Purely coincidental that his wife is Russian.
Purely coincidental that his wife is Russian.
Makes me proud to be a bulldozer.
I was looking for similar from Tice, but came across this instead... bsky.app/profile/unhe...
Given the high proportion of privately schooled members [sic], I dread to think what those sex noises might have been.
Some time ago, I raised the issue with my MP, who made contact with UK dept of trade. In a nutshell, they said they couldn't force retailers to be proactively transparent but that legally they should respond if I ask them what the country of origin is. I chose not to thank them for that advice. 🤦🏽♂️
Just after you run out of patience and buy something else.
OK. I've just searched for cordless drills, and there are 1,143 results. No filter for origin. So to follow your suggestion, I'd have to browse through them all. Not your fault but it's impossible to make that informed decision.
John Singer Sargent.
Public Service Announcement: If anyone out there needs cupping, there's a place in Newcastle...
You may be surprised to learn that I too looked at the product details and found no such information. Sometimes it's there, sometimes not. I'd like to be able to search on that criteria but I can't do so if it's not routinely presented as a distinct and consistent attribute.
He's got a point, like. Immigrants should do more to assimilate into the host nation's culture. Like we do in Spain.
OR... they could publish "made in" info on their websites and let people decide for themselves.
How do you boycott Chinese goods on Amazon when they don't publish Country of Origin info? Same goes for products from other countries that one might choose to avoid. It's impossible.
Bye bye and good riddance: - Temu - Alibaba - Cheap Chinese electric cars - other sources of Chinese tat (hello Amazon with your products of hidden origin)
Do Kyle tomorrow. Just a solid 30 mins with Raskin, please. I'll bring the popcorn.
Pearl-clutching, and writing books about it won't help.
There was a time when I unfairly suggested that the L&P was an elitist library that secures generous funding, while municipal libraries continue to struggle. But then I realised that they let the little people in to look at the book covers, so that's OK.
He'll find a form of words that he can wriggle out of.
For the next time you buy from Temu, Alibaba or consider a Chinese car. The price of cheap...
It's well documented that Obama was one of the first to seriously exploit social media for his campaign. Clegg's simply lying.
Thick Nick. "think there's no evidence" means he hasn't really looked for any.
Oh, FFS! #politicslive
A few miles from the home of 2-Tone records, one of the most influential anti-racism movements. Dismal.
I like the one that's not there via nepotism.
But only for Anna Maxwell Martin.
Exactly.
Good call.
I was introduced to one of my favourite bands at a DC gig; Duke Special. Curiously, had a chat with Duke at their merch stall and missed the first couple of DC songs.
It fair rattles along, like.
Interesting that the applause was a tad quieter when he thanked his male partner.
Drove back up north from Folkestone the other day and thought Charlie III had died, such was the proliferation of Union Jacks hanging from lampposts. Then I realised.
The boy who thinks vocal fry is cool.
Quite a slim majority in Crimea? I'm not saying that justifies anything but maybe an ongoing point of fragility.
How many gammons does it take...?
But people don't have the right to be offended, apparently.
Well played, @kimmcguinness.bsky.social.
Chinese sh!te, made with subsidised Russian oil.
How can he possibly be an everyman? Anyhow, This Morning is ITV. My guess is that this is entirely calculated and we'll soon be seeing him on Question Time, followed by his own strand of BBC3 documentaries, à la Stacey Dooley. Good luck in Gaza, pet. Great insult, btw.
Being in France is like doing a tour of the things we might still have if Brexit wasn't shrinking our public finances by £26 billion a year; public toilets, plentiful libraries, good roads, roadside trees, litter-free streets, swimming pools galore...
Why TF are the folks on #Newsnight discussing Rylan Clark's opinions on immigration? He's a Turkey-toothed trivial nowt. IGNORE. #FFS
Snowflake cats, Seine et Marne. #Gallery365in2025
@ManMadeMoon I thought this reminded me of something. Auxerre, France.
New Reform executive board member Darren “kraftywank Grimes in a typical Krafty idiot observation. (for those who didn’t know Kirsty McColl died in 200)
Darren Grimes has posted a video sent to him by his brother of people that have obviously paid for a boat ride. He pans around at multiple black and Asian tourists.👇🤮
Dance moves courtesy of Mr Motivator.
Kinda fun that Bond-theme Bassey might be Kompromat, though. 😁
Finally got round to reading my copy of @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social's Killer in the Kremlin. Keeping this page on my phone as a reminder. Rajan's presence at the bunga-bungas is a bit #noshitsherlock but many of the other names are surprises to me, especially Saint Fry. DFO to them all. #vpdfo
Somewhere in Seine-et-Marne. #Gallery365in2025
A few months ago, I told them about a pothole in C-le-S that had been there for a year. Sorted within a week. I thanked them and they said it was the first they'd heard of it... too many people thinking that someone else will report it.
For now.
