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It's ok, they won't be venturing far from the posher areas of west London.

And when they buy a _white_ one...

You know it will never, ever even grace so much as a country lane, let alone go off-road...

Nobody in this country needs one of these, these are purely status cars for the type of person who thinks other road users are just obstacles to drive over.

Tax them out of existence.

American cars set for huge UK rollout including 'favourites' GMC, Chevrolet and Cadillac Three of the most popular vehicles in the United States are now available in the UK

This is awful news for anyone not in one of these hideous machines.

www.gbnews.com/lifestyle/ca...

Author's own graph of the Gorton and Denton parliamentary election results in 2019, 2024, and 2026. It compares the progressive votes of Lib Dem, Labour, and Green with the right-wing votes of Conservatives and Reform. In 2024 it has a separate column for the Workers' Party. It highlights that the progressive vote has always been significantly higher than the right-wing vote.

Yes, the Greens had a historic win - but largely because they switched from Labour.

Reform consolidated the Right Wing vote and clearly managed to pick up some new voters

So it's weird to see how adamant they are that they only lost because of some form of "cheating"

#BBCBreakfast: "Sir Keir Starmer has announced that American forces can use British airbases to launch strikes on Iran"

We were so successful that we killed the people we didn’t mean to kill.

It's all a bit Mr Blobby for me. Perhaps I have PTSD...

My Dad was ‘Road Safety Advisor’ on that!

Superted, Spottyman and Blotch walking on a pavement in Cardiff. There is a distinctive wall to the left with a turret motif and a road to the right.

Google Maps screenshot of Cardiff. The wall of Cardiff castle is on the left , then there is a road and the Angel Hotel on the right. It matches the previous image.

Superted, Spottyman and Blotch on a pavement, seen from the side. There is a wall with a stone animal in front of them and a castle behind them. Superted's rocket is parked in the castle grounds.

The same image taken from Google Maps in November 2022 but without the rocket.

Kicked off St David's Day watching Superted's 1980s road safety videos and matching them to their actual locations in Cardiff.

Screenshot from GB News Twitter account. 'The most toxic by-election in British history: a masterclass in how diversity and multiculturalism have failed.' @PatrickChristys gives a breakdown of the controversial campaigns in the Gorton and Denton by-election, accusing the Greens of 'shamelessly pandering' to Muslims. A picture of Patrick Christys in a GB News studio.

GB News ran a piece about the Greens "shamelessly pandering to Muslims"

Imagine any other broadcasting channel running a piece suggesting "shamelessly pandering to Jews"

That person would be kicked off the air quite rightly, within hours, but say it about Muslims and that's okay...

Apparently🤷‍♀️

Two great talents subconsciously working with each other, feeding each other. You can't beat experience (as well as chemistry).

Against international law, too?

Ah. I have realised how lovely it was to have forgotten about Grant Shapps/Michael Green/the third one, until someone went and mentioned Grant Shapps :-)

While we're all distracted by Iran, Shabana Mahmood is continuing Labour's sprint Right...

In my over half a century on this Earth, I have never seen a British political party more determined to lose the next election.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Although.. behind their backs, initially?

I was once told the tale by someone close to the band, not sure anyone came out of it well :-)

Series of three tweets by Zoe Gardner taking down Nigel Farage's support of attacks on Iran.

Apologies to @zoejardiniere.bsky.social for crossposting her tweets from the nasty place, but I felt this deserves airtime on bluesky because of how emphatically they prove the nasty, immoral, opportunistic politics of Reform.

YouTube video by ClydeJarrod37UK Captain Sensible - Strawberry Dross/ Extended ( Audio Only) 1982

Fewer experienced the joy of the mini album that was 'Wot!'s b-side: 'Strawberry Dross'...

youtu.be/nsVCpdgtm-M?...

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It's not something that even needs debating.

The Welsh cakes have been opened.

you know they're not supposed to follow illegal, or immoral, orders right?

the fact that they do and are makes me think they should simply go fuck themselves.

View from the train, looking across the car park

Close up, showing back of house where letters have been painted over

Aw, they've painted over the 'welcome to hell' message on the back of the house at #BowStreet station...

Transphobia is a good policy?

Ok.

St David said 'Gwnewch y pethau bychain". Do the little things. These simple words remind me that it's not only in great acts of valour or heroism that evil is kept at bay, but in small acts of love, charity and kindness

Welsh people very friendly - boys are lovely. Nicer than the English boys.

Has someone made a #ChilesHeadlineGenerator, or...?

West Suffolk Council will deliver more free parking in towns Bury St Edmunds, Haverhill and Newmarket will get more free parking under council budget plans.

Free* car parking ain't it, Bub.

*subsidised by everyone.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I do go through an internal 'is one of us being a cunt here' check when appropriate, a positive answer doesn't always have me pressing the 'cancel' button however :-)