Sir Fatuous Pauper

Ah, what a wide, varied, and robust selection of references we have here

That's an expensive mistake 😅

I think he's neglected because his imperialism is unacceptable today. I think he had a touch of genius

A Snider squibbed in the jungle
Somebody laughed and fled,
And the men of the First Shikaris
Picked up their Subaltern dead,
With a big blue mark in his forehead
And the back blown out of his head

An interesting thought experiment to think what would have happened if he'd been in charge of 2nd Army in Normandy

a group of people are sitting around a table with the words right this calls for immediate discussion ALT: a group of people are sitting around a table with the words right this calls for immediate discussion

No no, this will be *totally* different.

Every few years we'll vote by constituencies for who will represent us in the citizens assembly. There will also be a second assembly not directly elected.

Then the King as Head of State will rubber-stamp the laws the assembly passes!

The group said it carried out the stunt to demand the UK government establishes a permanent citizen's assembly - a "House of the People" - with the power to "tax extreme wealth and fix Britain".

Maybe said assembly could sit somewhere like the Palace of Westminster?

"Let me be quite honest about it; I was idle, careless about my turnout—in army parlance, scruffy—and, due to the fact that I am inclined to roll when I walk, very unsmart on parade"

I think I would have got along well with Jorrocks 😃

Thanks! 🙏

@lmbd1418.bsky.social Horsey Great War question - Do you know how many horses a BEF cavalry Division would have as compared to an infantry Division please?

I'm trying to figure out by 1918, what proportion of the 4 legged burden was cavalry related, I know it was very small...

Bothering porn sites for ID verification

Well we could just have responsible government that invests in public services (I know this a radical idea) thereby saving money and making everything better in the long run, but that's not what the tit-starer is advocating though, is it?

They never existed

We know exactly what happens when we just print shit loads of money though

Well done you! Also Team Wegovy or au natural?

Honestly I think he's still paralysed by the fear of losing "working class voters"

He hasn't evolved since the Corbyn days and has no concept of leadership

Wegovy is a fucking miracle as far as I'm concerned

Thing is they've set the bar *incredibly low* for salary sacrifice. £2k is 5% of the median salary and its a frankly pathetic amount to be saving for retirement.

Do people actually need to be discouraged from saving for their retirement and therefore being a burden on the state in their old age?

As someone who produces said evidence, this is a tad disheartening 🥹

Sounds like he needs to cancel his Netflix subscription and stop buying lattes 😀

I'm sure getting rid of juries will work out fine though

@profanity.accountant good morning!

14. The government artificially restricting court “sitting days” - effectively closing perfectly usable courtrooms and forcing judges to stay at home, to make a tiny saving on court staff.

This happened regularly under the last government. The new lot are still doing it.

British and Canadian losses to cold injury in the ETO - 206. US losses between 46,000 and 71,000

There's a good reason British squaddies get a brew on whenever possible

Go long on avocado bathroom suites!

My prediction is no to all of the above

Army pauses use of Ajax armoured fighting vehicles after dozens of soldiers fall ill The Ministry of Defence said "around 30 personnel presented noise and vibration symptoms" after tests were carried out following an exercise.

Oh what a fucking surprise

news.sky.com/story/army-p...

@benskipper.bsky.social

Knocked 95 seconds off my 5k time this morning, and saw my first sub-6 minute km in well over 5 years

#running

Yes yes, very impressive much virtuoso but... WHERE DID HIS GUITAR GO!?

The background music to Malta is the near constant patter of birdshot pellets landing on the ground nearby