78. Martin visits the Bat Tunnel!
  79. The Green Party is STILL bad at being green
  80. NIMBYs vs... a cancer hospital
  81. This Michael Palin guy is actually pretty good (Odds and Ends #95)
  82. This is my most left-wing opinion
  83. I'm mad as hell about a tram
  84. Why Artemis is inspiring – despite Trump
  85. Dude, where's my tram? (Odds and Ends #94)
  86. Save the Car Parks!
  87. Britain seems to have taken the worst possible position on the AI/copyright debate
  88. Speedrunning Tesco (Odds and Ends #93)
  89. Why we need seven bins
  90. British robo-wine and fixing rural transport
  91. 'Woke' might not be the enemy, but it still deserves critique
  92. SNL UK wasn't a disaster! (Odds and Ends #92)
  93. Let Mayors Cook
  94. The government is fixing something I complained about (Odds and Ends #91)
  95. Britain's geospatial data is a huge mess
  96. Reform has a point (about this one, very specific thing)
  97. The battery breakthrough we've been waiting for? (Odds and Ends #90)
  98. The NHS Data Goldmine
  99. The stars are aligning for proportional representation
  100. A few choice words for SNL (Odds and Ends #89)
  101. Some actual good news for once!
  102. Bikes and battle cruisers (Odds and Ends #88)
  103. It's time to abolish Natural England
  104. How to use NHS data for scientific research – without creating a privacy nightmare
  105. HS2's gravel nightmare
  106. The left is missing out on AI (Odds and Ends #87)
  107. How I've used AI to improve my work
  108. Europe needs better rockets
  109. Jon Stewart is bad again (Odds and Ends #86)
  110. Can Reform ever be YIMBY?
  111. Does AI make you stupid?
  112. Theories of power, cattle grids and a blep (Odds and Ends #85)
  113. What even is an 'AI growth zone', anyway?
  114. Universal's troubled waters
  115. Matt Goodwin's ideas are a dead end
  116. Nobody in Britain is going to see the new Melania movie – I've crunched the data to prove it
  117. NIMBYs vs Bristol Zoo
  118. Somehow, HS2 to Manchester returned
  119. Possible Manchester reader meet-up?!
  120. Bodge-up and Badger
  121. Hitting pause for a month!

