Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"The House of Commons reconvenes on Tuesday to elect the speaker, after which MPs, old and new, will be officially sworn in, a process that can take several days."
https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/jul/06/labour-starmer-rig...
"Each of these pre-eminent technologies shaped the societies that they enveloped. Print shaped the world for four and a half centuries, followed by broadcast, which ruled for 50 years or so. None of this would have surprised a biologist, who would see human culture as something that grows in an enveloping nutrient. Change the nutrient and you change the culture that grows in it."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/29/closing-th...
"To make things worse, we also invented a technology that enables every Tom, Dick and mad Harry to publish whatever they like on opaque global platforms, which are incentivised to propagate the wildest nonsense. And to this we have now added powerful tools (called AI) that automate the manufacture of misinformation on an epic scale. If you were a malign superpower that wanted to screw up the democratic world, you’d be hard put to do better than this."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9gOQgfPW4Y
"Starmer’s first session answering prime minister’s questions, probably with Rishi Sunak putting the questions as leader of the opposition, has been pencilled in for 24 July, the week after the state opening of parliament on 17 July."
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/07/commons-334-roo...
16 Comments
'Time for a few Zeds'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"Still, I suppose there are a lot of unemployed ex-Tory MPs, so maybe they might like to retrain for the construction industry. I can just see Liz Truss as a plasterer. Jacob Rees-Mogg as a chippy."
Cottingham Day...
"The curfew announcement comes as Naidoc week celebrations kick off in the town of about 25,000, attracting about 5,000 visitors from across the NT, Western Australia and South Australia."
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/08/less-is-more-ke...
lol
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8807nkvy2lo
"It is the second time a precious item has been taken from the caverns, after the fossilised tooth of an extinct shark was stolen last year."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUL_yawY6Ks
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2024/nov/08/kids-these...
'Refractive Indices'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"It wasn’t them who had got things wrong. It was the electorate who had screwed up. All the Tories had to do was sit tight and wait for the country to come to its senses."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000v4h6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSqqwv86Pts
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/sep/05/tories-not-inte...
"The action wasn’t restricted to the coast..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwZqUPzXypU
Not a good look for NYP is it?
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/sep/05/stonehenge-tale-...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-b-runXWfs
Oh, That Demerger...
Brown Paper Bags.
A Society that cannot take care of its most Vulnerable is no such Society.
https://www.thisisthecoast.co.uk/news/local-news/new-tourism-partnership...
"The board is part of a national programme led by VisitEngland to strengthen destination management and unlock the full potential of the country’s visitor economy."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96ZVja1yPzU&ab_channel=ChloK
Bless.
A 'Search for Spook'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"A week on Saturday, the Conservatives will elect their new leader. Rishi Sunak, a symbol of what went before, will finally exit the stage and his successor will enter it - and so become one of the central characters of the years ahead. And on Wednesday, the highly anticipated and long talked about Budget will be published."
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/oct/25/astronaut-hospitalized-n...
"He was at his most animated when I put it to him that his party seemed to be struggling to adjust to the realities of government."
https://ynygrowthhub.com/
"Before we know it, though, the long schlep home will begin – via Hawaii, California and Winnipeg - and Westminster’s tilt towards the Budget will become total."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCARADb9asE
"If they are out of work, learners are guaranteed a job interview with an employer after completing a Skills Bootcamp."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c774xjz3m7do
""And for that to be stolen… it’s absolutely terrible.""
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF1qfLMczNo
"Sandwiched between the soil and permafrost lie unusual metre-thick ponds of very salty water known as cryopegs, which are underlain by crystalised methane-water solids, kept stable by the high pressure and low temperature."
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/oct/23/terrawatch-mystery-of-si...
"Quantum computers promise to solve problems too hard for even the most powerful supercomputers - like those requiring vast numbers of parallel computations like complex weather simulations, the binding of drugs to their targets, or the vagaries of financial markets."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/25/state-backed-loans-firms-i...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbuFLUJ89Kw
"So he got out and said to Sir George 'I was hired to drive a coach not to fly your contraptions', and handed in his notice."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7481gev0k3o
'Remember, she did everything backwards and in heels.'
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/oct/24/thanks-to-this-unsung-magi...
Little Ears.
'One Two Two One'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"Cartoon-like astronaut figurines and sculptures sit in the centre of children’s parks and plastic rockets are a centrepiece on most traffic roundabouts."
https://www.thisisthecoast.co.uk/news/local-news/scarborough-business-le...
