'Broadcaster Iain Dale has dropped a bid to become the new MP for Tunbridge Wells after previous comments he made about the Kent town emerged.
Mr Dale launched his campaign four days ago to become the Conservative candidate to replace outgoing MP Greg Clark.
But after quitting his LBC radio show to stand, a clip from a podcast emerged in which he said he "never liked" Tunbridge Wells and "I'd quite happily live somewhere else".'
Is it really only one week since the election campaign kicked off? It feels like months and months already, and both Labour and the Tories are showing themselves to be ludicrously clumsy!
To verify that I was who I said I was, BT said they'd send me a PIN code. To my mobile.
I explained that sending a code to the phone that was calling them wouldn't verify that it was actually me - it would verify the number they'd sent the code to (which they knew already, because they knew the number that was calling them).
A completely useless security process that proves nothing.
The operator probably wished he hadn't picked up my call...
@patrickhadfield I think that, (thanks to Terry Pratchett) the expressions you are looking for are "Oh! Random fluctuations in the space/time continuum!" and "Aargh! Primitive and outmoded concept on a crutch.".
"The seemingly “never-ending” rain last autumn and winter in the UK and Ireland was made 10 times more likely and 20% wetter by human-caused global heating, a study has found."
Jay Rayner on a Syrian-Greek restaurant in Aberystwyth. I'm never likely to go, but I read it - and I'm sharing it - because I love Rayner's writing about food. As generous and compassionate as the food he describes!
"Arabic Flavour, Aberystwyth: ‘Food that tells a story’ – restaurant review"
Summerhall, an arts complex in Edinburgh housed in a former veterinary college, is being sold.
This is a petition to hope it remains a centre for visual arts, music, dance, theatre and film. It also houses a brewery and a gin distillery, with an excellent pub, so it's got something for everyone!
It's a brilliant space throughout the year - not just during the Fringe!
@ScotHomestead according to the Skinny (an Edinburgh arts magazine), "All planned events, including Summerhall's upcoming shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, will take place as planned, and Summerhall Management Ltd say all existing tenant leases will remain in place, with tenants given the option to extend."