OneGuyFromBarlick

The Scottish First Minister and leader of the SNP Humza Yusaf has resigned. Now might be a good time to anticipate the future and do your "due diligence" on the man who will probably take on the role after the General Elelection, when Labour almost inevitably become the largest party. What...

Problem when this sort of issue is raised is that it is assumed that there are just two arguments -for and against. In fact there is a very wide range of possible scenarios. It is unarguable that there are some who game the system, and do not deserve the benefit, however many do, and should get it. ...

Sargent was particularly drawn to society women, including Edwina Mountbatten He was by no means unique. . . :smile: Lady Mountbatten's daughter Pamela Hicks wrote a memoir in which she describes her mother as a 'man eater' and her mother's many lovers as a succession of "uncles" througho...

Just as they come from the list - this I find is from Dominic Lawson whose sister runs a TV cooking programme and his father wrote a best selling diet book. A wave of contagious obesity is, apparently, sweeping the country from top to (ever-expanding) bottom. Yesterday's Guardian declared that "...

Oh dear. . . very possibly. I was only partly paying attention, and it looked like a very hairy cat to me. I'm still amazed that any uncaged pet can be allowed on the aircraft though. My first thought was - where do they put the litter tray? :smile: PS Just checked up and found this - it really is a...

The Guardian -

The Home Office will launch a major operation to detain asylum seekers across the UK on Monday, weeks earlier than expected, in preparation for their deportation to Rwanda, Thursday's local elections, the Guardian can reveal.

After all that - I watched Redeye tonight. Fast and furious - and and Scott / Bailey (?) is in it. Must give it an award for the best plot line I've seen for a long time. I had to google to see if you were allowed to carry a cat on your lap as an aircraft passenger. I thought not - but amazingly, it...

Stanley wrote: ↑28 Apr 2024, 13:34 It is well known that our ‘Mothers’ Day’ is a modern invention,

Indeed - and even more so Fathers' day. Thanks America. . . .

Mothering Sunday however is quite a different matter.

There's a lot to it and it has become a mixrure of the religious and the commercial.

Well - the promised gift voucher has arrived, and is for a quite generous £10 spendable at a choice of retailer which includes my usuals - Tesco and Aldi. So far so good - but I need to start the redemption process, by photographing a QR code and signing up with a gift voucher company. As far as I c...

In the wee hours this morning I half heard a news item on the radio. "The Met office have said that April (which still has three days to run) was composed of two halves. The first half was mild and the second half was colder. The average however showed that the month as a whole was "warmer...

After and as a result of this post I have been informed of a website which covers the action in which my step grandfather perished. I have some letters written pencil, from him to his wife. I copied them once but the file has disappeared, I might even have put them on here a long time ago. I might r...

Site still intermittent to me this mornng. Trigger warning. This is posted with some reservation, but posted for reasons of inclusiveness - it's next on the list. Giles Coren overcomes his cripplingly massive low self esteem issues and bravely says - 'Nosh', as I'm sure you fluent Yiddish speakers k...

Demonstrates the duplicitous self serving nature of these MP's. We thus have "Shrodingers residence" where a property can be simultaneously a 'principle residence' and not a 'principle residence' . Guess who makes the rules that make this nonsense possble. Oh yes - it's the MP's that benef...

You were all meant to spot that it was ironic, and 'tongue in cheek' - except for the chicken and veg bit which was just pure mischief. In actual fact, it's not far away from what actually happens in reality.

This dates from 2009, and is just the next one from the list but considering the ongoing Angela Rayner saga It's incredibly timely. :smile: The Chipmunk bites back Roy Hattersley last night savaged Hazel Blears for avoiding paying capital gains tax. "Its inconsistent to be a member of the Labou...

I have Ewan McColl's autobiography. It's from a book club and is a scholarly tome of 375 small type pages. Published by Manchester University Press. I've been a fan of his Radio Ballads - especially The Ballad of John Axon - for more years than I wish to count.(At least 60 years.) I have it on an LP...

ASYLUM The death of a number of asylum seekers near the French coast (by crush or drowning) yesterday must surely signal a need to end this whole process. We are told that these people are largely welcome, that most of their asylum claims will be confirmed, that they eventually will be given leave t...

I read last week that Angela Rayner would be doing (Deputy) PMQ's. Then heard nothing more - thought I must have imagined it - they wouldn't dare. but it's true. :laugh5: She's doing well. They haven't landed a blow yet, and the MP for Failsworth has just described Rishi as a "pint sized loser&...

Bad weather holds up cremation New Delhi: Strong icy winds have held up the cremation of meteorologist Kuldeep Wali, who died of heart attack a week ago at India’s research station in Antarctica. Mr. Wali, a meteorologist with India Meteorological Department (IMD), died on June 1 at Maitri, India’s ...

After having a hiccup the site is now behaving again. I've admired Andrew Neil for a long time - since his late night show with Portillo on BBC 2. This clip too good to let pass. :smile: It also supports my latest hobby horse that there are too many people supervising work / activities, and too few ...

I think you're doing well to get so much. As you say elsewhere today "don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good" Today's clipp is copyrighted - but I don't think the author will mind. :smile: Ferrets I spent a lot of time with Ted Lawson, he and Joyce were living in the bungalow down ...

I stayed up till silly o'clock last night / this morning, watching the final round in the chess world chanpionship candidates knockout tournament. I went to bed thinking that Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi had shaken hands with American Fabio Caruana, indicating resignation. That meant a tie for first p...

From around 2010 Goodbye to you, my trusted friend. We owned each other until 09 or ten. Together we overdrew the equity. Learned to walk and live off cheese, skimmed our milk and thinned our tea. Goodbye my house, it's hard to buy, when all the prices are up way too high, Now that the spring is in ...

Rod Liddle says today - after the 'shock' resignation of Tory MP for Fylde, Mark Menzies “My favourite fact about Mark is a testament to the wit and intelligence of our governing party. Ten years ago Menzies was accused of attempting to procure drugs from a teenage Brazilian rent boy. He immediately...

Nicely put - and a good quote.

PS I've re-done the link. It works OK for me. I like auctions - even down market ones like this.