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Ha ha, it totally happened; Bill English quit two weeks after saying he wouldn't. Now a gallery of ghouls compete for his place for the honour of leading a divided party to defeat and another round of soul-searching in 2020.

Plus related-to-various degrees; allegations of dimwittery regarding an MP's use of snapchat put the world's worst detectives on the hunt for an antagonist. Trump and Russia and monsters under the DNC's bed. Meanwhile Labour actually appear to be making social progress.

Link to War Nerd interview preview with Yasha Levine on the military origins of essentially the entire internet. Yes even that bit.

Bumper music;

Ty Segall - Every 1's a Winner

REM - Crush With Eyeliner

MIA - Go Off