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Too much of the media (see below) is too quick to declare long-lasting “realignment” when what they’re witnessing is “voter volatility”. After Tories won in 2019, there was a welter of similar articles. That coalition crumbled within three years. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

They will not be forgotten- except the one between Boris and Rishi.

Could you all hurry up and follow me on BlueSky and/or Threads and/or Instagram so we can all get out of here.

What do we think of people who have their own Substack? I have been musing on it but can’t decide if it will make me smart or the saddest person who ever lived.

There are plenty of stories about phones being stolen in London but my wife lost her phone this evening. I rang it and a strange bloke answered. He told me he had found the phone on the street and had been waiting for our call. We arranged to meet and he returned the phone.

Sarfraz Manzoor Lost my phone twice in London. Both times total strangers went to quite a lot of trouble to make sure I got it back.

Art Block Sarfraz Manzoor My daughter left her phone on a northern line train - it travelled all the way up and down the line and a person going home from his night shift picked it up and we got it back the next day. The phone travelled through many un-bourgeois environs without anyone nicking it.

Sarfraz Manzoor Many years ago My husband returned a phone that he found on the train . On giving it back , the grateful owner gave him a hydrangea plant . It still stands in our garden today and flourishes , a bit of kindness went a long way

What are the chances Cynthia and Kayla would use the exact same wording like that? Spooky.

Sarfraz Manzoor I left a laptop on the London Overground last year. Found by a young Chinese student who saw my name on the lockscreen, found me on Facebook, and reunited me with it by the end of the day. London is full of great people!

See ya there.

I just told the most HILARIOUS joke over on BlueSky.

Just popping in to say if you are seeing this please follow me on BlueSky - it’s much better over there.

How’s everyone doing ?

Just to check how engagement here compares to over there.

In episode 12, author Sarfraz Manzoor reads a piece about the things his father did not teach him. Scholar Elizabeth Gulliford talks about her work at the Jubilee Center for Character & Virtues. SK & the Kings perform a brand-new song. Listen here: SongWriterPodcast.com/Sarfraz-Manzoo….

I don't post on here any more but just to say Happy New Year to anyone who follows me and who actually sees this message- and a reminder to follow me on Bluesky where I am mostly hanging out now.