Gail's stuff is lovely and Xmas is coming.
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Gail's stuff is lovely and Xmas is coming.
Caught them swans yet?
My Irish mother has great sport in Spain telling English pensioners that they are not "ex-pats", they are economic migrants who haven't integrated.
Moka pot and a tin of evaporated milk with two holes punched in it?
The Kindertransports aren't something to be proud of. Hear me out. Yes, they were good in that saved a number of children, but, really what they do for us historically is point out that complete lack of aid offered in general to those fleeing the Nazis. (And, yes, the US is just as guilty.)
Yes and to expand your point: they were a private, not government, initiative; the government was against them; and of course the parents were left behind to die. I really cringe at some Kindertransport discourse.
My vaccination booklet includes stamps for rabies, meningitis, diphtheria, yellow fever, hepatitis A&B, tetanus, and MMR, and I am grateful for every one of them.
You just have to believe
It was a shock when I realised how many Brexit backers had diaspora backgrounds similar to mine. The difference being that they never got over coming to the UK and realising that it wasn't the like the England of the Famous Five and Bulldog Drummond books of their childhood.
We knew Seymour. He stretched the reality, at best. Even in The Fat of the Land he had a BBC producer's salary. He told my mother he hadn't done half of what he'd put in the books "we'd never have time haha". It was fantasy farming, to put it mildly.
She did, until they separated. But they kept the brand going as they were making more of living writing about self-sufficiency than actually being, you know, self-sufficient.
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Great piece. I've long been dismayed by the attitude & influence of diaspora politicians in British politics. I wonder whether anyone has the stomach for a comparative analysis of Carswell's, Hannan's, and that New Zealand loony's (his name escapes me) respective journeys into madness via Twitter/X.
Yes, of course I hang up a flag at home, I always have it above my desk as I work...
Yes, of course I hang up a flag at home, I always have it above my desk as I work...
STOPT HE BOATSi
I had happily forgotten about this creep. What a loser he is.
They plan to win the next election by appealing to voters who will never vote for them while driving their existing supporters away. Why is this so difficult for you to understand this genius plan?
It gets worse - just did this:
i met anubis in the realm of the underworld, big strong guy by the way, had a dog’s head, i’m not so sure about that. and he said to me, mr president, you’ve got the heaviest soul we’ve ever weighed down here. can you believe it? they’ve never seen a soul that heavy in all of duat
Who's using a phone nowadays?
Well I'm sorry if that's how it seems to you, if you re-read my Teams message of 30th August ( screenshot attached) you'll see i clearly say that Y committed to ABC. Happy to help!
My mother always said 'if Barry McGuigan was a murderer he'd be called "the Irish murderer Barry McGuigan"'
Cr. fibbymcfibface
See also: "Teams will mean we spend less time on emails" No, teams just meant we spend more time discussing emails on Teams....
Starting bids of £1.13 and £3.76 respectively on ebay 🤣🤣🤣
Damn I have 2 OM10s and a Minox 35GT languishing upstairs...
MOAR! BOOKS! The Golden Shore by Patrick O'Brian. It can go on the pile.
Another "like or retweet" post from BotS, which will do nothing about Farage but which will boost BotS' account. You're being played folks.
Hahaha teetotal innit
In my jar place of work, there was a municipal library around the corner. I would sign all the new starters up!
Haha same!
He was another diaspora returnee wasn't he? Endlessly trying to reclaim the England of the Famous Five and Buldog Drummond books of his youth, when all foreigners were swarthy and suspicious.
Couldn't resist. Last lot, but this will just go into the freezer as crumble filling.
That's a Good Thing.
This is funny, but one of our far-right agitators in the UK has just posted a deranged rant against woke sourdough.
Yes it's nonsense but very chic and well-done nonsense, very enjoyable.
All done for the time being. Nineteen jars of chutney, ready to eat for Xmas.
Clive Ponting's thesis about a long-overdue correction in world affairs away from the West and back to the East in action in front of our eyes.
This is VERY strange. A lid in my jar box with a handwritten label "Raspberry Jam 1/7/95". I've no idea where it came from. I certainly wasn't making jam in 1995. Still, the gasket looks good, so on it goes.
I think he's a really effective administrator, but he seems bewilderingly free of vision or imagination, and paralysed by the historical conjunction. It's very concerning.
Six kilos of pears peeled and cored and on their way to becoming chutney. Another 9 kilos in bags waiting to be done. Probably 30 kilos more on the tree!
