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  • Big_G_NorthWalesBig_G_NorthWales Posts: 70,289
    edited March 5
    Spurs 1 Palace 2 and Spurs down to 10 men

    Relegation fight just get's real

    Spurs 1 Palace 3

    Fans walking out and not half time yet
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 58,248

    OMG

    It is happening, Spurs getting relegated the season Arsenal win the title.

    Hopefully it won't be the Hammers along with them!
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 58,323

    boulay said:

    dixiedean said:

    Brixian59 said:

    The sheer hypocricy of Right Wing Media labelling a proud Jew whose father escaped the Gas Chambers as anti semitic for standing up to the Zionist Barbarians in Tel Aviv and Washington is beyond parody.

    Thank God for Miliband, Thornberry and others who stand up for their faith but stand up to the barbarian Zionists who tar and tarnish it.

    Kemikazie and Farage and their bloodthirsty morons should take note and learn some history.

    May Israel and all it's peace living majority be rid of these Fascists asap

    nonsense. Labour politicians never stood up for anything save for themselves.
    The only Labour leader who went to war was a lying duplicitous little shit.
    Never trust Labour in any war situation. The PM is and has been shown to be weak weak weak.
    Attlee did all right.
    Finished off the Japanese in months.
    Took the Tory years with no victory.
    Revisionist bullshit thinking. All the hard work was done. The Germans were defeated . The Japs were in full retreat. A couple of Nukes saw to the the end. Labour came to power but were thrown out and rightly so in 1951.
    Was that not a joke by DixieDean?
    Sorry a bit stressed due to personal circumstances. Never be an executor ... ever....
    But better an executor than an executioner...
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 86,856
    I thought this was a pisstake, but apparently not.
    https://x.com/JunkScience/status/2028834595345420744

    ...if climate denialists hired the LibDem chart team.
  • bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 23,345
    Spurs lead on 40 mins then manage to go into half time behind playing the rest of the game with 10 men. Championship next season looks a realistic possibility
  • Scott_xPScott_xP Posts: 42,759
    geoffw said:

    Why's Mark Twain trending?

    @evilincoln.bsky.social‬

    If you were considering starting a Fountains of Wayne tribute band, the name Fountains of Mark Wayne is wide open right now.
  • LeonLeon Posts: 66,883

    Leon said:

    The world is heading into a terrible turmoil of conflict and strife, with the threat of literal armageddon looming ahead, and an air of the endtimes pervading every waking human moment. This is possibly the most perilous time for us, as a species, as a planet, since the dawn of life

    On the other hand, I just made thirty grand selling an old flint, that I'd almost forgotten about, to some surprisingly eager Americans. So,. swings and roundabouts

    Film rights to an old book?

    Speaking of which, did you see that on one of the book sites, the blurb has been through a no doubt AI-assisted double translation making you a ‘great British writer’ and ‘Navy Street’ journalist?
    You seem to be confusing me with the ex-PBer @SeanT - who stalks me a fair amount, and sometimes steals my ideas

    Nonetheless, that is a hilarious AI inflection. Tho it's worth noting that, as a writer, he seems to have mastered multiple genres - bestselling memoir, bestselling Dan Brown-esque pulp fiction, bestselling literary thriller, high profile political commentary, and award-winning travel writing

    Is there another writer with that many rosettes in different arenas? Not sure. So maybe "great" is justified, out of sheer versatility

    I am, anyway, content with my success in the more refined world of artisanal bespoke lithic sex toys

  • MoonRabbitMoonRabbit Posts: 15,263

    HYUFD said:

    Kemi may have some problems though, only 8% of UK voters back and 15% of 2024 Tory voters support her demand the UK should send RAF jets to actively bomb Iran. Ironically her position is more favoured by Reform voters, 24% of whom back it, than voters of her own party.

    Whereas Starmer's position that any active UK support for action against Iran should be purely defensive or retaliatory is the overwhelming position of both UK voters and voters of his Labour party

    That position has changed today

    https://news.sky.com/story/defence-secretary-twice-declines-to-rule-out-britain-joining-strikes-on-iran-13515754
    There seems to be an awful lot on PB with no interest in the legality of this war. But Prime Minister Kemi Badenoch would have been beaten to a pulp in every media interview, like forever, about whether this was legal war or not. Opposition would have demanded enquiry into the legal advice. Media would be pressing on what the objective is.
    If you think Labour are getting a hard time from the media, they’ve certainly dodged “clubbed to death over legality of it.”

    It’s already going to create a credit crisis, inflation up, interest rates up, growth down, borrowing up at much higher rates - but the UK government DIDN’T chose to inflict all that on the British people. imagine if they had. As what clearly was improving UK economy goes into reverse throughout this year, based on Kemi Badenoch’s decision to follow Trump and Bibi into this war. PM Kemi and her government would be getting scythed into bits by owning and blamed for every inflation rise, every energy and petrol rise, interest rate rise, rising bills etc.

    She’s called it spectacularly wrong. Voters and journalists aren’t that stupid not to have noticed.
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 58,248

    boulay said:

    dixiedean said:

    Brixian59 said:

    The sheer hypocricy of Right Wing Media labelling a proud Jew whose father escaped the Gas Chambers as anti semitic for standing up to the Zionist Barbarians in Tel Aviv and Washington is beyond parody.

    Thank God for Miliband, Thornberry and others who stand up for their faith but stand up to the barbarian Zionists who tar and tarnish it.

    Kemikazie and Farage and their bloodthirsty morons should take note and learn some history.

    May Israel and all it's peace living majority be rid of these Fascists asap

    nonsense. Labour politicians never stood up for anything save for themselves.
    The only Labour leader who went to war was a lying duplicitous little shit.
    Never trust Labour in any war situation. The PM is and has been shown to be weak weak weak.
    Attlee did all right.
    Finished off the Japanese in months.
    Took the Tory years with no victory.
    Revisionist bullshit thinking. All the hard work was done. The Germans were defeated . The Japs were in full retreat. A couple of Nukes saw to the the end. Labour came to power but were thrown out and rightly so in 1951.
    Was that not a joke by DixieDean?
    Sorry a bit stressed due to personal circumstances. Never be an executor ... ever....
    But better an executor than an executioner...
    Darth Vader's super star destroyer was named the Executor...
  • Sean_FSean_F Posts: 40,662

    Earlier on this evening I took part in a poll by a BPC registered pollster asking me about step-families and step-mothers.

    Before long, it will be illegal to fantasise about a hot stepmother.
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 86,856

    boulay said:

    dixiedean said:

    Brixian59 said:

    The sheer hypocricy of Right Wing Media labelling a proud Jew whose father escaped the Gas Chambers as anti semitic for standing up to the Zionist Barbarians in Tel Aviv and Washington is beyond parody.