2025 153

  1. How I rebooted my social life
  2. The Abundance Agenda: The Best Of 2025
  3. It's time to reboot Back to the Future
  4. The Abundance Christmas Quiz!
  5. One last rage before Christmas (Odds and Ends #84)
  6. Labour should fight Reform by pitching a "Gamer's Charter"
  7. Network connectivity problems
  8. 5 ultra-petty tech gripes that are ruining my life
  9. The truth about AI water use (Odds and Ends #83)
  10. Crossrail 2 ...and a big pile of rubbish
  11. How AI has made my life better
  12. Nuclear winter? More like Nuclear Christmas!
  13. The good, the bad, and the open data of the Budget
  14. The Twitter/X account geolocation feature should be treated with scepticism
  15. Build Baby Build (Near Train Stations)
  16. Why I'm nervous about what happens after Starmer
  17. How municipal bond markets can save Britain
  18. Britain might actually win the self-driving car war
  19. Why Manchester should bid for the Olympics
  20. Why we need to Make Britain Rich Again (Odds and Ends #82)
  21. What's my most NIMBY opinion? And other important questions.
  22. Let's build a tunnel to the Isle of Wight!
  23. The battle over pay-per-mile road tax could destroy Keir Starmer's government – here's how Labour can avoid disaster
  24. HS2's Bridge to Nowhere
  25. I can't believe I'm saying this but I think humanoid robots might be a big deal
  26. Why a new build is better than your house
  27. This describes the most annoying people you know (Odds and Ends #81)
  28. This new database will fix almost everything annoying about driving
  29. Don't have a cow, man!
  30. Autumn Mailbag - Questions Wanted!
  31. My unhinged pitch for a New Town (Odds and Ends #80)
  32. Stop pretending a wealth tax is a serious idea
  33. A Disney World-style queuing system could prevent a Brexit-induced border meltdown this Christmas
  34. Natural England's war on Sussex
  35. It's time to build Tempsford!
  36. Have I Got Fake News For You (Odds and Ends #79)
  37. Why has the government published a NIMBY charter?
  38. Starmer shouldn't give a conference speech – he should give an Apple-style keynote
  39. How to design a liveable city
  40. Obama needs to step up (Odds and Ends #78)
  41. How the government's new digital ID will work
  42. Has Liam Byrne had his Weetabix?
  43. Britain goes nuclear & the Bristol barge saga
  44. It's time to tell the racists to fuck off
  45. The wild complexity of digging HS2 tunnels
  46. Trains are a critical part of an abundant future (Odds and Ends #77)
  47. Steve Reed should reverse Angela Rayner's worst decision
  48. Reform’s very own bat tunnel
  49. Making London transport free is basically unworkable
  50. The BBC's NIMBY bias
  51. Starmer shouldn't give a conference speech – he should give an Apple-style keynote
  52. Reform in Kent is going... about as well as you expect (Odds and Ends #76)
  53. This is how we pay for the Bakerloo Line extension
  54. LISTEN: How to extend the Bakerloo line
  55. The Mayor of London is posting nonsense (Odds and Ends #75)
  56. Make Britain Fat Again
  57. Exclusive: Poll reveals the British public back ending the Sunday Trading nightmare
  58. I still think AI will eat the world
  59. Why the revival of Northern Powerhouse Rail could save HS2 to Manchester
  60. James and Martin have a big fight about AI
  61. It’s time to end the Sunday Trading farce
  62. The Telegraph's dumb criticism of the government's housing record (Odds and Ends #74)
  63. How to make a road disappear
  64. What new towns can learn from Ebbsfleet
  65. How the government successfully spun the Daily Mail (Odds and Ends #73)
  66. Can Jeremy Corbyn save HS3?
  67. Farage's questionable HS2 claim (Odds and Ends #72)
  68. Don't wreck the Planning Bill!
  69. A non-emergency podcast about the climate emergency
  70. A Manifesto for Starmerism 2.0
  71. What Guido gets wrong (Odds and Ends #71)
  72. House builders are not a bunch of bankers
  73. Why I'm worried that Nigel Farage will break the British state
  74. Did I get ripped off, or should I be flattered? (Odds and Ends #70)
  75. Jabs for the rich, moralising for the poor
  76. Universal Credit is a model for how to do government right
  77. Why the new GOV.UK app is a big deal
  78. Matt Goodwin's train nightmare
  79. 28 Years Later (Odds and Ends #69)
  80. What the NHS can learn from Dave
