The Starbucks dream…

One of the great aspects of Substack I enjoy is that I can write wherever I go. So I’m sitting in a Starbucks on a wet Friday afternoon, and it’s really busy! One of the reasons why it’s so busy is because it’s also half-term and the schools are off and so yes all the mums are out with their kids. Dante never imagined this level of hell!

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The irrelevance of Reform

It’s been interesting to watch the performance of the Reform Party in the Wellingborough and the Kingswood by-elections. In both cases, they came in third place. Both candidates put forward strong candidates in the form of Ben Habib (Wellingborough) and Rupert Lowe (Kingswood) – and they both ran good solid campaigns. Either man would have made a great MP.

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DJ Steve Wright – the final show

Legendary DJ Steve Wright died a few days ago, in slightly mysterious circumstances. If you were young and listened to Radio 1 in the 1980’s you would be very familiar with his work. Let’s talk about his life and death,David Vance Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

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