    Thank God for Miliband, Thornberry and others who stand up for their faith but stand up to the barbarian Zionists who tar and tarnish it.

    Kemikazie and Farage and their bloodthirsty morons should take note and learn some history.

    May Israel and all it's peace living majority be rid of these Fascists asap

    nonsense. Labour politicians never stood up for anything save for themselves.
    The only Labour leader who went to war was a lying duplicitous little shit.
    Never trust Labour in any war situation. The PM is and has been shown to be weak weak weak.
    Attlee did all right.
    Finished off the Japanese in months.
    Took the Tory years with no victory.
    Revisionist bullshit thinking. All the hard work was done. The Germans were defeated . The Japs were in full retreat. A couple of Nukes saw to the the end. Labour came to power but were thrown out and rightly so in 1951.
    Was that not a joke by DixieDean?
    Sorry a bit stressed due to personal circumstances. Never be an executor ... ever....
    Sympathy.
  • stodgestodge Posts: 16,212

    dixiedean said:

    Brixian59 said:

    The sheer hypocricy of Right Wing Media labelling a proud Jew whose father escaped the Gas Chambers as anti semitic for standing up to the Zionist Barbarians in Tel Aviv and Washington is beyond parody.

    Thank God for Miliband, Thornberry and others who stand up for their faith but stand up to the barbarian Zionists who tar and tarnish it.

    Kemikazie and Farage and their bloodthirsty morons should take note and learn some history.

    May Israel and all it's peace living majority be rid of these Fascists asap

    nonsense. Labour politicians never stood up for anything save for themselves.
    The only Labour leader who went to war was a lying duplicitous little shit.
    Never trust Labour in any war situation. The PM is and has been shown to be weak weak weak.
    Attlee did all right.
    Finished off the Japanese in months.
    Took the Tory years with no victory.
    Revisionist bullshit thinking. All the hard work was done. The Germans were defeated . The Japs were in full retreat. A couple of Nukes saw to the the end. Labour came to power but were thrown out and rightly so in 1951.
    It was men like Iain MacLeod, Reginald Maudling and Rab Butler in the Conservative Research Department in the Attlee years who convinced the Party they shouldn't rip up the Beveridge reforms or reverse the nationalisation of the Bank of England, the railways and the coal and steel industries.

    The Conservatives broke from the pre-war Chamberlin policies and embraced the post-war settlement simply offering to run it better and that's what happened after they won in October 1951.
  • boulayboulay Posts: 8,411

    OMG

    It is happening, Spurs getting relegated the season Arsenal win the title.

    That would make me sad, firstly Arsenal choking again would be hilarious and secondly I have a soft spot for Spurs from what must have been the 94/95 season with Klinsman and Petruscu etc. even as a Liverpool fan watching Klinsman come to England and give a sense of glamour when I was first exposed to watching football in pubs was great fun.
  • solarflaresolarflare Posts: 4,514
    boulay said:

    Nigelb said:

    The United States just voted with russia, China, and Niger against condemning attacks on Ukraine’s energy grid.
    https://x.com/NAFOvoyager/status/2029607214235689352

    And yet the US have requested Ukrainian help re dealing with Shahadd drones today.
    They don't do irony.
  • rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 63,436
    Nigelb said:

    Looks as though China has cornered the world market in tungsten, too.
    An essential material for, amongst other things, and awfully large proportion of arms production.

    They have banned its export fot dual use purposes.

    Just as everyone is trying to surge arms production.

    There's lots of potential tungsten production in the Iberian Peninsula. There's a huge deposit that straddles the Portugal-Spain border, which was priced out of the market by Chinese production, but which could probably be brought up to speed relatively quickly.
  • Sweeney74Sweeney74 Posts: 215
    Leon said:

    Leon said:

    The world is heading into a terrible turmoil of conflict and strife, with the threat of literal armageddon looming ahead, and an air of the endtimes pervading every waking human moment. This is possibly the most perilous time for us, as a species, as a planet, since the dawn of life

    On the other hand, I just made thirty grand selling an old flint, that I'd almost forgotten about, to some surprisingly eager Americans. So,. swings and roundabouts

    Film rights to an old book?

    Speaking of which, did you see that on one of the book sites, the blurb has been through a no doubt AI-assisted double translation making you a ‘great British writer’ and ‘Navy Street’ journalist?
    You seem to be confusing me with the ex-PBer @SeanT - who stalks me a fair amount, and sometimes steals my ideas

    Nonetheless, that is a hilarious AI inflection. Tho it's worth noting that, as a writer, he seems to have mastered multiple genres - bestselling memoir, bestselling Dan Brown-esque pulp fiction, bestselling literary thriller, high profile political commentary, and award-winning travel writing

    Is there another writer with that many rosettes in different arenas? Not sure. So maybe "great" is justified, out of sheer versatility

    I am, anyway, content with my success in the more refined world of artisanal bespoke lithic sex toys

    funny that you were both in the same shop buying cheap expensive wine the other day... did you say hi?
  • bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 23,345

    Spurs lead on 40 mins then manage to go into half time behind playing the rest of the game with 10 men. Championship next season looks a realistic possibility

    1-3
  • boulayboulay Posts: 8,411
    edited March 5

    boulay said:

    Nigelb said:

    The United States just voted with russia, China, and Niger against condemning attacks on Ukraine’s energy grid.
    https://x.com/NAFOvoyager/status/2029607214235689352

    And yet the US have requested Ukrainian help re dealing with Shahadd drones today.
    They don't do irony.
    Or Tungsteny based on NigelB’s earlier post about China cornering the market.
  • LeonLeon Posts: 66,883
    Sweeney74 said:

    Leon said:

    Leon said:

    The world is heading into a terrible turmoil of conflict and strife, with the threat of literal armageddon looming ahead, and an air of the endtimes pervading every waking human moment. This is possibly the most perilous time for us, as a species, as a planet, since the dawn of life

    On the other hand, I just made thirty grand selling an old flint, that I'd almost forgotten about, to some surprisingly eager Americans. So,. swings and roundabouts

    Film rights to an old book?

    Speaking of which, did you see that on one of the book sites, the blurb has been through a no doubt AI-assisted double translation making you a ‘great British writer’ and ‘Navy Street’ journalist?
    You seem to be confusing me with the ex-PBer @SeanT - who stalks me a fair amount, and sometimes steals my ideas

    Nonetheless, that is a hilarious AI inflection. Tho it's worth noting that, as a writer, he seems to have mastered multiple genres - bestselling memoir, bestselling Dan Brown-esque pulp fiction, bestselling literary thriller, high profile political commentary, and award-winning travel writing

    Is there another writer with that many rosettes in different arenas? Not sure. So maybe "great" is justified, out of sheer versatility

    I am, anyway, content with my success in the more refined world of artisanal bespoke lithic sex toys

    funny that you were both in the same shop buying cheap expensive wine the other day... did you say hi?
    Did he buy the other two bottles of that Barolo?

