It is election season. The world is busy and rubbish.
But it is also Christmas.
So take a breather and let me tell you a story about London, trains, love and loss, and how small acts of kindness matter.
I'm going to tell you about the voice at Embankment Tube station.
@MrAlexWard @DavidJeffery_ Will definitely be stealing the spreadsheet idea, trying to do it longhand for 8 last year was too stressful amid mid jury results!
No, but I once met Yul Brynner - in the 80s in London. He told me the cast of "The Magnificent Seven" had been asked to go to Liverpool to film a glossy ad for aftershave. His agent turned it down, explaining: "Yul Never Wore Cologne."
A few observations on the subsamples within the YouGov European Parliament elections poll [THREAD]
1/n More Con voters from 2017GE would vote Brexit than Con (nearly half, in fact):
2017GE Con voters who would vote in 2019EP
Brexit 49
Con 34
UKIP 9
ChUK 3
LD 2
Grn 2
Lab 1
I should probably make this my pinned tweet: "We should beware of the demagogues who are willing to declare a trade war against our friends, weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world, all while cynically waving the American flag."