Hmm...
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2024/oct/29/dr-strangelove-review-stev...
""The environment is important but just as important is food security and we can't eat bark.""
lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NF6Qa84mno
I think the answer was No.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yp47prg7jo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4AgzQvFNZs
Tomorrow is another Day...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/30/do-motorway-billbo...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPhi7sYt5-s
Best not mention Pandemics.
'Organic Frameworks'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
Never Count your Chickens...
"Just half a pound of the stuff may remove as much carbon dioxide as a tree can, according to early tests. Once the carbon is absorbed by the powder, it can be released into safe storage or be used in industrial processes, like carbonizing drinks."
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/11/27/angela-rayner-meets-pope...
"Following his Budget, the head of McVitie’s has said that it has been harder to understand what the case for investment in the UK is."
Broomsticks.
"We define political consciousness as a way of seeing, caring about and acting in the world. It is guided by a commitment to human rights and justice and an understanding of power and inequity in social, political and economic systems, relations and values."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/25/san-francisco-navy-lab-h...
The Ironic.
"“Speak not of the wild animal, lest he should appear,” because you're simply too afraid of seeing one. The name bear is a euphemism; it's a good word substituted for a bad one. It's probably the oldest known euphemism in world ."
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/nov/30/how-is-glitter-made...
Sleep Tight.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/29/covalent-organic-fra...
Hmmm...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjbQEEdVcDI
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0qdj80py3no
lol
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/nov/29/houseplant-of-the-w...
Straight Face.
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/24759156.nandos...
The Silence.
https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/understanding-plants/how-plants-breathe
"“There’s one thing for sure, whatever political position I hold, I will always fight for the coast and moors and the opportunities of the renewable sector.”"
Best not mention Harry Potter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52chF7DWJcY
""I always bring some different elements - improvisation, the piano, the flute, the jazz harmonisation - so that the music is going through another process of creolisation."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg7vwlg8rmo
'Reserve Designs'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"The Royal Mint had announced that the author of Nineteen Eighty-Four, Animal Farm and Coming Up for Air is to be honoured on a new £2 coin to coincide with the 75th anniversary of his death."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c99y0mp7p44o
"All these projects highlight one vivid point: that places not only need their own journalism, but can provide the audiences to support it."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fregObNcHC8
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/12/tech-barons-bbc-pl...
Never, Mind.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyFAnA9oPRE
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jan/11/why-we-cant-get-eno...
'Heritage Locomotives'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"Our products are essential to the continued operation of heritage locomotives, and nobody else makes what we make. Without our oilers, these magnificent machines would face costly and potentially unfeasible conversions. Our mission is to keep them running for future generations to enjoy.""
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/feb/25/vinyl-carver-lathe-cutters...
"One guy just looked up from the ice-cream momentarily and went back to his selection. Fresh people kept coming in to the shop. It’s amazing how fast an atmosphere can be determined, yet how little it interrupts anyone’s plans. “Weird vibe. Ah, heist in progress. But I still need hummus.”"
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/feb/25/starmers-message-after-...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8_fLu2yrP4
"I’m not saying the bandits have a point, just that banditry is where we are"
https://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/24954788.armstrong-oilers-unsung-he...
"Our mission is to keep them running for future generations to enjoy.""
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4apyYG5My0
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/26/what-i-have-learne...
'Daffodils'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
That's the Spring Statement sorted :
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/25/pete-hegseth-journ...
Extract your own...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdphvuyaV_I
Just setting the Tone.... ;-0
""This moment demands an active government stepping up to secure Britain's future... We need to go further and faster to kickstart growth, protect national security and make people better off through our plan for change.""
Dunno why we have to have two statements... economies grow on certainties.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAZQaYKZMTI
Recessions? Moi? They thrive on organised chaos.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy83dp70773o
"As a Signaller you’ll need to react to changing situations, make quick decisions and stay calm under pressure. Every day, you’ll face new challenges, some you expect and others you don’t. This could be responding to an incident such as trespassers on the line; you could be taking a line blockage to allow track access for maintenance colleagues, or communicating with a train driver about a problem they’ve encountered."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG1NrQYXjLU
Apparently they are looking for more cybersecurity apprentices too... '-0
""For the Lakes this was an epic landscape conservation story covering almost 150 years before the modern protection of the National Park," a spokesman said."
Velcro.
