Nigel (no, not that one) - I ♥️ 🇨🇦

A fascinating and entertaining interview. He was able to hand out bouquets and beautifully wrapped brickbats to people on all sides.

Such a nice change from the 'four legs good, two legs bad' reflexive ya-boo politics which, I think, contributes to people's disaffection.

'Hallunation' and 'Biais'?

PTSD alert.
45 effin' years of that damn' song.
Although, in this instance, hopefully appropriate.

Is he going to waive his rights under Article 3 of ECHR?
Principled stand and all that.

Was your edit:

Quiet [little baby don't say a word, Don's gonna buy you MS Word,
If MS Word doesn't come with Clippy,
Don's gonna buy you a little] quiet piggy.

I can see your edit could be misconstrued, but no harm done, eh?

Not hiding, no no; just Private Searching for cross-cut shredders and how to deep-clean and degauss hard drives.

I wonder whether it was a condition of his appearing that no mention was made of the VIP lane, or was it just lazy journalism.
Both can be true.

You are not alone amongst a lot of deeply serious people who really rate Muppet Christmas Carol as a very good adaptation.

Not a lot of people know that*.

*Actually they do

On #r4today @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com tore into this obsession with a notional average that is effectively meaningless. Instead, he concentrated on the ever increasing standing charges and perverse relative increase on electricity compared with gas, which we should be moving away from.

Hmm... Possible entry into The Meaning of Liff?

Whenever I hear of new sanctions or tightening up of existing ones I always think - so why aren't they doing that already, since day 1?

Re: Compostela - not me, unfortunately, but one of my plucky daughters (they're all mighty!) who decided to do it on her own. From Porto, following the coastal route.

Our parish council straddles two unitary wards, and their county councillors almost invariably attend our monthly meetings and present their reports. Both Lib Dems, and both good at keeping in touch with local issues.

I _think_ I managed to read all of Emily's excellent points between the mishmash of pop-ups, adverts, clips, etc barging their way between every paragraph and with the text resultantly randomly whizzing up or down. Not sure whether I got to the end or not, it just sort of petered out.
What a mess!

"The Puritans hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators."

...and it's still one of our less admirable character traits.

ISO BS compliant PPE for chainsaw work.
www.hse.gov.uk/treework/saf...

Get my pad and pencil ready to keep a count on use of 'Aitch' vs. 'Haitch'.

Better be quick, before they implement Shakira Law - these hipsters don't lie.

Is she hitting her stride? She's come out with one or two half-decent lines recently.
Mind you, with the large, slow-moving targets with which she's being presented, she hardly needs to be the Little Annie Oakley of Hansard to get the occasional bullseye.

Somewhere in the middle of that I inferred that he pleasures himself and I thought - yeah, that's on-brand.

I thought a triple-bagger was:
One bag over his head so you can't see him;
Second bag over your head in case his bag falls off;
Third bag to be sick in, because you can still imagine what he looks like.

Just remember the automatic anti-crash safety systems in a Tesla might not be as good as yours!

🎵Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer ...🎵

I'm sorry Dave, I can't...

A snapshot of some of Bath's locally famous/infamous 'Fifty Sheds of Shit(e)' which delight and infuriate locals in equal measure.

I spoke too soon.

🎵'Don't bother ... they're here...'🎵

Having seen this post in context elsewhere, one would have to add 'misogynist'.

See a pin, pick it up.
All day long, you'll have a pain in the neck.

Human Rights: The UK’s international human rights obligations This collection brings together information on the UK’s international obligations in the field of human rights.

www.gov.uk/government/c...

What is it about ECHR Article 3 that some people find so objectionable?

"Article 3: the prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment"

The Home Secretary Director's Cut:

Camera zooms out to reveal elderly gentleman surrounded by row upon row of empty seats.

Twinned with the quaint Welsh hamlet of Gwasanaethau, which is a bit like Brigadoon but appears about every 20 to 30 minutes, instead of every hundred years.