I hereby declare this to be legal tender.

#Farage is saying: "Please note: we are only interested in taking over financially successful, affluent councils. If your area has any actual problems that might need solving, we ain't interested". Yours Sincerely, the Man of the People xx www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The BBC is reporting that a university has issued a warning about Wuthering Heights. Apparently it '... includes themes of misogyny, racism and homophobia ...' I've read the book, and I don't recall any racism or homophobia, though misogyny was a given at that time. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It's a good thing that the price of oil is rocketing. I bet Trump never considered that his war on Iran would be a good thing for the climate. Meanwhile, NPR is reporting, "El Niño is set to take hold this summer, driving up global temperatures". 😢 www.npr.org/2026/03/12/n...

The latest wind report from my local airfield*; EGVA: 220° at 26 knots, gusting 37. Not a very sensible day for going out on my bike, but then I'm not a very sensible person. (*That will be RAF Fairford, so I'm hoping that's too windy for the Yank's B-1 bombers).

The Bank of England has only put non royals on bank notes since 1970. Farage and Co. losing their minds over a relatively modern tradition.

How about Churchill with a rhino he has shot on the £5? That should make everyone happy

Kīlauea is putting on a fine show right now, but one of the live stream cameras was a little too close to the action. www.youtube.com/live/tk0tfYD...

Today I will mostly be trying to bribe people with cheap petrol, in the hope that they will forget that I have been cheering on the orange idiot whose war is pushing up fuel prices.

My crazy prediction? Trump will do a "Mission Accomplished" thing and then blame the lack of regime change on "cowardly" Iranians not rising up and overthrowing the government. He'll then move on to some other distraction. I give it a week or so tops.

This seems pretty bad for the environment.

Sometimes this AI stuff has uses. Yesterday, I asked it for an example of an A-Level* English Lit exam question on Jane Eyre. (*A-level is a 17-18 year old school exam in the UK). At 59 going on 60, maybe I'm too old for that, but maybe not, needless to say, it is an interesting question.

Rejected retirement plans #001. Demolishing the kitchen and extending the garden room to create the necessary platform for my man for man recreation of the battle of Waterloo in 1/32 scale. Reason. There's not enough Umbro paint in the world. Also. M'Lady B thinks it's silly.

“.. no announcement, no ceremony, no news cameras — just two employees on their routine overnight shift working while most of Washington slept.” @washingtonpost.com #J6 www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

news.sky.com/liveblog-web... That works for me. Personally I would turn all our ships around and deny the Tangerine Traitor the use of our home and overseas facilities. What a thin skinned idiot he is

What a fantastic FA Cup game, Wexham V Chelsea. The Reds against the Blues (and even the ref was in traditional black). End to end stuff, and a quite brilliant goal by Wrexham's Sam Smith. In the end Chelsea's (supposed) class won out, but they must have been worried.

Of course this USAF B-1 Lancer heavy bomber now landing at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, UK is only going to drop its 34 tonne payload "defensively" on Iranian ballistic missiles and attack drones and NOT on Iranian school girls, women, children or hospitals. Isn't that right Herr Starmer?

That explains the racket I heard earlier today. It was a B-1 flying over my house enroute to USAF Fairford (no idea why the BBC calls it RAF). There was no ADB-S data, so I had no idea what it was, but I guess it's too old for such "modern" stuff. Same with the B52s. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“Iran is run by religious fanatics.”

While listening to the news on the radio, a word came to mind. Lachrymosity.

Movies found a loophole in human morality: tragic backstory, hungry family, a pursuer with the persistence of a tax audit — and everyone backs him like this was the obvious choice. Ethics become extremely flexible once a chain gang kicks off the opening number. Wordle 1,719 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I just received some junk mail from ReformUK. Initially I tried to set fire to it with some matches, but it wouldn't burn. Yep!!! Maybe they'd thought of that, which is sort of worrying? Not to be defeated though, I then attacked it with a blow torch. I'm no longer disappointed.

So both Macron and Carney have made a u-turn and now called the attacks on Iran unlawful and a breach of international law and norms. Lets see how long it takes Starmer to do a u-turn if he dares or Merz for that matter.

Trump sounds mad. Proper nuts. But more than anything he sounds REALLY rattled as he rants and raves about Britain. If Starmer sticks to his guns I suspect this will all play in his favour.

Mr Pip hath attended the veterinarians this night, and almost no blood wath spilt. Cost. 0.36 sheds.

Reading through the latest court cases of interest on ballii.org I came across one that is truly absurd. Two neighbours arguing over a tiny bit of land, ~2sqm, if that. The case must have cost thousands. I'm not sure which side won, but their lawyers certainly did. www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKU...

The Dow is now WAY below 50,000. Release all the Epstein files, Pam.

Good evening everyone

Reform and Farage should f**k off about the outcome of yesterday's result in Manchester.

Anyway. M'Lady B had an appointment to x-ray her knee (don't ask) yesterday. Big up the #NHS. 27 minutes it took. Absolute fucking stars, each and every one.

“.. risk insurers on Saturday submitted cancellation notices for policies covering ships moving through the key oil chokepoint, brokers told the FT, with prices set to rise as much as 50 per cent in the coming days.” @financialtimes.com #Iran www.ft.com/content/2dc1...

No authorisation of Congress. No international backing. Just a demented old man, terrified that his deepest, ugliest secrets will come to light. Who made his solemn announcement wearing a USA baseball cap. Many schoolgirls are already dead. What have you come to, America...?😢 x.com/i/status/202...

Liverpool thrash West Ham 5-2. I can sort of see why Hammer's forward, Jarrod Bowen, got me 2 points in FF for his defensive contribution. It's a funny old world.

Iran is run by cunts. Israel is run by cunts. The USA is run by cunts.

So many innocent people will suffer & die because of this unnecessary war. youtu.be/3PC4ZPX_URI

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2, Aston Villa 0. Who saw that one coming? I had Matty Cash in my FF team, he's scored me a big fat nothing. Ho hum, though the amusing part is that I used to work in Solihull with some Villa fans. They won't be happy tonight.

Pretty sure they brought in the wrong First Lady to testify...🤔😏

I'm Welsh, though because of a century of English repression, I only learned a handful of Welsh words as a kid, but this news story outrages me. None Welsh speakers could be barred from a new housing development. This is so wrong. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Kemi Badenoch *ignoring the satnav and driving straight into the sea* : ‘This raises serious questions about the leadership of Keir Starmer.’

Time to ditch the House of Lords. A law on assisted dying passed by the commons, by our elected representatives and deliberately sabotaged by this unelected body, full of people with no honour, is not democracy. Ignore the Lords and pass this law.

But but Kate wore a lovely dress last night……

Hard working royals earning respect for our country through their unique soft power. God we are so lucky to have them. www.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/...

The current threat of an attack by the US did not begin with any failure by Iran to negotiate. On the contrary, it began with the United States’ repudiation of negotiations that had already succeeded.

Don't forget this either - just keep the cünts talking, far better than abuse

On the front page of my local newspaper's website, the Swindon Advertiser. Only in Swindon would a McDonald's be classed as a cultural attraction, and now apparently, it will soon be a 24hr attraction. I can't wait.

When did this last happen. It's currently NOT raining anywhere* in the UK. (*Well it might be raining in Shetland, there's no radar, but it is cloud free).

Does that include Melania? You know he’s going to try and squeeze some money out of this.

Just to warn all of us who still use M$s windows*, it will be doing a mandatory reboot tonight if you use win 10 or win 11. (*I have a linux box for important stuff).

Most of the world sees building bridges as a good thing. Not Trump. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...