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Ooh that would be interesting. I got to thinking about this after something @KingCrawa said on twitter about how DS9 solved a lot of the problems with TNG and I got thinking about how DS9, VOY and ENT disappeared from the popular consciousness compared to TNG and TOS largely because of the film...

Star Trek IX: Insurrection (1997) - The first Star Trek film since the death of Patrick Stewart - Insurrection is debated by fans not over whether it was good or not (it was unquestionably not) but on whether it is a TNG film or not. The argument that its not is pretty weak, unless you're a...

Olaf Stapledon's Last and First Men (1930) has some amazing bits about the success of liberal, democratic, Germany

UM is the poet we deserve for this blighted age.

Can confirm, Arthur Webber is prime minister in all possible universes

I love it

Political Animals 2011-2022: Larry (Cat) David Cameron (Conservative) 2010-2016; Theresa May (Conservative) 2016-2019; Boris Johnson (Conservative) 2019-2021; Rishi Sunak (Conservative) 2021-2023 Larry had a long tenure in Number 10 as Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office - although he was...

The Strange Death Of Liberal Everything 2007-2008: Gordon Brown (Labour) 2007 Liberal Democrat Leadership election: Chris Huhne (Liberal Democrat) 2007: Chris Huhne: 50.2% Nick Clegg 49.8% 2008-2010: David Miliband (Labour) David Miliband replaced Brown to only minor applause from the...

It's a fascinating example of a corrupted wank

But that's a story for another time

everything about this combination is catnip to me

Salmond gets to go to jail, Guido gets to hang out with Sargon of Akkad - who was punished more?

Haha, brilliant. It's a concept that's been on my mind for a while - party conferences are fun, but they're kinda also professional, and getting your photo taken with x-internal celebrity feels like a bit of an imposition. What if they were more explicitly fun? What if cosplay? What if what...

A Brief History of Politicosplay in the UK By the Politicosplayer's Federation UK 2001: Kenneth Clarke (Conservative) 2005: Conservative Leadership election following Labour's third election victory. "Boris wigs" become popular as a way to show support for Boris Johnson at his events 2005...

I'm less sure - iirc Richmond Park generated some stress within the Greens in 2016, with new rules introduced to reduce the power of senior party officials to pressure party groups to stand down afterwards. Now they have for a long time, but all it takes is a change in the local group and that's...