And I Just Can't Help Believing, Though Believing Sees Me Cursed

I have started to get invested in the polls (at least YouGov/Survation). This will inevitably lead to a crushing sensation around 17:00 EDT on Thursday when the party that has run the worst GE campaign in living memory gets elected in a landslide.

It’s not the despair, Laura. I can stand the despair. It’s the hope!

To cheer us all up, here’s Gyles Brandreth on his short career as an anti-porn crusader in the 1970s:

(if you’re American, then Gyles is essentially so English that if he didn’t exist, we’d be forced to create him in a lab.)

And that’s it this week. Citizenship Interview and Family Arrival tomorrow…