  81. Why HS2 is a disaster
  82. Is this the secret plan to build HS2 to Manchester?
  83. SMRs vs Big Daddy Reactors
  84. The "BritCard" digital ID proposal is a good idea
  85. Britain still isn't moving fast enough
  86. The NIMBYs strike back
  87. The NIMBYs have learned to use AI 😩 (Odds and Ends #68)
  88. Matt Goodwin's ideas are a dead end
  89. Five small signs of progress... and what Skegness can teach us about infrastructure
  90. Why I still believe in HS2
  91. Britain is secretly pro-building stuff
  92. The National Parking Platform is a big, exciting deal and you should know about it
  93. NEW EVENT: Helen Lewis tickets now on sale!
  94. Britain's weird hate for air conditioning
  95. Blue Labour is not the answer
  96. NEW EVENT: James talks to... Helen Lewis!
  97. Sadiq Khan smashes the green belt
  98. Odds and Ends #67: Why Starmer should follow Trump's communications strategy
  99. Tony Blair is right about Net Zero
  100. What Tony Blair actually said about fossil fuels
  101. Reels are destroying our brains and I hate them
  102. This HS2 story will make you mad
  103. I think I've solved the AI copyright problem
  104. Why the Tories should embrace Abundance
  105. Have I ever been a NIMBY?
  106. Odds and Ends #66: The winner of the 2040 US Presidential election is in space
  107. A tale of two theme parks
  108. Spring Mailbag - Questions Wanted!
  109. This road is broken – and nobody can fix it
  110. Odds and Ends #65: Economic growth is core to a progressive agenda
  111. Why we love Luton Airport, and a terrible plan for changing the London Mayoralty
  112. The government should stop worrying about the Daily Mail Test
  113. Odds and Ends #65: Everything is about everything
  114. The Lower Thames Crossing, getting mad at boomers and the scourge of Everythingism
  115. How the government can raise taxes – and get away with it
  116. Listen: How the YIMBYs won
  117. Odds and Ends #64: Why we cancelled our trip to America
  118. Empty climate gestures, Peter Hitchens' timezone crusade, and the big questions about New Towns
  119. The Abundance Vibe Shift
  120. Odds and Ends #63: A major electric vehicle breakthrough?!
  121. The Planning Bill, Lab Meat, and why Milton Keynes isn't afraid of growth
  122. Odds and Ends #62: Right-wing populism is over... maybe... possibly... hopefully
  123. Britain needs a national drone company
  124. Listen to The Abundance Agenda
  125. Odds and Ends #61: Fake Woolly Mammoths
  126. A significant UK think-tanking is backing the campaign to liberate the Postcode Address File
  127. The new GOV.UK login system is the first step in a radical transformation of the British state
  128. Odds and Ends #60: Greenpeace is complaining about... solar energy?
  129. How to fix the New Statesman
  130. Here's a pitch for what the National Data Library should actually be
  131. Odds and Ends #59: The end of "woke capitalism"
  132. Just Stop Oil is doing more harm for the cause than good
  133. Building luxury homes for millionaires is good for poor people
  134. Odds and Ends #58: An even greater London?
  135. Four nuggets of Postcode Address File news
  136. Odds and Ends #57: The government isn't as sluggish as it feels
  137. The government ordering Apple to break its encryption is stupid, counter-productive and unworkable
  138. Odds and Ends #56: The awkward truth about Brexit
  139. AI is going to break how schools work – but that will be good
  140. NEW EVENT: How the YIMBYs won
  141. Odds and Ends #55: The left needs to learn to love AI
  142. DeepSeek isn't a victory for the AI sceptics
  143. Odds and Ends #54: Voters in 2019 and 2024 were (mostly) the same – it was the parties that changed
  144. LISTEN: The future of transport – with Michael Dnes
  145. Britain should ban TikTok
  146. Odds and Ends #53: Now TfL is betting on AI cameras to improve safety
  147. Yes, AI really can be used to tackle potholes
  148. Odds and Ends #52: A right to air conditioning?
  149. 5 questions about the "AI opportunities action plan"
  150. New event! How AI can (maybe) fix the government!
  151. Odds and Ends #51: Transport for London made a terrible decision and I hope they reverse it
  152. The social justice case for self-driving cars
  153. Odds and Ends #50: The weird thing about London's New Year's Fireworks