"“It doesn’t hurt to have an executive member of North Yorkshire Council who can go back and talk to their colleagues on that executive.”"
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/25/rachel-reeves-for-the-um...
lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF6JZsOv5BM
Keir Starmer says communities have spoken on 'fracking' and the answer is No.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2025/mar/26/spring-statement-ra...
Oh.
"It has now set up and is monitoring a series of traps with cameras in an attempt to coax the tiny dog out of a very large search area, Gardner told Guardian Australia."
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/26/miniature-dachshu...
Bones.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-max0wOTcuI
All the best things are Human.
A Smile A Day?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuOQXSyFcP0
I was just wondering what Variant we are all on now..
""If in doubt, say nowt" is how you might colloquially describe the approach, resisting the temptation to be drawn into commentary about the president's actions for fear of provoking a blast of his ire."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1jp6n82k4xo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKktu7j2j3A
Keep Busy.
"“There’s one of us objecting to it and then the AGC brings two KCs and a solicitor,” says Kelcher."
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/may/04/uk-gambling-firms-adopt-...
"Under the Gambling Act 2005, Labour’s landmark liberalisation of gambling laws that successive governments have begun to roll back, the Gambling Commission and local authorities must “aim to permit” gambling, meaning they are legally bound to err on the side of permissiveness."
Extract Your Own.
'Magic Mirrors'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"It’s extraordinary to think that social media didn’t meaningfully exist 20 years ago, but has – in that very short span – now hurtled toward the spectacle of the world’s richest man functioning as a warning about what can happen to anyone if they spend way too much time on it."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/13/social-media-elon-...
"Not confining its analysis to pizza, the account noted three hours later that a gay bar near the Pentagon had “abnormally low traffic for a Thursday night”, and said this probably pointed to “a busy night at the Pentagon”."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahha3Cqe_fk
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/13/pentagon-pizza-delivery-is...
"Spending lots of time and energy on social media platforms simply means you work for the guys who own them. For free."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp92dne22j5o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWficHa87L4
So, Erm... when asked when Elon Musk becomes the next President of the USA and what does North Korea have to do with it?
Good Question.
"That’s a lot of rubble to sift through."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c0rvwrqgqljo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3b7LWFPF9s
"The UK has been free from rabies in animals other than bats since 1902, making domestic infection extremely rare."
Bless.
https://ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2025/06/18/how-to-avoid-rabies-and-what-to-do-...
Paw Patrol... ;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIc3MI0MxvA
"In a statement, the company said no injuries were caused. They said there were no hazards to the surrounding communities and asked people not to approach the area."
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jun/18/person-dies-of-rabies-in...
And I'm not Harry Potter.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62614wejk5o
Best not mention Neighbours.
https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/25252298.north-yorkshires-perfect-hidde...
Jaws Patrol.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1ljg7v0vmpo
There's somin very wrong with Wes Streeting.
lol
"He should be released on police bail with conditions that included a ban on him entering Westminster."
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jun/22/police-arrested-autistic...
Spooky.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/18/are-we-living-in-a-go...
"All agenda items that were scheduled to be considered on the 19th will now be discussed at the meeting on the 27th November."
https://www.scarboroughtowncouncil.gov.uk/2025/11/rescheduled-council-me...
"In short, the modern internet doesn’t necessarily make you an idiot, but it definitely primes you to act like one."
How Convenient.
I was just clearing me Desktop ;-0
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz7p783g2j5o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJFyz73MRcg
'No Glampin'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"Asked how they will identify pirate shipwrecks, Kingsley said: “Generally, if you find a Dutch, English or French shipwreck, it has a very specific type of material culture on it. If it’s Spanish, it will have olive jars, a good marker. If it’s British, it may have Bristol or London tobacco pipes, for instance."
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jun/20/glastonbury-tv-watc...
"Pirates didn’t keep journals listing their lawlessness. What happened in Nassau stayed in Nassau. If we want to discover the truth, we’re going to have to dive for it.”"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiC1rgCPmUQ&list=RDOiC1rgCPmUQ&start_rad...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/19/expedition-new-providence-...
Apollo managed afiliates ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B67Zm5ZVMOI
lol
https://www.thisisthecoast.co.uk/news/local-news/barrowcliffs-big-goodby...
Social Tourettes? Moi?
https://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/25241126.race-waves-returns-bridlin...
Always, reads the Comments...
Next Year Rodders... ;-0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvQViPBAvPk
Best not mention Yurts.
