I've just taken some timber to the tip. In Salford there used to be the odd scraggy pigeon or seagull. Here however, I counted eight of these.

Jacob Rees Mogg on Newsnight yet again. BBC balance provides us with Zia Yusuf who is not a cigarette paper away from Mogg on policy. Yusuf is laughably incoherent and Caroline Lucas and Victoria rip him to bits. For context, Jacob Rees Mog is a cunt. #newsnight

Diplomatic post from Andy Burnham. Could've just called Ratcliffe a racist twat...

Durand Jones & The Indications - New Century Hall

From Epstein files: "reported an unidentified female friend forced to perform oral sex on President Trump approximately 35 years ago in NJ. The friend told Alexis that she was approximately 13-14 years old when this occurred. and the friend allegedly bit President Trump while performing oral sex."

An email from Epstein's creepy lawyer, Paul Tweed, which is noteworthy because it fails to recommend suing Private Eye. Paul Tweed is very keen for everyone to know that he parted ways with Epstein.😲 More power to Lord Gnome's organ.

Arsenal fans are really hilarious. I hate citeh with a vengeance but I'd rather see them win the league on the last day of the season so I can continue to enjoy Arsenal fans spontaneously combusting on a daily basis. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Had a spot of dinner in Cafe Istanbul this afto. Just us and what appeared to be 20 or so prop forwards from Azerbaijan. Probably best if the Young Guvnors stop at home tonight.😱

The Irish Traitors is brilliant, but if they had a swear box there'd be no fucking prize money left...

Not normally an admirer of the C&W genre at all, but this seems appropriate today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWUa...

Excited to watch Match of the Day tonight for some reason. Pretty bloody rare event that!

@sentimentbot.bsky.social‬ What? Me?

Ooh hello! Strange, big yellow thing in the sky.🥳

@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social Would it be possible to have some sort of health warning when you're having Gillian Keegan on. If not, can someone turn her microphone down. It's bad enough having to listen to her at all, but she just yells all the time. Ta!

Jacob Rees Mogg on Newsnight saying he believes it's OK to be rude about public figures. For context, Jacob Rees Mogg is cunt.

The Government's solution to this crock of shite appears to be to transfer administration of the scheme to a new provider. Capita! It's like they haven't bothered examining Crapita's record of running the Teacher's scheme.🤬🤬🤬 www.theguardian.com/money/2025/d...

So, who to believe then? Mr Bankole or the lying, racist, bullying, frog faced twat. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I may have called Nigel Farage a frog faced, racist twat. But I did it without malice. Or did I? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The Government has given me a £200 winter fuel payment I don't need. I'm donating it to The Booth Centre which supports people affected by homelessness in Manchester. Donations are match funded through The Big Give, so it's magically become £400. Go on! donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

It's the old fella's funeral today. I'm assuming he's not got any heavenly influence yet, otherwise he would've organised better weather.☔☔☔

I've spent the evening writing the eulogy for my Dad's funeral. I've just finished and saw that Liverpool had got slaughtered again. It's cheered me up no end. I'm sure the old fella would've been delighted too. Thanks lads.

San Sebastián 10k this morning. The Mrs got the PB we came for. I am now going to consume my body weight in Pintxos and Txachouli. 😎

Uh oh! Here we go.

Guilty gobshite Joey Barton has 2.7 million followers on Twitter apparently. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Free stickers suitable for flag-bearing lampposts. Send a large A4 envelope with a 1st class large stamp to me at Bragg Office, PO Box 6830 Bridport DT6 9BH and I’ll send you a sheet. #ReclaimtheFlag 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧

#WhenTaken #587 (06.10.2025) I scored 795/1000🏅 1️⃣📍14.8K km - 🗓️4 yrs - 🥉96/200 2️⃣📍1.5K km - 🗓️9 yrs - 🥈147/200 3️⃣📍22.8 km - 🗓️4 yrs - 🥇195/200 4️⃣📍316 km - 🗓️15 yrs - 🥈160/200 5️⃣📍931 m - 🗓️3 yrs - 🥇197/200 whentaken.com

#WhenTaken #585 (04.10.2025) I scored 944/1000👑 1️⃣📍8.7 km - 🗓️1 yrs - 🥇199/200 2️⃣📍397 km - 🗓️6 yrs - 🥇181/200 3️⃣📍209 m - 🗓️0 yrs - 🥇200/200 4️⃣📍789 m - 🗓️12 yrs - 🥇179/200 5️⃣📍360 km - 🗓️4 yrs - 🥇185/200 whentaken.com

#WhenTaken #581 (30.09.2025) I scored 692/1000🎗️ 1️⃣📍3.6K km - 🗓️35 yrs - 🎗️34/200 2️⃣📍522 km - 🗓️5 yrs - 🥇179/200 3️⃣📍21.8 km - 🗓️13 yrs - 🥇175/200 4️⃣📍667 m - 🗓️2 yrs - 🥇198/200 5️⃣📍4.0K km - 🗓️13 yrs - 🥉106/200 whentaken.com

University Challenge answers finally hit my area of expertise: Gladys Knight Curtis Mayfield Edwin Starr Al Green