2024 96

  1. Odds and Ends #49: How bat protection regulations broke Britain's planning system
  2. Odds and Ends #48: The most important week of Labour government so far?
  3. Christmas Mailbag!
  4. Why we need seven bins
  5. Odds and Ends #47: I think this YouTube video just changed my life
  6. Christmas Mailbag - Questions Wanted!
  7. We need more than Westminster reporters to understand government
  8. Odds and Ends #46: The transformation of London's skyline, a big week for nuclear, and installing software updates in Antarctica
  9. Important information if you used my Bluesky MP follows bot
  10. Odds and Ends #45: Deliverism, blasphemy and selfies from space
  11. WATCH: Talking trains with Jonn Elledge!
  12. Book now! Where we're going, we need roads (and trains)
  13. How to fix The Observer
  14. Odds and Ends #44: The New Statesman still needs fixing
  15. I'm pro-assisted dying in principle, but I'm not sure about the proposed law
  16. Odds and Ends #43: An awesome drone trial in central London, legalised e-scooters at last, and National Data Library progress
  17. WATCH: Were the US election polls right?
  18. Odds and Ends #42: An Elizabeth Line extension, some mad planning law nonsense, and the world's most pointless letter
  19. Four big US election takes: Yes, it was the woke stuff.
  20. Keir Starmer needs to prepare for a world without America
  21. How I learned to stop worrying and love the military industrial complex
  22. Nobody knows what the National Data Library is (not even the government)
  23. Here's how AI can REDUCE health misinformation
  24. LISTEN: Why Britain needs nuclear (and how we can actually build it)
  25. We're not ready for the imminent explosion in space technology
  26. Odds and Ends #41: Three quick hits for you this Sunday
  27. Why even car-hating urbanists should support building the Lower Thames Crossing
  28. Here's how the LibDems can replace the Tories as the Official Opposition
  29. Free the PAF! Watch the video of my Postcode Address File talk last night
  30. Rewind: We're about to witness the first "extremely online" Tory opposition
  31. I have 2000 old VHS tapes in my garage and I don't know what to do with them
  32. We should save the High Street by densifying our town and city centres
  33. A Disney World-style queuing system could prevent a Brexit-induced border meltdown this Christmas
  34. Why I changed my mind on nuclear power
  35. NEW EVENT: Why Britain needs nuclear (and how we can build it)
  36. What I've learned after a year of serious Substacking
  37. The melding of identity and serious disorders seems like a bad idea
  38. Come to my talk about the Postcode Address File!
  39. This confidential government report proves that we need to liberate the Postcode Address File
  40. No, the government isn't planning to introduce ID cards
  41. No facial recognition? No problem! How London Bridge tested tech to track individuals inside the station
  42. The riots don't have any greater meaning
  43. Manchester should bid for the 2036 Olympics
  44. Being normal is how you win a culture war
  45. Labour's targeting was too ruthless
  46. We should let the government actually do stuff
  47. Why I'm not a fan of the Good Law Project
  48. Odds and Ends #40: Has Labour already made a mistake?
  49. We can use infrastructure that already exists to protect our ecosystems
  50. Keir Starmer is extremely good at politics
  51. The seats I'm watching on election night
  52. The rationale for dumping Biden is unassailable
  53. An unavoidable battle over road pricing could destroy Keir Starmer's government – here's how he can avoid disaster
  54. Sherlock and House are to blame for the cult of Jordan Peterson and Elon Musk
  55. Odds and Ends #39: A stupid election take that annoyed me
  56. It's mad that this important piece of our election infrastructure is run by a bunch of volunteer nerds
  57. Why fixing government tech is a nightmare (but not impossible)
  58. The "Labour has no plan" attack makes no sense
  59. How to fix Newsnight
  60. This is the best thing the Tories did in office
  61. Here's how Network Rail is using that crazy AI camera tech
  62. Odds and Ends #38: A critical British data asset is at risk in the Royal Mail sale
  63. Odds and Ends #37: How I'd win Eurovision for Britain
  64. I'm worried that Britain's electric grid is massively unprepared for AI
  65. Odds and Ends #36: Don't lose your mind if Sadiq Khan loses
  66. This TfL AI experiment reveals how Tube station capacity could be increased – without building anything new
  67. Odds and Ends #35: The business of Taylor Swift
  68. Taxpayers shouldn't subsidise the enshittification of local news
  69. How to use NHS data for scientific research – without creating a privacy nightmare
  70. Odds and Ends #34: How the Cass Review changes the Trans Forever-War
  71. Music has just changed forever and we should be freaking out more about it
  72. WHN Bonus Episode: New local news
  73. Owen Jones is leaving money on the table by staying at The Guardian
  74. I arguably memed the House of Lords into debating the Postcode Address File
  75. Odds and Ends #33: Saluting our Millennium Bug heroes
  76. This is the "Q" I'm worried about
  77. Odds and Ends #32: My big Kate Middleton theory
  78. Odds and Ends #31: Britain's new AI supercomputer is a shipping container in a car park
  79. You can't always tell when you're on the right side of history
  80. Odds and Ends #30: These are the *real* London "No-Go" Areas
  81. We could make our homes easier to decarbonise by using a crazy, sci-fi technology called a "database"
  82. We're about to witness the first "extremely online" Tory opposition
  83. Odds and Ends #29: How Thorpe Park was held back by Britain's planning laws
  84. Odds and Ends #28: How Fortnite is at the heart of a new Brexit dividing line
  85. 🚨 The House of Lords could liberate the Postcode Address File if they back this amendment 🚨
  86. TfL's AI Tube Station experiment is amazing and slightly terrifying
  87. Odds and Ends #27: What GB Energy will actually do
  88. Odds and Ends #26: Least crazy candidate wins
  89. It would be mad for Labour to dump the £28bn climate plan
  90. Odds and Ends #25: Exclusive! Salisbury Zizzi struck by health and safety problem six years after the poisonings
  91. Odds and Ends #24: Inside the Nerd Deep-State
  92. There's a technology built into our cars to make driving safer – but we're not using it.
  93. Odds and Ends #23: It's all in the game, yo
  94. Local journalism is killing itself – but here's how to fix it
  95. Odds and Ends #22: HS2's Manchester leg might live again. Maybe. Possibly. Hopefully.
  96. Here's the plan to actually liberate the Postcode Address File

