The Guardian has got all of Westminster talking about its tantrum decision to quit X because it is too “toxic” under Elon Musk. The tweet advertising this has now been seen 21 million times, making it approximately 420 times more popular than their average tweet…
Lobby hacks are sanctimoniously announcing their departures to rival “nice” platform Bluesky, whose main feed is made up of people complaining bitterly about Twitter and Musk and patting themselves on the back for how nice they are. They will of course stay on X where all the actual news is…
Meanwhile The Guardian, a whole paper, is depriving itself of 50,000 views on each post because it has got itself worked up about the site’s owner. Is that what the counsellors recommended?
In Henry Mance’s piece today for the FT, lunching with Nigel Farage:
“Splendido!” Farage says, when the drinks arrive; I suppose it’s a step to European reconciliation. We clink glasses, and he lights the first of two back-to-back Benson & Hedges. A few minutes later, we’re back downstairs. “Are you drinking? Good.” He orders a glass of Sauvignon blanc for each of us — not a bottle, “because it’s Lent” — followed by a bottle of claret, to have with our meal. They say Farage drinks less than he used to. They say a lot of things.”