Embattled Rishi Sunak tells us this morning that, "This is the year that Britain will bounce back!", that, "There is a real sense that the economy is turning the corner." What world is he living in? Is he pissed? On drugs? Growth, just about the most important indicator of econom...

I'll admit SD, I'd come up with a couple of alternative ideas that were too near the knuckle for even me to suggest. ;) -----0----- Who comes up with these ridiculous names for training exercises and operations etc in Nato and the like. 'Operation Steadfast Defender.' That's the latest cringe induci...

(Continued from above, but freestanding if you get me.) Did anyone else see that 'hot mic' incident with Biden following his state of the nation speech? Surrounded by congratulatory politicians and in the presence of Blinken and one or two others, he was being pressed to keep up the pressure on Neta...

Here we (might) go again. Panicked by poll figures that put them 20 points behind Labour as they approach the general election, tories are gathering themselves into a cabal to mount a challenge to the Sunak premiership and replace him with the middle-of-the-road candidate Penny Mordaunt, who you may...

Don't exactly know what is going on in Ukraine, but it doesn't sound good. There's a dearth of news these days on the ongoing conflict, now into its (what) third year? But such news as does filter through, despite our media having lost interest in the conflict as a result of the Israel-Gaza massacre...

Now let's have a look. A Conservative Party donor is shown to have historically said in a meeting that the sight of Labour MP Diane Abbot's face makes him want to hate all black women and that he thinks that she should be shot. Accepting that these comments were probaby made with a degree of hyperbo...

:lol: Absolutely Av. I mean, WTF! Those are certainly values, but British values? It's been a long time since we could place any claim on any of them as the values we hold to. It beggars belief that this stuff is reported in serious media outlets without them ever raising the point that if you are g...

Michael Gove, the Levelling Up Secretary, is currently working on a new definition of what constitutes extremism, and this has elicited a dual warning from both the Archbishops of Canterbury and York that he risks "vilification of the wrong people" as well as threatening freedom of speech ...

Oppenheimer, Oppenheimer, Oppenheimer. Not Barbie, not Barbie, not Barbie. No Saltburn, no Saltburn, no Saltburn. And in what world can Sandra Huller's magnificent portrayal of Hedwig Hoss not have won the Best Actress Award (never mind The Zone of Interest not winning Best Film)? Her performance go...

I saw it and enjoyed it up to a point.

Not enough however that on discovering this thread, I can recall enough (many months later) to make a worthwhile response to the posting. This in itself perhaps says all that needs to be said about the film.

Now let's look at the Legacy Independent Funeral Directors stor (and the important twist in the tail that I promise, you are not going to see reported anywhere else in the damn country!) The story started with the police turning up at the business for a look-see, following the receipt of a number of...

What an odd day for news. There's the debacle of the Princess of Wales' photo release, her first 'public appearance' since undergoing major abdominal surgery for.....who knows what, and then the bizarre story of the removal of 34 corpses from funeral parlours in Hull following the questioning of the...

'Shocking CNN report puts Israel to shame', posted by Novara Media on YouTube. Anyone who doubts the obscenity of what is transpiring in Gaza should watch the above horrendous YouTube posting. I defy you to do so and not come away feeling that a boundary has been crossed that can no longer be ignore...

Now that sounds interesting SoulBiter! Definitely going to check it out. :) Actually I have seen Plane . Yeah, fun enough, as was that one with a guy getting chased by a lion in Africa. But one absolute gem, which I think might have been from 2022 (can't be sure) was The Vast of Night . Oh my God (s...

With each passing day the economic truth hidden within Jeremy Hunt's budget emerges and the voices raised in opposition get louder. The Institute of Fiscal Studies, a right-wing economic research institute based in London, has said that it struggles to see where the cuts implicit in Hunt's statement...

Waking up in America today, you'd be forgiven for wondering if the geriatrics had taken over the rest-home? Faced with a third election of Trump vs Biden (and there was speculation whether the latter was up to the job during the first one), we see a contest between two men, neither of whom should be...

Today, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will unveil his last budget before the next general election. He is expected to knock 2p off national insurance, which would save a family earning the average disposable income around 900 quid a year. This is reckoned by the number crunchers of the treasury to be far ch...

OK - I'll give it a shot in due course. If I'm successful, you may have cause to regret this help Menolly: the amount of rubbish content I watch in any given day is truly overwhelming! Be prepared for a significant proportion to start appearing here! (Cadbury Cream Eggs deep fried in sausage meat, a...

It's becoming increasingly clear that Jeremy Hunt hasn't got a pot to piss in ,for when he delivers his spring budget statement tomorrow, despite having made big promises and dropping hints like confetti at a wedding over the last few months. Laura Keunsberg pulled him up about it on her Sunday show...

Apropos my above post, the above article appears on the front page of today's Times (always a keen participant in the vilification of the UK Muslim community) under the headline.... Definition of 'extremism' will be widened Ministers are to broaden the government's definition of extremism as part of...