2023 58

  1. Odds and (Year) Ends #21: Peak Christmas?
  2. Odds and Ends #20: Happy Foxing Day
  3. 2023 was an even deadlier year for celebrities than 2016 – and this graph proves it
  4. Odds and Ends #19: What do environmental activists actually want?
  5. Odds and Ends #18: Rupa Huq's infuriating NIMBYism
  6. I'm worried the Tories are too left-wing for me
  7. Odds and Ends #17: Jon Stewart for President!
  8. Hey, stick around! 20% off annual subscriptions for the next few days.
  9. How to fix the New Statesman
  10. Odds and Ends #16: The tech guy making the world worse
  11. You can't cancel the gender wars when the policy questions are unsettled
  12. An important parking infrastructure decision is about to be made – and I feel like us nerds can help make it right
  13. Labour must pledge to safeguard the HS2 route to Manchester
  14. Odds and Ends #15: Look at these cool transport graphs and diagrams
  15. The left should stop being 'Intellectual Zambonis' for bad ideas
  16. Yes, I'm actually serious: The British government should buy Twitter
  17. Odds and Ends #14: Don't be a climate doomer
  18. I had a meeting with the Shadow Business Secretary about the Postcode Address File (!)
  19. Odds and Ends #13: My terrifying AI Israel/Palestine experiment
  20. Keir Starmer needs to prepare for a world without America
  21. Odds and Ends #12: Arnie is the guru who can deprogramme the alt-right
  22. It's crazy how much Transport for London can learn about us from our mobile data
  23. Odds and Ends #11: Don't salt the earth with the HS2 sell-off
  24. How Disney should fix Star Wars
  25. Odds and Ends #10: The glitter protester's cause was dumber than his stunt
  26. We should be more honest about the role that status-seeking plays in debates
  27. Odds and Ends #9: Liz Truss is the name of the creator, not the monster
  28. Rishi's stupid "Plan for Drivers" actually contains some good ideas
  29. Odds and Ends #8: What's going on inside Keir Starmer's head?
  30. We should turn Brexit Britain into a Lab Meat Superpower
  31. Odds and Ends #7: Labour’s excellent new slogan
  32. "Misinformation" isn't the problem with the EV transition
  33. Odds and Ends #6: An infuriating BBC News story
  34. It's time to extend the Elizabeth Line to Ebbsfleet and North Kent
  35. Odds and Ends #5: Why I'm unreasonably angry about a charity shop in Margate
  36. Nobody cares about local government – but we can make them
  37. A new era begins!
  38. Odds and Ends #4: Why Britain doesn't build
  39. Let's *actually build* the future, together
  40. The birth rate weirdos have a point (about this one specific thing)
  41. Odds and Ends #3: Lefty in-fighting and good solar news
  42. It's crazy that astrology is still a thing
  43. Odds and Ends #2: Another insane HS2 decision
  44. Odds and Ends #1: Labour backs liberating the Postcode Address File (sort of)
  45. The LibDems should think of some new ideas
  46. This is the dream
  47. We *should* close all of the train ticket offices
  48. Uxbridge is not a reason for Labour to dump its climate commitments
  49. Labour needs to make the selfish case for foreign aid
  50. It's good to be the asshole in the room
  51. The rise of New Statesman Man
  52. Twitter's transport experts are wrong, and I know better than them
  53. Stop letting Elon Musk break your brain
  54. E-scooters are good and Britain should legalise them
  55. Activists should make fighting climate change a right-wing cause
  56. Labour can't avoid The Worst Debate On The Internet
  57. This is the secret plan for Keir Starmer's big Brexit U-turn
  58. Building luxury homes for millionaires is good for poor people

2022 10

  1. "Woke" is a new ideology and its proponents should admit it
  2. This one weird trick could fix the British economy
  3. Keir Starmer is good now
  4. Queuing shouldn't be a British virtue
  5. Extinction Rebellion’s big idea is bad
  6. We need to prepare for a world where the energy crisis doesn't end
  7. The monarchy is stupid but there's nothing we can do about it
  8. How to tweet smarter about politics
  9. I am extremely sceptical of claims that "Gender Critical" tweeters are bots
  10. We need to prepare to fight the Net Zero culture war

2021 14

  1. Air travel is good and we should want more of it
  2. The Green Party is being bad at being Green
  3. How to fix the BBC
  4. The BBC is heading into a death spiral and we should worry about it
  5. We're going to have to solve climate change with capitalism
  6. Why I'm not worried about GB News
  7. How Brexit can win Eurovision
  8. Watch me on a TV quiz show on Monday
  9. You don't get extra points for being a COVID catastrophist
  10. How do those awesome drone displays work?
  11. What will ACTUALLY happen when the Queen dies
  12. There is no way in hell that Falcon is broke
  13. Elon Musk is good
  14. No, Captain Tom wasn’t raising money for the NHS

2020 1

  1. Bad takes and worse opinions.