    Bastard
  • Peter_the_PunterPeter_the_Punter Posts: 15,454

    Brixian59 said:

    Brixian59 said:

    Brixian59 said:

    Brixian59 said:

    Watching James Mates ITN

    Lovely houses, nice districts, tens of thousands of hard working decent honest people forced to flee Lebanon. No where to do, done nothing wrong

    Because that megalananiac cunt wants more Arab blood.

    I challenge anyone to watch that and to excuse it.

    It's blood curling.

    It's like us having to flee London because he thinks Hezbollah have 5 members on Clapham.

    He has to be stopped

    Now!

    You have used a banned word that triggers the spam trap
    Thats being polite
    No seriously - avoid using the word if you respect our moderators
    I never use that word it is a vile word, my contempt for certain barbaric people left me lost for other words

    I apologise for anyone decent offended by it. Bartholomew excepted
    It is the moderators you need to apologise to
    I apologise to the moderators whoever they are.
    @TSE and @rcs1000

    Please don't get a ban. Judicious use of the asterisk works for particularly unparliamentary language.
    Backslang also works, as us tnucs well know.

    Rhyming slang can also be helpful.
    And Spoonerisms, like Karma Stunt
    Nah, that's a different gether altothing.
  • boulayboulay Posts: 8,411
    rcs1000 said:

    Nigelb said:

    Looks as though China has cornered the world market in tungsten, too.
    An essential material for, amongst other things, and awfully large proportion of arms production.

    They have banned its export fot dual use purposes.

    Just as everyone is trying to surge arms production.

    There's lots of potential tungsten production in the Iberian Peninsula. There's a huge deposit that straddles the Portugal-Spain border, which was priced out of the market by Chinese production, but which could probably be brought up to speed relatively quickly.
    Bad time for Trump to stop trade with Spain then.
  • MelonBMelonB Posts: 16,814
    Orlando, post number two.

    This place is the definition of the gilded cage. My work for the day done, if I were somewhere in a proper city I could head out for a walk to a museum or gallery, take in the atmosphere, perhaps do some local cafes or bars. If this were the countryside I could head out on a longer walk to a beauty spot, or if the seaside a stroll along the beach. But Orlando is extreme suburban inland America. Can’t go anywhere without a car, anything of interest (ie not a theme park) is an hour and a half or more and a £50 one way uber away. All that remains is reading a book and drinking.
  • Sweeney74Sweeney74 Posts: 215
    Leon said:

    Sweeney74 said:

    Leon said:

    Leon said:

    The world is heading into a terrible turmoil of conflict and strife, with the threat of literal armageddon looming ahead, and an air of the endtimes pervading every waking human moment. This is possibly the most perilous time for us, as a species, as a planet, since the dawn of life

    On the other hand, I just made thirty grand selling an old flint, that I'd almost forgotten about, to some surprisingly eager Americans. So,. swings and roundabouts

    Film rights to an old book?

    Speaking of which, did you see that on one of the book sites, the blurb has been through a no doubt AI-assisted double translation making you a ‘great British writer’ and ‘Navy Street’ journalist?
    You seem to be confusing me with the ex-PBer @SeanT - who stalks me a fair amount, and sometimes steals my ideas

    Nonetheless, that is a hilarious AI inflection. Tho it's worth noting that, as a writer, he seems to have mastered multiple genres - bestselling memoir, bestselling Dan Brown-esque pulp fiction, bestselling literary thriller, high profile political commentary, and award-winning travel writing

    Is there another writer with that many rosettes in different arenas? Not sure. So maybe "great" is justified, out of sheer versatility

    I am, anyway, content with my success in the more refined world of artisanal bespoke lithic sex toys

    funny that you were both in the same shop buying cheap expensive wine the other day... did you say hi?
    Did he buy the other two bottles of that Barolo?

    Bastard
    he probably didn't appreciate them either, what a cnt.
  • Peter_the_PunterPeter_the_Punter Posts: 15,454

    Spurs lead on 40 mins then manage to go into half time behind playing the rest of the game with 10 men. Championship next season looks a realistic possibility

    1-3
    So it is beginning to look like they will soon have the best stadium in the Championship.
  • geoffwgeoffw Posts: 9,507

    Brixian59 said:

    Brixian59 said:

    Brixian59 said:

    Brixian59 said:

    Watching James Mates ITN

    Lovely houses, nice districts, tens of thousands of hard working decent honest people forced to flee Lebanon. No where to do, done nothing wrong

    Because that megalananiac cunt wants more Arab blood.

    I challenge anyone to watch that and to excuse it.

    It's blood curling.

    It's like us having to flee London because he thinks Hezbollah have 5 members on Clapham.

    He has to be stopped

    Now!

    You have used a banned word that triggers the spam trap
    Thats being polite
    No seriously - avoid using the word if you respect our moderators
    I never use that word it is a vile word, my contempt for certain barbaric people left me lost for other words

    I apologise for anyone decent offended by it. Bartholomew excepted
    It is the moderators you need to apologise to
    I apologise to the moderators whoever they are.
    @TSE and @rcs1000

    Please don't get a ban. Judicious use of the asterisk works for particularly unparliamentary language.
    Backslang also works, as us tnucs well know.

    Rhyming slang can also be helpful.
    And Spoonerisms, like Karma Stunt
    Nah, that's a different gether altothing.
    Polari?

  • TheuniondivvieTheuniondivvie Posts: 46,903
    Jeezo.

    ‘IRGC blew it up themselves to fill it up with dead bodies of children they’ve kept on ice hidden away in cold storage from the January slaughters to put on display in order to blame their aggressors.’

    https://x.com/omid9/status/2029580139013562704?s=61&t=LYVEHh2mqFy1oUJAdCfe-Q

    There’s definitely a thing where after an intensive period of hearing their own voice on twitter, people go mental.
  • rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 63,436

    OMG

    It is happening, Spurs getting relegated the season Arsenal win the title.

    Hopefully it won't be the Hammers along with them!
    West Ham has done an incredible job coming back from the dead. Two months ago, I thought it was all over for them.
  • BartholomewRobertsBartholomewRoberts Posts: 27,913

    OMG

    It is happening, Spurs getting relegated the season Arsenal win the title.

    Ultimate LOL would be their fixture list if they do that while winning the Champions League this season.