150 is 1.5 hundreds. It's plural. Dance on the head of a pin to slag off the BBC, if you wish, but try not to be so laughable wrong.
#Gallery365in2025 Somewhere near La Sorbonne.
I long for the day where belief in a religion is deemed to be a mental health issue.
In case you were wondering... #nepoproblems
I was in a little Franprix yesterday (on hols). Tried to be helpful by pointing out that somebody had left behind an open bottle of juice. For "les mouches", apparently. Very considerate.
Imagine being any sort of foreigner in England and being faced with the range of vowel pronunciations. e.g. the NE, where "boat" sounds like "bought".
#Gallery365in2025 #Gallery365in2025idunnowhatthebloodypromptis Les ombres de la France
Yep. I'm no expert, but I believe that one form of FGM is analogous to MGM. I sometimes wonder the existence of MGM almost provides a justification for the continuation of FGM. Dreadful, all ways round.
One day, they might also stop MGM.
When we got our car (second hand, grey metallic), I thought "the colour's not important, it's how it drives, the practicality...". Now: drab, grey lump of metal on the drive.
Lord Farage of bollock-faced foghorn.
They've hollowed-out our high streets, so bleed the fvckers dry.
Doncaster/Sheffield Airport closed a few years ago. I like that one. Haven't used an airport for over twenty years and my life hasn't diminished one jot.
Sick, cynical aping of DOGE and Kash Patel. The organisation that has strongly influenced the AI Ethics components of both HMG's and @ec.europa.eu AI policies/strategies. Maybe the EU should adopt the @theturing.bsky.social. www.bbc.com/news/article...
@governorwalz.mn.gov @kamalaharris.com
I thought the sky above Durham was surprisingly noisy. Is it normal for so many planes to be circling Newcastle Airport? #flightradar24
It's perfect.
Round about 2007, the Tyneside Cinema closed for a major refurb, so did a few special screenings of odds and sods at various venues in the region. They showed STP at Gateshead Town Hall. We'd already seen it on the telly but it was a treat to binge it on the silver screen. What a cast! 📷 📽️🎞️
Oh wow... Shooting the Past, Series 1: Episode 1: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0077p7l via @bbciplayer
"... it’s not exactly easy to see my feet" I demand a new advert from @specsaversuk.bsky.social
I was thinking about having a closer look at this: blog-content.circleboom.com/bluesky-vide... That's obviously not a recommendation but I noted that it has a favourable review on TechRadar.
Provenance? How about a net-zero-advocating Cambridge undergraduate from 2019? Don't tell anyone she's really called Cockburn, mind. www.varsity.co.uk/news/17277
That'll be a challenge for Reform @durhamcouncil.bsky.social, given that it potentially covers all three of DEI.
Blimey. Almost half of post-war presidents have been lefties. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
I've seen more people queuing for the latest iPhone.
Jarvis got it right. youtu.be/ahzNnXex5fY?...
Why does he pronounce it Fentanol?
Not quite, pet. That particular McD's has banned school kids from being in the restaurant after 5pm because they've been getting a lot of anti-social behaviour. The girl got aggressive and refused to leave so the police were called. She still wouldn't leave so the inevitable happened.
Gee whizz, it's like a scene from Les Miserables.
That accusation couldn't be levelled at you, pops. 😴
Disappointed that the glenroll wasn't tartan.
Excellent: BBC News - Bring back the Delap delivery - how to make throw-ins a weapon www.bbc.com/sport/footba... Personally I'd also go for every corner being one of those savage, whipped-in efforts. They always seem to cause mayhem. @alexkeble.bsky.social
If we know that people are flushing them in such vast numbers, just stop making/selling the sodding things. I've managed to exist for 50-odd years without them.
Is that the "swapping of territories"? Alaska for east Ukraine? Very generous, like.
Either he's swallowed a huge amount, or it's been introduced into a lower part of his alimentary canal.
If only the French had a word for "faux pas".
My first work laptop: www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/... Built-in thermal printer, mind.
Oh. It seems that the number of asylum seekers in County Durham is proportionately half of the national average.
It'll be Dunbar.
The surprising NE coast infernal trinity of Skinningrove, Saltburn & Scarborough.
Let's not forget his biggest influence. youtu.be/mMjCFLV6d5U
BYD, and any other Chinese car brand, can sod off.
But not the ability to search for trousers by leg length.
As a kid, I lived up the street from 2-Tone HQ. One morning, rounded the corner to bump into what became the FB3. Terry gave me a glare, then a grin. I just gawped in amazement.
I suspect the Democrat senators will muster all of their energy and "tut, tut" very, very loudly. Heroes.
Worryingly similar to Emperor Lord Prof Sir John Curtice.
The BG info also says that it stopped supporting the Russian franchises. For the record, I'd be happy if both companies curtailed their businesses worldwide.
Done.
If by Durham you mean Easington, REF's share of the vote reduced by 8%.
