Great news that the UK government has not only set a target (see late last year) of 1.5m new homes, but this morning the deputy leader confirmed that it was "determined to meet it". All are agreed that this represents real progress in intention, if not any new homes in actuality.

Is Blake Lively a footballer? And, if so, can I assume that Chelsea Handler is his agent?

Comedy's problem today is that, no matter what the topic, there will be someone on social media who insists that it is far too serious a matter to be the subject of a joke. We have raised a very earnest generation of killjoys.

Definitely the right time to get into the electric typewriter and offline photocopier businesses.

Trump suspends tariffs on small packages from China, his fourth (?) pullback within 24 hrs of an announcement. He's like the poker player who is baffled when people 3-bet his light raises.

@FredTitmus Also, targets are never achievements.

BoE cuts rate to 4.5%. £/$ down about a cent so far on the day.

2/n Panama Canal Authority replied there had been no changes to the fee structure, only that it had agreed to "a dialogue". The Department of Government Efficiency might want to take a look at the new US Secretary of State ....

@Witkicker @TheSimonEvans Amstell is amazingly talented, yes, although he has admitted that he had his own demons. But in this case it felt as if the show was being reframed as "Host hates Buzzcocks, everyone in it, and everything it stands for", which was an odd direction for the producers to take.

@AB63577 @lankyguyblog @trivet1806 @TheSimonEvans Yes, I can see why Amstell might have appealed to a certain demographic. But it felt to me that he was putting on an "I hate the people on this show and what they stand for" act, which might have been a good idea ... but for a different show.

@JahProle @TheSimonEvans I agree that it had begun to look a bit tired, but rather than retire it with grace, I think that they attempted a disastrous "reboot". I've nothing against Amstell; I just feel he was the wrong choice for what "Buzzcocks" represented.

@GetItQuietly Well, that's one where the illegals have an edge, then.

@FredTitmus I come down firmly on the side of "textual" here (if the current law is made to look silly, then change the law, don't pretend that it says something else).

@FredTitmus Such laws inevitably cause the most controversy (and rightly so) because they require an interpretation that is not based on facts, but presumptions. I feel that the law should deal with facts, not with what a judge "assumes".