Bob Dodd

So just today there are reports of

Knife crime down everywhere bar Greater Manchester (6-25%)

And

The number of asylum seekers in hotels is down from 50,000 (2023) to 34,000 today.

Where is this reported. And why is it not reported?

Unfortunately, if you showed those figures to most people they wouldn’t believe them.
For some reason the MSM wants to paint a negative picture, probably to get more views and clicks.

I’m that old I remember when coal was “the fuel of the future” in this country

MSM are crap at maths.

It’s because windmills are such a difficult hazard when playing golf, getting the ball to go up that little ramp without hitting the blades. Crazy golf for crazy people

Farage: State pension age will have to rise faster Reform UK leader suggests age threshold should increase in line with life expectancy

This went beneath the radar.

Nigel Farage wants to steal your retirement.

Yep , get money back from your road tax, they send a cheque, in the post, with a stamp, in an envelope, using printed paper. Must cost a fortune.

Or this

No use training them for today, by the time they get to use those skills they’ll be out of date. Train people to learn and develop.

Very good point

I don’t know who Prudence is, but she makes a valid point.

I do wonder that we did that well it let the less perceptive think we were great on our own.
Brexit was only a short while later

Deserved for England

There aren’t slow or fast lanes on motorways.

FEMA search and rescue chief resigns after frustration with Texas flood response | CNN Politics The head of FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue branch, which runs a network of teams stationed across the country that can swiftly respond to natural disasters, resigned on Monday.

This should be a huge story

Listen folks, money making by using free energy is bad, only money making by burning stuff is allowed

First use of the letter i to denote advanced tech (like iPad) iRon?

Somehow I missed this, must have been all over the news

Well done #England showed some grit there.

Sorry to say, think the English keeper has been too slow closing space for each goal.

Don’t tell Boris

At present there is probably a greater choice of ex PM’s to write a column than ever, and #DailyMail pick Johnson.

Come on @bbclaurak.bsky.social get your act together

Reform UK leader moans about Eurostar skipping stations without mentioning why The cross-channel train service used to stop at both Ashford International and Ebbsfleet International stations in Kent - but company bosses have a good reason why they stopped

A few years ago, Eurostar stopped services picking up passengers in Kent. They cited Brexit as a key reason.

You'll never guess which party has started a campaign to reverse the decision. 🤔

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Think I heard this on Richard Osmans podcast, they don’t need to, since they have distinctive voices, it’s illegal to pass off someone else’s voice as theirs

Thought that was”passing off” and illegal

Seems pretty obvious to me, why chase chump change from benefit claimants, when serious money could be gained from tax evaders (that includes cash in hand payments).

Looking forward to the Government proscribing The Spectator.