Mornin' Here's a fun start to the day. www.newsweek.com/nobel-prize-...

If you go on a once in a lifetime holiday you can still go somewhere else and say that's a once in a lifetime holiday. In fact, if you never go on holiday to the same place twice then every one of them will be a once in a lifetime holiday. Works with restaurants, zoos, brothels. Anything really.

Tonight's track... Up The Junction - Squeeze youtu.be/MxBAGvE87tg?...

Nothing Robbins says will alter the fact that Starmer was not told of vetting concerns about Mandelson. Mandelson would not have been appointed had Starmer known. Starmer didn’t lie. End of.

Instead of worrying about Starmer I’m looking at Polanski, Badenoch, Davey & Farage & worrying about them. Starmer is head & shoulders above them. All parties, including Labour, would do well to get their houses in order before 2028/29. Decide who you are, eject the flotsam

On my wall this morning

We should collect all the extraneous esses used at the end of Tesco in Britain and send them to the USA to be used at the end of math.

They are holding a "mishap investigation". It could result in a high score on the oopsie scale www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Tonight's track... Love Is Like A Butterfly - Clare Torry youtu.be/TWFWZcHpLe4?...

Monday morning and off to work. Thought I was focused on the job ahead and then randomly I thought wtf* are there 26 bishops in the House of Lords. It's not the bloody middle ages. *Usually "what" but is "why" in this instance.

"Up to 20ft" makes no sense. It was either 20ft or another amount of ft. You don't step into a 20ft hole but only fall 15ft. Pedantry aside, I hope she is alright. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Tonight's track... Shine Your Buttons With Brasso - John Roberts & Tony Barrand youtu.be/X_NYLHBaHcw?...

Has anyone got any experience of Substack? I've been asked to write a regular finance feature aimed at older folks and I know nothing about that platform

The FBI Director, the DC US Attorney, and the Secretary of Defense walk into a bar. Apparently like every day.

My posts are very different when I am on my phone without my glasses doing an "outside broadpost". A kind of peek into the future when I'm up to about 35% doolally but before I get to 50% doolally

So I'm waiting for my train and this happens...

I like the way railway stations now put signs up saying "Accident Hotspot". Been using trains for decades and never even thought to look where I could have one. Now, when I feel like having A nifty trip or bump on the head, I can go straight to the best place to have it.

Have a mooch, have a mooch, maybe wear a bandana 🎵

It's a nice day so I'm off out for the morning. Work can wait until this afternoon. Going to have a mooch around the farmers market in Exeter.

“You have to stop listening in categories. The music is either good or it's bad.” — Duke Ellington

Baking set to opera. Found this weirdly satisfying.

I do not want to create an account or open a subscription I just want to buy a thing and never hear from you again why is this so hard.

MSM still going full throttle on the Mandelson distraction that nobody but the Westminster bubble gives a toss about.

Tobight's track... Hot Jazz Biscuits - Urbanator youtu.be/E2Lyl1ziPJc?...

Been reading up on bananas (was on hold for a while to a solicitors) and there's quite a few varieties. The one thing that they have in common though is that they all curve to the left.

I wonder if @number10cat.bsky.social has seen this... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sneeze 1. No snot on me hand Sneeze 2. No snot on me hand Sneeze 3. Snot on me hand Sneeze now stops sneezing and is smug.

Tonight's track... Thank You For The Music - Abba youtu.be/0dcbw4IEY5w?...

UK tourism could get an Autumn boost following this visit. If Charlie meets Vance we could be looking at a coronation come September or October. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"I could feed five thousand people with this, you know."

Tonight's track... Ragtime Cowboy Joe - Bob Roberts youtu.be/BR8-IxpM8Ro?...

Tonight's track... What's The Story In Balamory youtu.be/GWBAINpDuvk?...

A white handkerchief dyed blue... youtube.com/shorts/VR3xa...

I've spent a lot of this evening listening to Ravel & Chopin while watching the results come in from Hungary and it's been lovely. Have had two cups of tea as well.

Really hoping that JD Vance is going to campaign for Farage and whatever the name of his company will be at the next election.

Tonight's track... Gladys Knight - Baby Don't Change Your Mind youtu.be/qti6m8iEORQ?...

Watched the Artemis news conference last night, Four amazing people backed by thousands of amazingly clever people. Sometimes I forget just how genius and brave humans can be. Shame politicians got in on the event, but that's the necessary negative yan to the positive yin I suppose

This iws the kind of thing I often come across. Scares the life out of homeowners, especially elderly ones. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Been in AF now for 14 hours. It's like having a Porsche engine in a Citroen 2CV and I'm very bored with it now.

I hate lanyards.

Tonight's Track... Ringo Starr - Octopus's Garden youtu.be/V-BdGchS0yk?...

Have to say this has come as a bit of a shock. Think you know something and then have that belief turned on it's head. Going to take a while to get to grips with this but ultimately it's better to know the truth, heal, and move on. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I'm fascinated by the figures on the bottom right www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3kR...

Tonight's Track... Freddie & The Dreamers - I'm Telling You Now youtu.be/3uJb90rwxRk?...

Happy first day of the tax year for those who celebrate!

Tonight's track... All My Love - Coldplay & Dick Van Dyke youtu.be/pSeaHfkd3M8?...

Been in the car a fair bit this week. Listened to this and would recommend it to anyone with an interest in social media. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...

Tonight's track... Yesterday When I Was Young - Roy Clark youtu.be/GqU5xcQJ-YE?...