Thomas Munson

@tomhfh This is why we can't have good things ;)

Don't hate me but I think British politicians have a right to properly tinted windows.

Last weekend, the ‘Lightning’ humanoid robot won the Beijing E-Town Humanoid Half Marathon in 50 minutes 26 seconds, beating Jacob Kiplimo’s human world record by nearly seven minutes. Last year, in the inaugural event, the winning robot took 2hrs 40min 42sec, something even I can just about beat. In 12 months of progress, that is a 70% improvement. As impressively, in 2025’s race, only 6 of 21 robots even finished. Last weekend saw more than 300 robots, including entries from all around the world – 40% ran autonomously. There is, alas, one advanced country that is not racing ahead into this sci-fi future. Britain. We can’t even automate the Tube. ✍️@jamespriceglos capx.co/the-robot-race…

PM refuses to say what Jonathan Powell's security clearance was when he was appointed as the Special Envoy to the BIOT:

@GoodwinMJ The same quality of sources in your book, perhaps?

I am fully committed to Reform and have no doubt Reform will win Great Yarmouth at the next general election, along with a parliamentary majority. But I will not be the candidate. I suggest Iain Dale gets himself some better sources.

@pxrcyishim German cup

3rd career title? Second bundesliga? Thought they said he did not win anything at Tottenham?

Labour source on Robbins: "In the 'summer of sex', he's the first one screwed'"

Delighted to have written my first piece for @unherd - a publication I've admired for a long time. I discuss the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire and the buffer zone in southern Lebanon, drawing on my first-hand experience in the region.

‘What begins as a defensive measure can quickly become a new front line.’ Buffer zones won’t create peace between Hezbollah and Israel, writes @TWMunson 👇 buff.ly/oRFFlNB

‘Rather than eliminating threats, buffer zones displace them, forcing adversaries to adapt.’ Read @TWMunson on the problems with the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire 👇 buff.ly/oRFFlNB

Read my article here: spectator.com/article/the-ne…

I wish I'd discovered this quote by Ibrahim El-Salahi before I wrote the piece below on a new Renaissance: 'Today we seem to drift endlessly, driven by impulses and whims, within unstable circumstances that constantly change…I see no glimpse of hope in this ordeal but to return to the centre of authenticity within each one of us, artist or not, each according to his or her potentials and capabilities. Only by persistently following that course can we gradually steer humanity, against all odds, back to its original freshness and youth.' Very apt.

I guess I can try

A pleasure to have written my first piece for The Spectator Life. I examine the divergent habits of Gen Z and how they could propel us towards cultural renewal.

When we think of the Renaissance, our minds naturally drift to figures such as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo – and rightly so. These are individuals who transformed our understanding of art, science and human potential. What we tend not to consider, however, is how close we might be to another cultural revolution. That is the argument now circulating on parts of the internet: that after a prolonged period of digital saturation – defined by algorithms, passive consumption and an overabundance of content – we are approaching a point of correction. Just as the original Renaissance followed a period of stagnation and upheaval, this new phase will be marked by a renewed emphasis on creativity, craft and intellectual depth. While the forces driving this are different – artificial intelligence, algorithmic curation and the architecture of the internet – there is a cyclical quality to these moments of renewal. ✍️ Thomas Munson Article | spectator.com/article/the-ne…

This is the team talk on Sunday

If City win the league again I might stop following football tbh

@jamespriceglos What are they even 'protesting' now anyway?

National security threat, not a protest. Lock them all up. This is a country not a student union. E-fucking-nough.

If only Trump had watched Adolescence.

Starmer at the Strait of Hormuz

@mikeysmith Like a Stalinist in 1950

Trying to imagine anyone remaining who thought he was totally compos mentis but for whom this was the last straw.