    Bromley (H)
    Real Madrid (A)
    Charlton Athletic (A)
    PSG (H)
    Portsmouth (A)
  • Sweeney74Sweeney74 Posts: 215
    Nigelb said:

    I thought this was a pisstake, but apparently not.
    https://x.com/JunkScience/status/2028834595345420744

    ...if climate denialists hired the LibDem chart team.

    that is quite something
  • LeonLeon Posts: 66,883
    MelonB said:

    Orlando, post number two.

    This place is the definition of the gilded cage. My work for the day done, if I were somewhere in a proper city I could head out for a walk to a museum or gallery, take in the atmosphere, perhaps do some local cafes or bars. If this were the countryside I could head out on a longer walk to a beauty spot, or if the seaside a stroll along the beach. But Orlando is extreme suburban inland America. Can’t go anywhere without a car, anything of interest (ie not a theme park) is an hour and a half or more and a £50 one way uber away. All that remains is reading a book and drinking.

    The American subtopia

    It really does exist, and you're in it. I know the feeling well

    The best places in America are either extremely urban or extremely non-urban (or maybe right on the coast, but that doesn't guarantee excitement). Anywhere else can be truly shite, even if it's wealthy (or not)
  • bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 23,345
    Nigelb said:

    Looks as though China has cornered the world market in tungsten, too.
    An essential material for, amongst other things, and awfully large proportion of arms production.

    They have banned its export fot dual use purposes.

    Just as everyone is trying to surge arms production.

    I bought some tungsten darts in the 70's which I used to win the 6th form darts championship. Does that make me a Chinese spy??

    Or could I sell them to SKS to help the defensive war effort!
  • Daveyboy1961Daveyboy1961 Posts: 5,324
    boulay said:

    Scott_xP said:

    @Scaramucci

    Kristi Noem lasts 37.2 Scaramucci’s

    Are 37.2 Scaramuccis the equivalent to one “Galileo” and can she do the fandango?
    Only in a thunder storm
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 134,450
    stodge said:

    dixiedean said:

    Brixian59 said:

    The sheer hypocricy of Right Wing Media labelling a proud Jew whose father escaped the Gas Chambers as anti semitic for standing up to the Zionist Barbarians in Tel Aviv and Washington is beyond parody.

    Thank God for Miliband, Thornberry and others who stand up for their faith but stand up to the barbarian Zionists who tar and tarnish it.

    Kemikazie and Farage and their bloodthirsty morons should take note and learn some history.

    May Israel and all it's peace living majority be rid of these Fascists asap

    nonsense. Labour politicians never stood up for anything save for themselves.
    The only Labour leader who went to war was a lying duplicitous little shit.
    Never trust Labour in any war situation. The PM is and has been shown to be weak weak weak.
    Attlee did all right.
    Finished off the Japanese in months.
    Took the Tory years with no victory.
    Revisionist bullshit thinking. All the hard work was done. The Germans were defeated . The Japs were in full retreat. A couple of Nukes saw to the the end. Labour came to power but were thrown out and rightly so in 1951.
    It was men like Iain MacLeod, Reginald Maudling and Rab Butler in the Conservative Research Department in the Attlee years who convinced the Party they shouldn't rip up the Beveridge reforms or reverse the nationalisation of the Bank of England, the railways and the coal and steel industries.

    The Conservatives broke from the pre-war Chamberlin policies and embraced the post-war settlement simply offering to run it better and that's what happened after they won in October 1951.
    Indeed, only Thatcher's election wins reversed much of that nationalisation and Keynesian economics
  • StillWatersStillWaters Posts: 12,760
    boulay said:

    boulay said:

    Nigelb said:

    The United States just voted with russia, China, and Niger against condemning attacks on Ukraine’s energy grid.
    https://x.com/NAFOvoyager/status/2029607214235689352

    And yet the US have requested Ukrainian help re dealing with Shahadd drones today.
    They don't do irony.
    Or Tungsteny based on NigelB’s earlier post about China cornering the market.
    You’re a bit rusty in the punning department, copper but I suppose I should steel myself to give you a pity like
  • carnforthcarnforth Posts: 8,430
    edited March 5
    Leon said:

    Sweeney74 said:

    Leon said:

    Leon said:

    The world is heading into a terrible turmoil of conflict and strife, with the threat of literal armageddon looming ahead, and an air of the endtimes pervading every waking human moment. This is possibly the most perilous time for us, as a species, as a planet, since the dawn of life

    On the other hand, I just made thirty grand selling an old flint, that I'd almost forgotten about, to some surprisingly eager Americans. So,. swings and roundabouts

    Film rights to an old book?

    Speaking of which, did you see that on one of the book sites, the blurb has been through a no doubt AI-assisted double translation making you a ‘great British writer’ and ‘Navy Street’ journalist?
    You seem to be confusing me with the ex-PBer @SeanT - who stalks me a fair amount, and sometimes steals my ideas

    Nonetheless, that is a hilarious AI inflection. Tho it's worth noting that, as a writer, he seems to have mastered multiple genres - bestselling memoir, bestselling Dan Brown-esque pulp fiction, bestselling literary thriller, high profile political commentary, and award-winning travel writing

    Is there another writer with that many rosettes in different arenas? Not sure. So maybe "great" is justified, out of sheer versatility

    I am, anyway, content with my success in the more refined world of artisanal bespoke lithic sex toys

    funny that you were both in the same shop buying cheap expensive wine the other day... did you say hi?
    Did he buy the other two bottles of that Barolo?

    Bastard
    Bâtard Montrachet. Nice fella, but quick.
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 58,323
    rcs1000 said:

    OMG

    It is happening, Spurs getting relegated the season Arsenal win the title.

    Hopefully it won't be the Hammers along with them!
    West Ham has done an incredible job coming back from the dead. Two months ago, I thought it was all over for them.
    That point for Forest at City last night could be gold dust.
  • ThomasNasheThomasNashe Posts: 5,529
    rcs1000 said:

    OMG

    It is happening, Spurs getting relegated the season Arsenal win the title.

    Hopefully it won't be the Hammers along with them!
    West Ham has done an incredible job coming back from the dead. Two months ago, I thought it was all over for them.
    The Hammers and Forest have both found a bit of fight, while Spurs just look beaten from the start. There'll be some interesting fixtures next season such as Spurs v Lincoln.
  • Scott_xPScott_xP Posts: 42,759
    @saladinaldronni.bsky.social‬
    A US aircraft seems to have crashed in Basra, Iraq. The search for the pilot is ongoing.
    Much more dangerous than when the downing of F-15s occured in Kuwait. This is no Kuwait, population is in many parts hostile to Americans. #Iraq
  • boulayboulay Posts: 8,411

    boulay said:

    Scott_xP said:

    @Scaramucci

    Kristi Noem lasts 37.2 Scaramucci’s

    Are 37.2 Scaramuccis the equivalent to one “Galileo” and can she do the fandango?
    Only in a thunder storm
    That sounds very very frightening.
  • BartholomewRobertsBartholomewRoberts Posts: 27,913

    boulay said:

    Scott_xP said:

    @Scaramucci

    Kristi Noem lasts 37.2 Scaramucci’s

    Are 37.2 Scaramuccis the equivalent to one “Galileo” and can she do the fandango?
    Only in a thunder storm
    Sounds very, very, frightening.
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 58,248
    Has this RAF Airbus got lost?

    https://www.flightradar24.com/VR40/3e9ce581
  • bondegezoubondegezou Posts: 19,204

    Nigelb said:

    Looks as though China has cornered the world market in tungsten, too.
    An essential material for, amongst other things, and awfully large proportion of arms production.

