Open Mic WEDNESDAY 24th JUNE 2026
FACT OF THE DAY: Teeth are the only part of the human body that cannot heal themselves.
POLITICAL QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Politics determines who has the power, not who has the truth.”
― Paul Krugman
POLITICAL HAIKU OF THE DAY:
Tankers test the tide,
Peace is signed, yet mines remember—
Hormuz holds its breath.
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You are doing the good work, Martyn. I was worried you had turned over your place to terrible neolib Labour.