Why would you bother standing council candidates in the first place if you don't much fancy having to deal with the many problems of local government?
There's a kernel of truth to this one! 🤣
All this fuss and pallaver is showing is how few of us English have ever travelled North of the border!
We could always just copy the Scots and have otters on the £10 note!
Even in the 40's and 50's, when corporal punishment was commonplace, Eric Wildman was regarded with disdain as a crank.
These day's he'd be lauded on podcasts and almost certainly be a regular on GB "news"!
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It's as though nobody on Bluesky has ever encountered the wildlife on Scottish banknotes! 🤣
Absolute nonsense from David Lammy on removing rights to trial by jury. He's trying to persuade us that his reactionary plans are 'progressive'. No chance. Why vote Labour when this sort of policy betrays us and our heritage of civil liberties?
Jury service is democracy in action and I resent the changes proposed by Lammy. He really has been a massive disappointment in govt.
Much like a lot of late 20th century popular musicians?
There's a few Tsars who could be on the list here!
This from George Owers got me thinking. Which historical figure comes across as the most personally obnoxious?
Personally, I would nominate John Knox and the Duke of Wellington.
Wellington was undoubtedly Britain's greatest general, but I wouldn't have wanted to have a pint with him!
We can laugh, but building that might actually improve Clacton!
When will the English realise that Farage is all fur coat and no knickers?
I envy Beaded Lacewing Larvae for their ability to repel termites with their farts! 🤣
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I was the first kid in my school to get into Nu-metal!
Trouble is, that was back in 1995, which is now a very long time ago! 🤣
I don't see how it's a surprise that Tony Blair cannot admit to having made mistakes in choosing to join in the invasion of Iraq back in 2003.
Parish quiz won...
.... trophy acquired...
....wife not entirely happy that we're going to have the trophy on the mantle piece for the next year! 🤣
Never mind any opportunity for point scoring over the worst people in British politics.
How are the Telegraph's new owners going to turn around the paper's fortunes without alienating a readership that demands increasingly deranged commentary over quality journalism?
A plaque is entirely symbolic, and will do nothing to address any of the underlying issues with either Amey or #Sheffield City Council.
No wonder that we struggle to attract the best and brightest into politics when there's uproar like this every time politicians express their own personalities!
There's plenty of other great historical British politicians you can use for analogies.
Walpole, William Pitt (both the Elder and Younger), Charles James Fox, Earl Grey, Robert Peel, W.E. Gladstone, Lloyd George, Aneurin Bevan...... there's quite a list!
Having now read the statement, it did strike me as stereotypical LinkedIn speak.
If current government strategy is anything to go by, then "deliverism" doesn't seem to have anything to it other than setting targets and firing people when targets are missed!
There is one thing everyone agrees on at work.
And that thing is that Windows 11 sucks!
I really don't envy Tilray trying to repair all the damage done to Brewdogs reputation in recent times.
At no point in this bunfight is anyone asking why there is such a shortage of people willing to foster or adopt children.
That's a major part of the problem that's keeping more children in care.
Americans really need to make their mind up, what are we the bland spiceless nation with no seasonings, or are we the weird nation with a wall of unknowable spices that are strange of foreign??
Like, I get all of these aren’t super common, but surely everyone should have Zaatar and Sumac??