'Isn't it Amazing'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"Legend has it that when the two ships were side by side firing broadsides into each other the captain of HMS Serapis asked Jones if he was prepared to surrender, to which he reportedly replied "I have not yet begun to fight"."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cderg91dw20o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMZIg0btqMU&list=RDqMZIg0btqMU&start_rad...
"The US space agency had previously committed to launching no later than the end of April but said it aims to bring the mission forward. It's been 50 years since any country has flown a crewed lunar mission. Nasa will send four astronauts there and back to test systems."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy7pegvz17yo
"She said: "I've been bitten all over. It's a joke."
Lightbulbs.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly6z7yldp1o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_PN9rj0AuU&list=RDE_PN9rj0AuU&start_rad...
"The basin is thoroughly buttered, the dough rolled out into a 30cm circle. Slice out one quarter of it – from noon to 3pm, say – and reserve. The remainder should fit snugly into the contours of your pudding bowl. Spoon a bit of the apple, butter and sugar mixture into the bottom of the pastry lining. Pierce the lemon all over with a fork or cocktail stick and sit it upright in the mixture. Surround that with more apples, and then turn your reserved dough into a circular lid."
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/sep/23/steam-stodge-suet-endangere...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teW0KULIir0&list=RDteW0KULIir0&start_rad...
lol
https://www.thisisthecoast.co.uk/news/local-news/replacement-of-whitby-w...
'Never Rest'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"If this sounds farcical, vaguely embarrassing for all concerned and massively irrelevant to your life, you would be right. But in between the first chapter and the last (or perhaps the penultimate, given the aftershocks still reverberating through No 10), the episode acted as a masterclass in the patterns that define the stakes of British politics and characterise the stakeholders. It is also a portent of the future."
https://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2016/jan/26/earth-tot...
"The problem is that none of this has any connection whatsoever to the real world. Streeting, our new political behemoth, was voted back in on a dramatically slashed majority of just over 500 votes, and is leading an NHS reform process blasted as "chaotic and incoherent' by the Institute for Government."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc16Y9fiCvQ&list=RDHc16Y9fiCvQ&start_rad...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/17/labour-briefing-of...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BwzP1laWkQ&list=RD3BwzP1laWkQ&start_rad...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/nov/16/is-there-a-dark-side-to-gr...
It's like Pandora's Box, innit...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2059g6757qt
So, Erm...
Migrants don't like each other? Is that what she's trying to Say?
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/nov/17/starwatch-trace-cetus-se...
It's a bit like South Cliff, innit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1at7kKzBYxI&list=RD1at7kKzBYxI&start_rad...
"Legislation there also allows for the seizing of assets at the border - including jewellery - though the Danish Immigration and Integration ministry told me this rarely happens."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd9kwe27pvpo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lr7pyggTmmY
"Every member was given the opportunity to stare him in the whites of his eyes."
Proudfoots are selling Kelloggs Frosties @ £ 2.50
I just thought I'd announce that...;-0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BH-Rxd-NBo&list=RD6BH-Rxd-NBo&start_rad...
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/17/shabana-mahmood-puts-th...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIZdjT1472Y&list=RD3BwzP1laWkQ&index=3
""Don't let stories like this deter you. You just need to have some confidence in yourself and go for it.""
https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/25634987.scarborough-town-council-full-...
"An amber weather warning has also been issued for Thursday, with the Met Office predicting that “as much as 15 to 25 cm” of snow could accumulate over the North York Moors."
Awwe...
'Maybe This, Maybe That'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"The state of play on North Yorkshire Council saw it controlled by the Conservative Party who hold 47 seats, as against 43 opposition seats with Liberal Democrat and Liberal (14), Labour (11), NY Independent (10 seats), Green (4) and Unaffiliated (4)."
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/25/nigel-farage-reform-lea...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXnqZo03PHY&list=RDqXnqZo03PHY&start_rad...
The height of basketball players...
lol
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/25/rfk-erotic-poetry-...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjqoALycOis&list=RDCjqoALycOis&start_rad...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy8vz032qgpt
lol
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c93n7nl3pq0o
I'll be Bach.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2025/nov/26/budget-2025-rachel-...
Dunno why they can't legalise those EV Scooters and give providence to free bus & travel for students & the homeless mesen but hey ho...
Here we go;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azpVGxpxWaY&list=RDazpVGxpxWaY&start_rad...