They are a great combination
I was in a youth hostel in Galway. When I was told, I replied "well it's one way to have the last word" and the temperature in the room dropped 10°C instantly.
hihi :)
He's blocked me. Oh well. Deleting my post too.
Hate these woke attempts to make Enid Blyton “modern” and “relevant”
Clanker Wanker works too
I've become a guy. Will have a cracking at sorting your heating guy; lends tools Guy; and moves furniture guy. It's pretty cool to be honest. Nice to feel wanted.
Same. Costa's only, when nothing else is available.
@merryn02.bsky.social
Exactly. Vance takes over, he's young, healthy, and owned by the broligarchs. That will be the end of the USA.
So Operation Flagshagger has reached my neck of the woods, and the flagshaggers have hung the flags upside down because of COURSE they have! 🤣
That's very disappointing then.
Sorry, what? "Fative Frizes of Morth Amerira"?
You are peeling them? You could salt them and rinse them too, but it's a lot of pfaff.
Clegg had only ever smashed other people's faces.
Always the ones you most expect, isn't it?
Thanks for sharing 😉
Almost 100%. If you dont see one, ask. Good luck.
Ive said this for years - most Brits don't realise just how much nicer life is in European countries. Public space, infrastructure, services...just better.
Hahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaa
We honestly need to go kinetic at this stage. Facilitate Ukraine taking out the shadow fleet. Hassle oligarchs at every step. Chase and close down every proxy business or agent. Bring all their useful idiots in for robust interviews. London and Brussels are so off the pace.
Call him "Jay Divans" instead.
"...the inescapable conclusion, obvious to all but Trump and Witkoff, that Russia is tottering financially and militarily, while Kyiv continues to hold the upper hand. ...the Kremlin's narrative is demonstrably false." Plenty of good detail here. engelsbergideas.com/essays/russi...
Got a text from my husband last night: Darling, I got hit by a car outside the office. Tina brought me to the hospital. They’re doing tests & x-rays. The blow to my head might be serious. Also, I have 3 broken ribs, a broken arm, a broken foot & they may have to amputate my leg. Me: Who’s Tina?
bsky.app/profile/andy...
This is what the fascist right under Farage wants for the UK.
Oh yuck. I hope you're dry now.
I didn't know about the trademark but I know Bass had a huge export business to the continent, imperial Russia, and south Asia.
Morning! Coffee in hand, dog expecting a walk, and actual rain falling!
Your mam shouts at hotels and your dad paints roundabouts
Is YOUR child texting about P.G. Wodehouse? Get to know the signs: BRB = Bertie’s Rum Bother LMAO = Lest Maiden Aunts Occur JFC = Jeeves Favours Caution BTW = Bold Tie Warnings WTAF = Well Then, Augustus Fink-Nottle STFU = Sir, That Fedora’s...Unfortunate
Fair point, well made.
Last year we drove to Orkney and back and whenever energy levels were flagging we'd put Eras on, it was great!
Her songwriting is genius level. Also I love the fact that a blonde, blue-eyed country singer from Nashville engaged to a white football player called Travis is driving MAGA mad.
Grew some pretty beetroot.
Fab jacket! Great look.
I was thinking about him the other day. A mensch.
If you really think works of literature are better when they're shortened, then I have abridge to sell you.
My impulse was to turn them into swastikas, this is probably more productive.
It's only the beginning of the school year FFS
I can't scroll through the email text to see what I'm sending.
#Norfolk #GreatYarmouth
Do you want a Flake in it? Him, probably
1716. A man comes to a village, "DOCTOR MIRACLE" on one side of his cart. He's selling a potion, only one silver, that makes dicks harder. 1717. Many dicks fall off, gangrenous. 1725. Same man is back with an elixir, only two gold, guaranteed to grow dicks back, bigger. And the dickless queue up.
Der feine Unterschied: Den einen geht es ums Land, den anderen um sich selbst. #Habeck #Spahn
Well done! Day 9,736 for me. Keep at it, one day at a time.
Hurrah!!
Bikes don't kill people Gary, people kill people (did I get that right?)
The only time my qualifications have been checked was for a govt-funded leadership and management "apprecticeship" a couple of years ago, where I had to provide evidence of my 1986 Irish Leaving Certificate results...
That would be a Good Thing, but the sound of it.
Made focaccia. Pretty pleased with myself.
A jury of my peers? TWELVE murderers?!
Both brilliant novels. Absolutely brilliant.
Tim Morton 