Just when I thought my day couldn't get much worse up pops Lord Frosty Frost with his views on Brexit. Of course it's all about the failure to slash the size of the state, reduce taxes and deregulate. The next few years are going to be fun.

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“Quick! Do some racism, you’re losing the crowd.”

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Desperate stuff Home Secretary originally argued (very misleadingly) care workers shouldn't be allowed to settle because their wages were so low that they'd be a fiscal cost. Now she's arguing they shouldn't be allowed to settle because they'd get better paid jobs www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

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It all just keeps coming back to the simple idea that failed, that UK politics could treat the EU as a third-order issue. Some combination of imperial and little englander fantasy. Whether in or out, EU relations will always be a huge part of UK politics. www.politico.eu/article/mich...

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Look closer at the Great Buddha of Kamakura: beside it hang straw sandals 1.8 m long and 45 kg. Children from Matsuzaka, Ibaraki, first made a pair in 1951 so the Buddha could walk Japan spreading happiness. A new pair arrives every three years. hey-japan.com/place/kamakura-great-b…

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