Ya don't spose 'Dirk' would consider joining the Labour Party do ya?
https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/your-council/councillors-committees-and-me...
Stranger Things.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/25/rebuilding-human-made-abys...
I feel a Wes Anderson movie coming on ...
"It appears it was uploaded onto the OBR’s website by mistake."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL5f8awRGOU&list=RDazpVGxpxWaY&index=3
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2025/nov/20/you-be-t...
I'm already losing interest...
Can ya believe the Who have done a last farewell?
"Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch are going through the motions of a PMQs before the Budget. The prime minister just said that it’s “literally 25 minutes” until the measures will be unveiled."
Bless.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYF1JqVx-dk&list=RDazpVGxpxWaY&index=4
Best not mention the Yellow Brick Road.
"We're still going through it, but here are some main lines:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jtb10ZwbReY&list=RDazpVGxpxWaY&index=5
Anyhoos, there I was thinking about that Monolith.
"Prime Minister's Questions has just ended, which means it's time for Rachel Reeves to deliver her Budget (although we already know what's in it, thanks to the OBR)."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp3D1v_pO6k&list=RDazpVGxpxWaY&index=6
Fact Checking...
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2025/nov/26/budget-2025-rachel-...
Best not mention Brexit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quAfLC-9LUo&list=RDazpVGxpxWaY&index=7
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9d6zwppjvjo
"The results of the North Sea review will not directly reference the decision being considered by ministers over whether to give the go ahead to the controversial Rosebank field, which Ed Miliband was vocally opposed to while in opposition."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3TvOYAdMGU&list=RDazpVGxpxWaY&index=8
"She mentions other infrastructure, including Northern Powerhouse Rail, which she says the government still supports."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNbBDrceCy8&list=RDazpVGxpxWaY&index=14
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2evnd6zlyo
Bingo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqPlb5PLBvg&list=RDwqPlb5PLBvg&start_rad...
"Rachel Reeves has finished, and sits down to a large pat on the back from Prime Minister Keir Starmer while the rest of the Labour benches wave white papers and cheer."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy8vz032qgpt
Wotdoyamean wit's ya birthday in four weeks... ;-0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL53EUbHazo&list=RDjL53EUbHazo&start_rad...
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/nov/26/the-death-of-the-li...
'Scattering Satellites'
Submitted by Captain Qahn on
"You have your troops, you have your supplies. Everything's organised and ready. And then it's just a question of when will the onslaught occur?"
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/22/labour-2025-appren...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzQ-qQ_T6oA
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/dec/22/the-best-design-and...
"The civil engineering firm Arup also paid £100 a tonne to a nature capital firm called Nattergal which owns rewilding estates in eastern England this year."
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/dec/22/patches-of-the-moon-to-b...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRtFnxwmM3M&list=RDxRtFnxwmM3M&start_rad...
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43200/twinkle-twinkle-little-star
I guess there are somethings I'm quite good at.
Keep Busy.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/22/britain-rewilding-ca...
'Procastination'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"“The North East deserves a government on their side, working for them, and that's exactly what we are doing.""
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/25887348.prime-minister-sir-keir-...
"The group is seeking to bypass traditional methods of engagement in favour of direct, face-to-face interaction with those who live and work in the town centre."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iF47M3YDlg&list=RDaVnE3HHbaQo&index=3
The Thief of Time.
"...but they can work wonders cleaning any dirty money you have under the sofa."
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/25885066.malton-mp-kevin-hollinra...
Quite like a Palace.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2d1ne15w5go
"The Secretary of State has decided not to call in this application. He is content that it should be determined by the local planning authority."
Never, Mind.
'Green & Pleasant'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"The Green Party's Hannah Spencer has won the Gorton and Denton by-election, becoming the first Green candidate to win a Westminster by-election - as well as the party's first ever MP in northern England."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp8rjk02r0jt
"Our struggles might not be the same... but we stick up for each other," she tells the people of Gorton and Denton. "Earning your trust starts now," she says, adding that she will "work hard" for those who didn't vote for her too. She calls out "politicians and divisive figures" who she says "scapegoat" others, saying people have "underestimated how similar we all actually are". To those who feel "left behind", she says: "I see you and I will fight for you". Spencer then apologises to any customers who have booked her in for plumbing jobs. "I'm heading to Parliament," she says."
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/26/martin-clunes-planning-b...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWDNMmzvNB4&list=RDjWDNMmzvNB4&start_rad...
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/feb/26/new-image-milky-way-galaxy