    They have banned its export fot dual use purposes.

    Just as everyone is trying to surge arms production.

    I bought some tungsten darts in the 70's which I used to win the 6th form darts championship. Does that make me a Chinese spy??

    Or could I sell them to SKS to help the defensive war effort!
    Are you married to a Labour MP? If not, you’re probably not a Chinese spy and can stop worrying.
  • isamisam Posts: 43,791

    OMG

    It is happening, Spurs getting relegated the season Arsenal win the title.

    I tried to back that quintuple on Saturday at 227/1, but couldn't get on... still want it to happen though
  • ThomasNasheThomasNashe Posts: 5,529
    boulay said:

    OMG

    It is happening, Spurs getting relegated the season Arsenal win the title.

    That would make me sad, firstly Arsenal choking again would be hilarious and secondly I have a soft spot for Spurs from what must have been the 94/95 season with Klinsman and Petruscu etc. even as a Liverpool fan watching Klinsman come to England and give a sense of glamour when I was first exposed to watching football in pubs was great fun.
    I recall when they were last in the second tier (77-78?) They came up and then signed and Ardiles and Villa.
  • Sweeney74Sweeney74 Posts: 215
    massively off topic....

    took my kids to the local archery club tonight. So much fun, i did get a bit competitive-dad.
    Now i'm googling for bows.

  • MoonRabbitMoonRabbit Posts: 15,263
    edited March 5

    Pro_Rata said:

    Brixian59 said:

    In the key specific issue significant majority support Starmer's defensive approach.

    The other 2 questions unfairly represent he PM. The question needs to be too firm Trump, too soft with Trump and about right.

    The question leads anyone thinking too soft or too hard to say badly.

    Everything changes in a heart beat if a British Aircraft is taken down by an Iranian missile
    Absolutely knock it off Big_G, a major conflict occurs and you're still always just childishly finding the angle ON STARMER.

    You're being every bit as utterly graceless as Badenoch.

    I imagine you are going to tell me it's just politics, like after Southport when your boys on here were retweeting the lies of real life fascists and you were just going "boys will be boys", like you were some fag wielding roughun in the town park watching admiringly as the grandkid's American Bully rips squirrels to pieces in front of everone as you observe "they are just having a bit of fun!"

    I bet even MexicanPete can't parody your one-eyedness any more.

    It may upset you, but Starmer is in a bind of his own making and if we lose an aircraft to an Iranian missile what would you do ?

    There are lots of difficult questions but I am not going to be silenced by asking awkward questions

    And this is not politics but a very serious war and your last paragraph is unworthy of you
    Surely, the more you go all in on bombing missions as you and Kemi want, the more likely of losing our people?
    At present the issue doesn't arise, but it will if we lose aircraft or troops or civilians

    Will it? 🤔

    The fundamentals keeping us out stay exactly the same. Firstly it is definitely a war of choice.

    Bibi is doing it as electioneering to stay out of life time jail sentence - Trump has been showered by Saudi gifts for some reason, also as 70% of Iranian oil goes to China at mate rates, someone suggested to him, if you pick the next Iran leader yourself, that oil is not China’s, its all yours. 🛢️

    What would be our reason for joining in? What would UK gain?

    There’s no mission statement, other than a daily spin the wheel game full of mission statements.

    It’s being conducted by politicians who believe every law of engagement that ever existed is just woke nonsense. They’ve already displayed a thirst for blood that would have the Pirates of the Caribbean putting an arm around the shoulder saying, a word of advice me hearty.

    There’s no exit plan, so now the terrifying spectre for every person in every country in the world, this turns into a civil/ethnic war in Iran, and the country falls into a failed state.

    All these sound reasons why UK are not involved in this one, just don’t believe in this one, will never change at all - even if we sadly lose jets, military or civilian people in quantities and numbers. The facts I have explained here - I didn’t even need to explain, as these fundamentals keeping us out, stay exactly the same throughout from now, and are being proven to us every minute of everyday in the constant news coverage!

    And this is just the early bit, where’s it’s interesting and at its most popular.
  • isamisam Posts: 43,791
    edited March 5
    EdM into 8/1 on BF for next PM... what has happened to cause that?
  • MoonRabbitMoonRabbit Posts: 15,263

    Earlier on this evening I took part in a poll by a BPC registered pollster asking me about step-families and step-mothers.

    F**K *FF! 🥹
  • Brixian59Brixian59 Posts: 1,137
    isam said:

    OMG

    It is happening, Spurs getting relegated the season Arsenal win the title.

    I tried to back that quintuple on Saturday at 227/1, but couldn't get on... still want it to happen though
    It'll never happen.

    Netanyahu wlll blow up every PL ground to get the season cancelled and Barty will blame Starmer.
  • EabhalEabhal Posts: 13,609
    edited March 5
    isam said:

    EdM into 8/1 on BF for next PM... what has happened to cause that?

    Opposed bombing the Iranians in Cabinet.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 126,646
    isam said:

    EdM into 8/1 on BF for next PM... what has happened to cause that?

    This

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/03/04/miliband-led-cabinet-revolt-to-trumps-iran-war/
  • boulayboulay Posts: 8,411

    boulay said:

    OMG

    It is happening, Spurs getting relegated the season Arsenal win the title.

    That would make me sad, firstly Arsenal choking again would be hilarious and secondly I have a soft spot for Spurs from what must have been the 94/95 season with Klinsman and Petruscu etc. even as a Liverpool fan watching Klinsman come to England and give a sense of glamour when I was first exposed to watching football in pubs was great fun.
    I recall when they were last in the second tier (77-78?) They came up and then signed and Ardiles and Villa.
    Surely that’s cheating buying one of your competitor clubs?
  • rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 63,436
    Eabhal said:

    isam said:

    EdM into 8/1 on BF for next PM... what has happened to cause that?

    Opposed bombing the Iranians in Cabinet.
    There are Iranians in the Cabinet???
  • ohnotnowohnotnow Posts: 5,895
    Eabhal said:

    isam said:

    EdM into 8/1 on BF for next PM... what has happened to cause that?

