OneGuyFromBarlick

Another bus fire A35 . No mention as to whether it was a battery powered bus, but the ferocity of the fire looks a lot like it. Remember the explosion and fire at the High Court in London last week? Apparently that was the battery from an electric bicycle, and there was another such yesterday in a ...

It would help in selecting MPs if there was a clear definition of what constitutes anti-Semitism. In my book criticising the Israelis for their anti-Palestinian actions is not anti-Semitic. Precisely Stanley. If you listen to the recording of what Azhar said in the supposedly private Labour Group m...

Mr Galloway is mainly targeting Rochdale's Muslim population, who make up about 30% of the electorate, Not correct I think BBC - 30% of the population - but about 20% of the electorate / voters. With a low turnout it will still be enough to win though if they are all "whipped" to vote for...

He can rely on my vote. Much as I distrust Starmer and his brand of politics I have to support Labour in a national election even if it is on historical grounds. See THIS for yet another disgraced MP that could possibly trigger another by-election. MPs have approved a motion to suspend Blackpool So...

No Minnie pictures yet as she is still hiding, an expert we reckon. We think she has an invisibility cloak as well! We have tried to keep her downstairs to the through lounge and kitchen, checking each time we opened the living room door to go upstairs. Master plan was to open up a bit more of the ...

Yes they could Stanley but they cant be bothered, support for users is abysmal and effectively done by maintaining an anonymity stance. :sad: A couple of the FB groups I belong to - one on British Lorries I think have been hacked and the user/s cannot get back into the group to delete the (unsavory...

Rishi apparently has stated HS2 will continue from Birmingham , To Manchester , on existing tracks (So that is not exactly a 360km/h service increasing capacity of the rail network ?) https://scontent.flhr10-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/384504469_6332973213492210_1924799940293335838_n.jpg?stp=dst-j...

Sunak really has only changed the timeframe ambition at the "retail" level. Embedded in the legislation / regulations remain the things like new build housing having the heat pump/recovery systems and solar in them, this makes sense to design it in from the start, and can / should be done ...

Plaques that's interesting, I believe the phone number is the same for both Earby and Colne, 731370 is that the one you used? The old number is 731731 The new system is 911401. Normally a No6 position in the queue is a 15/20 wait. I thought 911 was barred from a prefix use due to an actual reserved...

Stanley, Plaques and Panbiker, you're all ranting about Sunak and the Tories when you should be thanking your lucky stars that we've got rid of Johnson and Truss and now have an intelligent PM. The opposition parties are dragging their heels when they should have been coming out on top with all the...

Bit bigger and upright at Kempton

You have about 6 days to whack £250 onto a sainsburys christmas club card to get an extra £25 on it. ( £250 by 23.59 1st Nov ) Asda give £15 I think on £250 on their similar one. The Sainsburys one can be used online (with a faff) and in Argos section too. Cards can be registered which should protec...

Me too! Just today I see plans for about 5 miles of new bus lanes in our town to stop them getting caught in traffic (but it's hard to see how they'd fit them into the current road widths). I'd have liked to see a commitment to shift to electric buses but no mention of that. I saw also that they ar...

They have dumped all the original lamps and replaced all the displays with new LED equivalents I believe. Your web cam view looks a bit lacking so here is this years switch on and displays. They look fine, actually better than the old ones in my opinion. :smile: I sort of liked the glow of proper l...

The model we're looking at, in B&M, is branded Tower. Not sure where they're manufactured but the company is registered in Staffordshire. The one we got was also a 'Tower'. but petty sure from Argos (Sainburys) 1500W Model T17021RG Made in China Wholesaler in Ireland. Used it twice a week for a...

Present Chancellor - Jeremy Hunt "We will do whatever is necessary to drive down debt in the medium term and to ensure that taxpayers' money is well spent, putting the public finances on a sustainable path as we grow the economy." I am beginning to think that Trickle Down might have been a...

See THIS article in the journal Nature that suggests that The 14th century Black Death was the trigger for changes in the human immune response that can still be identified today. Totally fascinating..... On the other hand our DNA contains so much 'junk' DNA that we don't know what it does or why i...

How is the lettuce doing ? Ms Truss will become the shortest-serving PM in British history when she stands down. But he(Brady) sidestepped questions about whether one or two candidates would be likely to run, telling reporters: "The party rules say there will be two candidates unless there is o...

"When the Going Gets Tofu , the Tofu Get Going"

All English Bus Services are included in the Pensioner's bus pass ( after 930am ? ). Some specific "touristy coach services" are excluded. Indeed though the length of time of the Skipton to Leeds bus is quite slow, but I think there is now a Skipton-Otley service and then Otley-Leeds, whic...

Low Pressure whipping from the South West sending wind and rain accross the UK for the next couple of days. The trees have worked out autumn is here and leaf fall is noticable with trees now about 50percent leaf in branches, the rest on the ground

I think it is the normal 2 week indian summer during the present phase of the moon, looks like it it might get colder later ( it normally becomes so from Nov5th to 11th onwards)

" squeaky clean unknown MPs " Their voting record is avalible to see how clean they are.


Surprised Truss has made it to the day of PMQs. I presume she has worked out the ability not to answer any question with a meaningful response.

It is being floated in the FT that Hunt is thinking of a rate of tax of 33% on Bank Profits. This of course will lead to higher rates to borrowers and lower rates to savers, it sounds more like a labour policy than a tory one. Do our troubles go back to 1968 and the loosening of credit controls ?

The NHS was fairly good at opening up the lines as people died without being asked as such. When browsing through local streets I found some redacted that I knew were mums friends that were still living. Doing it again a year or so later two had died and their records were on display.