Reminds me of one of those 'Worst tenant ever' stories of landlords finally repossessing their totally trashed properties.

An excellent piece by Zion here. The assessment of the risk of inaction is rarely considered in development planning. It was something in the nuclear industry that we had to do when proposing modification to the plant or processes. open.substack.com/pub/zionligh...

As I commented a couple of days ago, what could possibly go wrong?

They clearly didn't live in the areas of the country or worked in the industries her policies destroyed. I have formed the opinion that your views on her directly correlate with how prosperous your home town was in 1989 compared with 1979. Mine went from comfortable to East European-level poverty.

Herberts of Kent, is this what you voted for? #VoteSmarter #ReformAreNotYourFriends

Unlike the Romans, what has the Labour Party ever done for us is available to your email account: act.labour.org.uk/p/sign_up

You can just feel Apple's share price taking off as we speak:

Indeed. Still mistaking obedience to the billionaire overlords for belonging. When will they ever learn?

Captain Obvious on good form here. We know the material & depth of it we're in. So what's going to be done to get us out of it? I think it's been long enough. Let's have some well overdue honesty from our government with a [checks notes] majority of 148 seats & get a rejoin application in pronto.

About time the US bluff was called. Don't want a viable shipping industry fit for this century's environmental challenges? Fine. We [the rest of the world] will stop supplying your country by sea.

The ostrich still gets eaten. That pesky reality thing wins in the end but perhaps the plan is to put off the inevitable until he's dead.

Marcus makes a good point about climate-driven migration here. Within a few decades most of equatorial Africa, Middle East & parts of Southern Europe will be uninhabitable. Rather ironic that those most against immigration are also the most passionate about continuing to burn fossil fuels.

Pretty low odds on today's Spot the Herbert competition:

It is amazing just how far round the twist it is possible to be. The torsional resilience of these people has to be seen to be believed. #VoteSmarter

As a certain Mr. Geller might have exclaimed: 'Pivot!' #SingleMarketCustomsUnionNow

Politicians hosting their own TV shows? Just say No! act.38degrees.org.uk/act/ban-poli...

As the nuclear industry's favourite, Homer Simpson, might say: 'The perpetrators have gotten away Scott free....so far' Tick-tock.

Potholes - they're a complete mystery to do with increased rainfall and the weight of electric cars. ...or maybe because the roads budget has been cut by 30% since 2009. Calamity Cameron and Austerity Osborne cast a long shadow.

That they have destroyed the US tourism industry is self-evident. The more interesting question is why? In whose interest is the destruction? Who profits and how? The money needs to be followed.

Indeed. When you think of the political capital expended by @uklabour.bsky.social over the Winter Fuel Allowance changes which brought in £1.5 billon per year. Brexit is costing £40 billion/year. Let's stop searching the sofa for loose change when there's a fortune to be had by reversing Brexit.

So, herberts, migrants will be expected to practice English at A-Level standard as, presumably, do all of you. Here's a little test for you: If the subject pronoun is "we" and the object pronoun is '"us" what is the associated possessive adjective? I'll give you a clue: It doesn't begin with "a"

What say you @ofcom ?

The destruction of British manufacturing with the sky-high interest rates & over-valued £. Take tens of thousands of businesses & bankrupt them with the destruction of their exporting ability while simultaneously make re-investment unaffordable. The multi-generational legacy of The Awful Thatcher.

If anyone wants to really understand the legacy of The Awful Thatcher, go to Dudley or Hartlepool and compare how ordinary people's lives are today, over 40 years on from her first disastrous first term, compared with how they were in the 1970s. No wonder the populists are topping the polls.

Indeed. No matter how much lipstick they tried to put on Brexit it was still distinctly porcine. Time to put it out of its misery and begin the rather embarrassing journey back to as close as we'll be allowed to our former EU status.

Sounds like a plan:

Am I surprised? The main problem with all these issues is what redress does the justice system have in these cases and whether it chooses to deploy them. I'm predicting absolutely nothing will happen. Which is the problem.

Meanwhile, in Triumph TR4 restoration news, the engine rebuild is underway:

A golden opportunity to transform UK steel into the green steel production system it needs to become.

Another Brexit benefit arriving. How much more winning can Britain take? #SingleMarketCustomsUnionNow

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The true tragedy is that they never think it's going to happen to them, do they? It's best served cold and when they think they've got away with it but, whenever it does arrive, it's going to be a joy to behold.

Dear herberts, it's you he's referring to. You've been royally had over. Time to admit it so the country has a chance of recovering before it's too late. #reformarenotyourfriends

At long last travelling from Darkest Suffolk to 'that London' is going to be far more wholesome:

Well, what say you @ofcom.bsky.social ?

Poor Bertie. The Treatos diet clearly not suiting him. Needs to go outside more.

I read 'around' as 'into'. Amazing what the sub-conscious mind is capable of.

I think the polite response is total silence which is what I believe the US Generals used. The British military response would have been a tad more direct, started with 'You' and ended with 'right off'.

The trick is to use other people's before you have to use your own.

A clearer explanation of present day America it is hard to imagine. Religion REQUIRES complete suppression of critical thinking to exist at all. Having achieved this in a society, they'll essentially believe anything those in charge want them to believe. #ThinkNotBelieve

There's nominative determinism then there's this:

We now understand why the ancient Egyptians painstakingly chiselled off any reference to the previous pharaoh from the walls of the temples. Personally, a nice cooling tower-style demolition would seem fitting.

Darkest Suffolk maintaining its unique place in the world. Living amongst it for the last 31 years, it no longer surprises me:

George. Still got it:

With No. 11 trying to find loose change down the back of the sofa whilst £40 billion/year is sat on the table for the taking if we rejoin EU Customs Union & Single Market, any reset of this insanity is worth pursuing. No fan of @andyburnham.bsky.social but if he gets this to happen he gets my vote.

Mrs. N. has announced that we are renouncing and boycotting Strictly this year. Something about being judged by the [TV] company we keep. BBC might do well to learn from Disney's recent experience. #StrictlyBoycott

Never forget they don't want you healthy, they want you to DIE! #GetTheDamnVaccine

A refreshing change from the looney-tunes. Facts matter.

There is a small part of me that instead wants the herberts to drive the 219 miles to Glasgow and put up England flags. That would be worth watching. #reformarenotyourfriends

It's at that point that you'd really like Rachel Reeves to be sitting behind him and tap him on the shoulder.