The BBC decided the best person to give a view about Andy Burnham as a potential leader for Labour was Neil Coyle MP. Coyle's achievements include foul and abusive language, fat shaming, racism, bullying, fiddling expenses, sexual harassment and being barred from bars at Westminster. Great choice

*Hangs up WhenTaken bat. #WhenTaken #576 (25.09.2025) I scored 949/1000👑 1️⃣📍353 km - 🗓️4 yrs - 🥇185/200 2️⃣📍253 km - 🗓️5 yrs - 🥇186/200 3️⃣📍291 km - 🗓️2 yrs - 🥇188/200 4️⃣📍696 m - 🗓️0 yrs - 🥇200/200 5️⃣📍70.1 km - 🗓️6 yrs - 🥇190/200 whentaken.com

Oh. Doing what Richard Tice told them. Unbelievable. Looking forward to Starmer telling us the North is a priority at the Labour Party Conference. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Watching The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money on ITV. There's a significant number of people who should be in Gaol. Hats off to ITV, Private Eye, The Good Law Project and anyone else involved in this. VIP Lanes giving public money away to Tory donors without any lawful basis.

Flying home today. Weather in the NW looks dodgy. Will I need my big coat then?😢

Game's gone.🙄 www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Portimonense v Sporting B. 1-2 Ten men Lisbon cheat and foul their way to a late winner despite having a man sent off and some attempted soft pen in their favour chicanery. Late winner for the dirty, cheating sons of Jose.

Out for tapas this evening. In Portugal? Oh Yes!

#WhenTaken #562 (11.09.2025) I scored 854/1000🏆 1️⃣📍7.8 km - 🗓️9 yrs - 🥇187/200 2️⃣📍58.0 km - 🗓️8 yrs - 🥇186/200 3️⃣📍172 km - 🗓️6 yrs - 🥇186/200 4️⃣📍3.0K km - 🗓️20 yrs - 🥉95/200 5️⃣📍1.2 km - 🗓️0 yrs - 🥇200/200 whentaken.com

The BBC finally feels it has to publish something about the Johnson leaks. Mr Wafic Said, who gave £2.6M to the Tories, is unable to remember the content of his conversation with Johnson "due to his age". He's 85. I hope someone's got power of attorney. www.bbc.com/news/article...

The Guardian leading with huge stories of Boris Johnson’s cheating, lying and corruption. BBC website not a word after weeks of pursuing Rayner. 🤷‍♂️

#WhenTaken #558 (07.09.2025) I scored 759/1000🏅 1️⃣📍171 km - 🗓️4 yrs - 🥇189/200 2️⃣📍4.8K km - 🗓️22 yrs - 🎗️69/200 3️⃣📍1.1K km - 🗓️2 yrs - 🥈166/200 4️⃣📍285 km - 🗓️1 yrs - 🥇189/200 5️⃣📍2.3K km - 🗓️1 yrs - 🥈146/200 whentaken.com

Our hotel has the best poolside music ever. Durand Jones, Curtis, Charles Wright, Temptations, Sharon Jones, Aretha, O’Jays, Natasha Watts, Shirley Brown. Not a bad tune all day. The Mrs thinks I have bribed them.

@profanity.accountant I maintain I only swear at Nazis.

Waiting on the bus at Faro to transfer to the hotel . A couple in their sixties turn up legless. Driver refuses to let them on. She tries to demonstrate she’s sober but falls over. Twice. It’s 10.30 am. *Waves union flag.

#WhenTaken #552 (01.09.2025) I scored 866/1000🏆 1️⃣📍6.3 km - 🗓️1 yrs - 🥇199/200 2️⃣📍604 km - 🗓️3 yrs - 🥇179/200 3️⃣📍1.5K km - 🗓️1 yrs - 🥈159/200 4️⃣📍847 km - 🗓️6 yrs - 🥈168/200 5️⃣📍1.3K km - 🗓️4 yrs - 🥈161/200 whentaken.com

#WhenTaken #551 (31.08.2025) I scored 759/1000🏅 1️⃣📍5.8 km - 🗓️17 yrs - 🥈164/200 2️⃣📍2.5K km - 🗓️4 yrs - 🥈141/200 3️⃣📍780 km - 🗓️1 yrs - 🥇176/200 4️⃣📍30.3 km - 🗓️2 yrs - 🥇197/200 5️⃣📍5.8K km - 🗓️17 yrs - 🥉81/200 whentaken.com

#WhenTaken #549 (29.08.2025) I scored 873/1000🏆 1️⃣📍1.0K km - 🗓️4 yrs - 🥈166/200 2️⃣📍198 km - 🗓️7 yrs - 🥇184/200 3️⃣📍2.5 km - 🗓️10 yrs - 🥇185/200 4️⃣📍390 km - 🗓️5 yrs - 🥇183/200 5️⃣📍1.1 km - 🗓️20 yrs - 🥈155/200 whentaken.com Boom!

Had a stroll round Wayoh and Entwistle reservoirs with the hound. United Utilities seem to have misplaced all the water. Hose pipe ban incoming.