    Opposed bombing the Iranians in Cabinet.
    Are there that many Iranians in the cabinet? I'm surprised it's enough to swing the betting.
  • Brixian59Brixian59 Posts: 1,137

    rcs1000 said:

    OMG

    It is happening, Spurs getting relegated the season Arsenal win the title.

    Hopefully it won't be the Hammers along with them!
    West Ham has done an incredible job coming back from the dead. Two months ago, I thought it was all over for them.
    That point for Forest at City last night could be gold dust.
    West Ham allegedly on big trouble with financial irregularities.

    Brady about to walk b4 she gets sacked or worse.
  • Peter_the_PunterPeter_the_Punter Posts: 15,454
    geoffw said:

    Brixian59 said:

    Brixian59 said:

    Brixian59 said:

    Brixian59 said:

    Watching James Mates ITN

    Lovely houses, nice districts, tens of thousands of hard working decent honest people forced to flee Lebanon. No where to do, done nothing wrong

    Because that megalananiac cunt wants more Arab blood.

    I challenge anyone to watch that and to excuse it.

    It's blood curling.

    It's like us having to flee London because he thinks Hezbollah have 5 members on Clapham.

    He has to be stopped

    Now!

    You have used a banned word that triggers the spam trap
    Thats being polite
    No seriously - avoid using the word if you respect our moderators
    I never use that word it is a vile word, my contempt for certain barbaric people left me lost for other words

    I apologise for anyone decent offended by it. Bartholomew excepted
    It is the moderators you need to apologise to
    I apologise to the moderators whoever they are.
    @TSE and @rcs1000

    Please don't get a ban. Judicious use of the asterisk works for particularly unparliamentary language.
    Backslang also works, as us tnucs well know.

    Rhyming slang can also be helpful.
    And Spoonerisms, like Karma Stunt
    Nah, that's a different gether altothing.
    Polari?

    Not that I know of, though I did pick it up in a pub in Covent Garden.

    I was astonished to learn recently that Polari has its origins amongst the 16th century privateers along the Barbary Coast.
  • rkrkrkrkrkrk Posts: 9,153
    rkrkrk said:

    The Covid inquiry has apparently cost £200m.
    The UK's contribution to CEPI for next 5 years to develop vaccines for the next pandemic is £160m.

    Seems kind of mad when you set them against each other like that.

    Apologies, apparently there is another £100m cost from govt departments responding to covid Inquiry. Oh and a separate inquiry for Scotland.
  • boulayboulay Posts: 8,411
    Sweeney74 said:

    massively off topic....

    took my kids to the local archery club tonight. So much fun, i did get a bit competitive-dad.
    Now i'm googling for bows.

    If you were one of our American posters I would suggest you try Target.
  • RogerRoger Posts: 22,407
    I'M sure that this has been mentioned many times on here but the decision NOT to join Trumps illegal invasion was made by Milliband Reeves and Cooper. Led by Milliband. I would say this makes Milliband strong favourite to be next PM

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUnWcKlyTA8
  • rkrkrkrkrkrk Posts: 9,153
    Eabhal said:

    isam said:

    EdM into 8/1 on BF for next PM... what has happened to cause that?

    Opposed bombing the Iranians in Cabinet.
    His record on opposing action in Syria may also be appealing to Labour members keen to avoid Iraq 2.0.
  • rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 63,436

    Nigelb said:

    Looks as though China has cornered the world market in tungsten, too.
    An essential material for, amongst other things, and awfully large proportion of arms production.

    They have banned its export fot dual use purposes.

    Just as everyone is trying to surge arms production.

    I bought some tungsten darts in the 70's which I used to win the 6th form darts championship. Does that make me a Chinese spy??

    Or could I sell them to SKS to help the defensive war effort!
    Are you married to a Labour MP? If not, you’re probably not a Chinese spy and can stop worrying.
    How would you know. I mean, it's not the kind of thing I'd want my spouse to know.
  • Sweeney74Sweeney74 Posts: 215
    edited March 5
    boulay said:

    Sweeney74 said:

    massively off topic....

    took my kids to the local archery club tonight. So much fun, i did get a bit competitive-dad.
    Now i'm googling for bows.


    If you were one of our American posters I would suggest you try Target.
    Badum Tish


    Edinburgh

    iirc Wonderland on Lothian Rd had some...
  • bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 23,345
    rcs1000 said:

    Eabhal said:

    isam said:

    EdM into 8/1 on BF for next PM... what has happened to cause that?

    Opposed bombing the Iranians in Cabinet.
    There are Iranians in the Cabinet???
    Chinese spies in the no 10 closet I heard
  • RogerRoger Posts: 22,407
    isam said:

    EdM into 8/1 on BF for next PM... what has happened to cause that?

    'The News Agents'
  • Brixian59Brixian59 Posts: 1,137

    isam said:

    EdM into 8/1 on BF for next PM... what has happened to cause that?

    This

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/03/04/miliband-led-cabinet-revolt-to-trumps-iran-war/
    The son of a Concentration Camp survivor standing up to a Zionist Dictator and a modern day American Fascist is the stuff of legend.

    Labour is an impossibly broad Church, if one person could unite it, it's Ed.

    Managing the Labour Party though is not leading the Country.

    Thats why he the perfect running mate for Ange.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 126,646
    Re Spurs.

    After 473 years, Lady Jane Grey may no longer be the most unsuccessful Tudor

    https://x.com/BristOliver/status/2029667116022931848
  • BartholomewRobertsBartholomewRoberts Posts: 27,913
    rcs1000 said:

    Eabhal said:

    isam said:

    EdM into 8/1 on BF for next PM... what has happened to cause that?

    Opposed bombing the Iranians in Cabinet.
    There are Iranians in the Cabinet???
    Would explain a lot.
  • Sweeney74Sweeney74 Posts: 215
    Brixian59 said:

    isam said:

    OMG

    It is happening, Spurs getting relegated the season Arsenal win the title.

    I tried to back that quintuple on Saturday at 227/1, but couldn't get on... still want it to happen though
    It'll never happen.

    Netanyahu wlll blow up every PL ground to get the season cancelled and Barty will blame Starmer.
    oh my

  • ydoethurydoethur Posts: 77,945
    rcs1000 said:

    Nigelb said:

    Looks as though China has cornered the world market in tungsten, too.
    An essential material for, amongst other things, and awfully large proportion of arms production.

    They have banned its export fot dual use purposes.

    Just as everyone is trying to surge arms production.

    I bought some tungsten darts in the 70's which I used to win the 6th form darts championship. Does that make me a Chinese spy??

