The evidence that changing PM can help win you a majority at the next election is, shall we say, mixed. Yes: Eden to Macmillan, Thatcher to Major, May to Johnson. No: Macmillan to Home, Wilson to Callaghan, Blair to Brown, Cameron to May, Johnson to Truss, Truss to Sunak.

After 50-yrs I've finally had it with the Today prog. It's not the presenters; it's the papers review which is now unlistenable because (inevitably given market share) it's dominated by headlines from increasingly hyperbolic, obsessive titles, leaving me cursing in the shower.

Serious wannabe AOC + Bernie energy (not saying that won't help them, though).

9/10, at yeast, for this pun.

Thank you (not!) @The2Matts and @MatthewdAncona for this ghastly earworm youtu.be/IJJuYpx0w2Q?feature…

Salisbury Cathedral looking splendid this morning!

Yeah, right.* *See, Monday, 10 December 2018

Says a lot. A "ranking of every MP’s media visibility across the UK’s leading publications over the last 3 months." (Source: mp.govspendbase.uk/)

Why @UKLabour voters are deserting - and how hard it might be to get them back.

This from a fascinating (and chilling) @NewStatesman piece by his former bodyguard (newstatesman.com/world/middl…) is very much in keeping with @campbellclaret's remarks on Netanyahu's communication skills.