North and south

On the upsetting rehabilitation of Michael Gove. Also: some charts comparing the north of England to East Germany, and some other north/south divides from around the world.

I’m running out of ways to write about whether or not Boris Johnson’s premiership is finally reaching its sad trombone end. This is of course exactly what he wants, that the entire media gets bored and starts talking about something else; but I don’t think my substack is going to be a major factor in his survival or otherwise, so what the hell. Let’s ta…