    Or could I sell them to SKS to help the defensive war effort!
    Are you married to a Labour MP? If not, you’re probably not a Chinese spy and can stop worrying.
    How would you know. I mean, it's not the kind of thing I'd want my spouse to know.
    How can you be married to a Labour MP without knowing it?
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 86,856
    rcs1000 said:

    Nigelb said:

    Looks as though China has cornered the world market in tungsten, too.
    An essential material for, amongst other things, and awfully large proportion of arms production.

    They have banned its export fot dual use purposes.

    Just as everyone is trying to surge arms production.

    There's lots of potential tungsten production in the Iberian Peninsula. There's a huge deposit that straddles the Portugal-Spain border, which was priced out of the market by Chinese production, but which could probably be brought up to speed relatively quickly.
    "Quickly" would be years rather than months though ?

    There's no global shortage of any essential raw material deposit (excepting possibly helium - something else threatened by the war in Iran), but mining and processing takes a lot of time and money to start up.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 126,646
    Brixian59 said:

    isam said:

    EdM into 8/1 on BF for next PM... what has happened to cause that?

    This

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/03/04/miliband-led-cabinet-revolt-to-trumps-iran-war/
    The son of a Concentration Camp survivor standing up to a Zionist Dictator and a modern day American Fascist is the stuff of legend.

    Labour is an impossibly broad Church, if one person could unite it, it's Ed.

    Managing the Labour Party though is not leading the Country.

    Thats why he the perfect running mate for Ange.
    Nah, Ed should run for the leadership again, and he'd win.

    Just imagine how smug you'd be feeling if you tipped Ed Miliband to succeed Starmer at 100/1.
  • bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 23,345

    Nigelb said:

    Looks as though China has cornered the world market in tungsten, too.
    An essential material for, amongst other things, and awfully large proportion of arms production.

    They have banned its export fot dual use purposes.

    Just as everyone is trying to surge arms production.

    I bought some tungsten darts in the 70's which I used to win the 6th form darts championship. Does that make me a Chinese spy??

    Or could I sell them to SKS to help the defensive war effort!
    Are you married to a Labour MP? If not, you’re probably not a Chinese spy and can stop worrying.
    I have just checked with Mrs BJ and she says she is not a Labour MP so that's a relief.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 126,646
    ydoethur said:

    rcs1000 said:

    Nigelb said:

    Looks as though China has cornered the world market in tungsten, too.
    An essential material for, amongst other things, and awfully large proportion of arms production.

    They have banned its export fot dual use purposes.

    Just as everyone is trying to surge arms production.

    I bought some tungsten darts in the 70's which I used to win the 6th form darts championship. Does that make me a Chinese spy??

    Or could I sell them to SKS to help the defensive war effort!
    Are you married to a Labour MP? If not, you’re probably not a Chinese spy and can stop worrying.
    How would you know. I mean, it's not the kind of thing I'd want my spouse to know.
    How can you be married to a Labour MP without knowing it?
    Well Nicola Sturgeon was married to the Chief Executive of the SNP and didn't know.
  • Peter_the_PunterPeter_the_Punter Posts: 15,454
    Sweeney74 said:

    massively off topic....

    took my kids to the local archery club tonight. So much fun, i did get a bit competitive-dad.
    Now i'm googling for bows.

    Do NOT on any account read Lionel Shriver's novel 'We Need to Talk About Kevin'.
  • bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 23,345
    geoffw said:

    Brixian59 said:

    Brixian59 said:

    Brixian59 said:

    Brixian59 said:

    Watching James Mates ITN

    Lovely houses, nice districts, tens of thousands of hard working decent honest people forced to flee Lebanon. No where to do, done nothing wrong

    Because that megalananiac cunt wants more Arab blood.

    I challenge anyone to watch that and to excuse it.

    It's blood curling.

    It's like us having to flee London because he thinks Hezbollah have 5 members on Clapham.

    He has to be stopped

    Now!

    You have used a banned word that triggers the spam trap
    Thats being polite
    No seriously - avoid using the word if you respect our moderators
    I never use that word it is a vile word, my contempt for certain barbaric people left me lost for other words

    I apologise for anyone decent offended by it. Bartholomew excepted
    It is the moderators you need to apologise to
    I apologise to the moderators whoever they are.
    @TSE and @rcs1000

    Please don't get a ban. Judicious use of the asterisk works for particularly unparliamentary language.
    Backslang also works, as us tnucs well know.

    Rhyming slang can also be helpful.
    And Spoonerisms, like Karma Stunt
    Nah, that's a different gether altothing.
    Polari?

    Oh oh
  • LostPasswordLostPassword Posts: 22,690
    My nephew is a Spurs fan. His Dad (my brother), his twin brother, his older brother, his sister - all massive Arsenal fans.

    I feel like I ought to do something for the [teenage] lad if the Arsenal title/Spurs relegation double happens. My brother doesn't exactly pass up an opportunity for gloating.
  • DoctorGDoctorG Posts: 550

    Re Spurs.

    After 473 years, Lady Jane Grey may no longer be the most unsuccessful Tudor

    https://x.com/BristOliver/status/2029667116022931848

    Spurs should try and get a decent striker to get them out of this hole, a proven goalscorer.

    That Kane fellow is quite good isn't he?

    Bayern have the league won already and he won't be needed in Germany after city put them out of the Champions league
  • Sweeney74Sweeney74 Posts: 215

    Sweeney74 said:

    massively off topic....

    took my kids to the local archery club tonight. So much fun, i did get a bit competitive-dad.
    Now i'm googling for bows.

    Do NOT on any account read Lionel Shriver's novel 'We Need to Talk About Kevin'.
    my son is a cadet, has his weapons handling qualifications and is quite a good shot.
    archery is cheaper... and i can, apparently, beat him.
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 58,323
    isam said:

    EdM into 8/1 on BF for next PM... what has happened to cause that?

    He reprised his "You can't bomb Syria for using nerve gas against women and children" routine....
  • RogerRoger Posts: 22,407
    The US podcasts are so much better than the UK ones. The wits sharper and they can say what they like.

    This one's not special but a couple of good lines

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db2GEM-N44o
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 70,525

    Brixian59 said:

    isam said:

    EdM into 8/1 on BF for next PM... what has happened to cause that?

    This

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/03/04/miliband-led-cabinet-revolt-to-trumps-iran-war/
    The son of a Concentration Camp survivor standing up to a Zionist Dictator and a modern day American Fascist is the stuff of legend.

    Labour is an impossibly broad Church, if one person could unite it, it's Ed.

    Managing the Labour Party though is not leading the Country.

    Thats why he the perfect running mate for Ange.
    Nah, Ed should run for the leadership again, and he'd win.

    Just imagine how smug you'd be feeling if you tipped Ed Miliband to succeed Starmer at 100/1.
    As if there was someone on PB who would do such a reckless thing.

