Choose a €20 bottle of wine, not a €40 one – and other life advice from a politics journalist – The Irish Times

Today, a break from politics for some indispensable life advice. What should we do, people never ask me, to live a happy life? In his celebrated wo…
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Choose a €20 bottle of wine, not a €40 one – and other life advice from a politics journalist – The Irish Times

Today, a break from politics for some indispensable life advice. What should we do, people never ask me, to live a happy life? In his celebrated work, The Path to Rome, H…
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"a decent, serious man of good intentions, without undue arrogance or vanity. Compare that with Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, or the breezy presumption of David Cameron, all with so little to justify conceited self-confidence; in it for fun."

#Starmer #PM

"Always keep tight hold of nurse,
For fear of ending up with something worse"
#Belloc #Hilaire #CautionaryTales

Some people grew so used to disparaging a rapacious vile government they can't find another hobby.