    Jeez.
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 86,856

    Nigelb said:

    Looks as though China has cornered the world market in tungsten, too.
    An essential material for, amongst other things, and awfully large proportion of arms production.

    They have banned its export fot dual use purposes.

    Just as everyone is trying to surge arms production.

    I bought some tungsten darts in the 70's which I used to win the 6th form darts championship. Does that make me a Chinese spy??

    Or could I sell them to SKS to help the defensive war effort!
    Are you married to a Labour MP? If not, you’re probably not a Chinese spy and can stop worrying.
    I don't think he's Reform, either.
    So you're probably right.
  • Scott_xPScott_xP Posts: 42,759
    A US official has told Al Jazeera that the US denies reports of an American fighter jet being shot down over Basra province in southern Iraq. #Iraq
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 86,856

    isam said:

    EdM into 8/1 on BF for next PM... what has happened to cause that?

    This

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/03/04/miliband-led-cabinet-revolt-to-trumps-iran-war/
    The Telegraph reported that the UK public backs Trump's war yesterday.
    Can we take them particularly seriously ?
  • williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 58,040
    https://x.com/alexbward/status/2029657861681250555

    JUST OUT: Trump’s strategy from Venezuela to Iran, a State Department official me and @VeraMBergen, can be called “Decapitate and Delegate.”

    Trump’s approach reflects both his desire to avoid “forever wars” and nation building.

    If DC’s anointed new leaders fall short for admin, Trump will just hit the reset button.

    It’s “a new model: We’re going to give you a shot. You decide what you want to do,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham. “If they elect a new crowd that wants to kill Americans, we’ll kill them.”
  • DoctorGDoctorG Posts: 550

    Just had a slightly discomfiting experience watching Greetings from Scotland on BBC Scotland about tourism up here. They were showing holiday footage from a Belgian family who visited in the 1970s. There unmistakably was my dad in his prime wearing highland dress, strolling down the Royal Mile between pubs no doubt, fag in hand. Not a strange experience for anyone with a mildly famous parent I suppose, but spooky for me to see a ghost of someone who died 28 years ago.

    Thats a nice unexpected memory! I've missed the first 15 mins of it ... BBC have done well here, speaking to real people who remember how it was back in the 1960s and 70s, pre skiing and tartan shops
  • Scott_xPScott_xP Posts: 42,759
    @Reuters

    Tesla UK car sales drop 37% as Chinese competition heightens, SMMT data shows
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 58,248

    geoffw said:

    Brixian59 said:

    Brixian59 said:

    Brixian59 said:

    Brixian59 said:

    Watching James Mates ITN

    Lovely houses, nice districts, tens of thousands of hard working decent honest people forced to flee Lebanon. No where to do, done nothing wrong

    Because that megalananiac cunt wants more Arab blood.

    I challenge anyone to watch that and to excuse it.

    It's blood curling.

    It's like us having to flee London because he thinks Hezbollah have 5 members on Clapham.

    He has to be stopped

    Now!

    You have used a banned word that triggers the spam trap
    Thats being polite
    No seriously - avoid using the word if you respect our moderators
    I never use that word it is a vile word, my contempt for certain barbaric people left me lost for other words

    I apologise for anyone decent offended by it. Bartholomew excepted
    It is the moderators you need to apologise to
    I apologise to the moderators whoever they are.
    @TSE and @rcs1000

    Please don't get a ban. Judicious use of the asterisk works for particularly unparliamentary language.
    Backslang also works, as us tnucs well know.

    Rhyming slang can also be helpful.
    And Spoonerisms, like Karma Stunt
    Nah, that's a different gether altothing.
    Polari?

    Oh oh
    Cantale oh, oh, oh
  • boulayboulay Posts: 8,411
    ydoethur said:

    rcs1000 said:

    Nigelb said:

    Looks as though China has cornered the world market in tungsten, too.
    An essential material for, amongst other things, and awfully large proportion of arms production.

    They have banned its export fot dual use purposes.

    Just as everyone is trying to surge arms production.

    I bought some tungsten darts in the 70's which I used to win the 6th form darts championship. Does that make me a Chinese spy??

    Or could I sell them to SKS to help the defensive war effort!
    Are you married to a Labour MP? If not, you’re probably not a Chinese spy and can stop worrying.
    How would you know. I mean, it's not the kind of thing I'd want my spouse to know.
    How can you be married to a Labour MP without knowing it?
    Would you tell someone you love you were a Labour MP and risk losing their respect forever?
  • CatManCatMan Posts: 3,692

    Just had a slightly discomfiting experience watching Greetings from Scotland on BBC Scotland about tourism up here. They were showing holiday footage from a Belgian family who visited in the 1970s. There unmistakably was my dad in his prime wearing highland dress, strolling down the Royal Mile between pubs no doubt, fag in hand. Not a strange experience for anyone with a mildly famous parent I suppose, but spooky for me to see a ghost of someone who died 28 years ago.

    Well now you have to tell us the time he appears! (Assuming it's this?) https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000v0w2/greetings-from-scotland-series-1-episode-1

  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 70,525
    Scott_xP said:

    @Reuters

    Tesla UK car sales drop 37% as Chinese competition heightens, SMMT data shows

    He's switching it all to robots isn't he?
  • squareroot2squareroot2 Posts: 7,672
    Not my team but Come on Spurs Show some dog...
  • TheuniondivvieTheuniondivvie Posts: 46,903
    edited March 5
    CatMan said:

    Just had a slightly discomfiting experience watching Greetings from Scotland on BBC Scotland about tourism up here. They were showing holiday footage from a Belgian family who visited in the 1970s. There unmistakably was my dad in his prime wearing highland dress, strolling down the Royal Mile between pubs no doubt, fag in hand. Not a strange experience for anyone with a mildly famous parent I suppose, but spooky for me to see a ghost of someone who died 28 years ago.

    Well now you have to tell us the time he appears! (Assuming it's this?) https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000v0w2/greetings-from-scotland-series-1-episode-1

    It is, around 5 minutes in. I took a photo, I‘ll use tomorrow’s allowance to stick it on.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 126,646

    CatMan said:

    Just had a slightly discomfiting experience watching Greetings from Scotland on BBC Scotland about tourism up here. They were showing holiday footage from a Belgian family who visited in the 1970s. There unmistakably was my dad in his prime wearing highland dress, strolling down the Royal Mile between pubs no doubt, fag in hand. Not a strange experience for anyone with a mildly famous parent I suppose, but spooky for me to see a ghost of someone who died 28 years ago.

    Well now you have to tell us the time he appears! (Assuming it's this?) https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000v0w2/greetings-from-scotland-series-1-episode-1

    It is, around 5 minutes in. I took a photo, I‘ll use tomorrow’s allowance to stick it on.
    You have special dispensation to post it today.
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