Our current Education Secretary (the sixth in two years). She is also quoted as knowing about the problem and saying 'Sit on it for two years and it will be someone else's problem'. Probably meaning Labour. Rishi Sunak blocked the cash, (after the Conservatives had already stopped Labours school rebuilding during the coalition) but at least he gave a bottle of wine to a school fundraiser
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It's about time our wind measuring systems got with the times. Let's hear it for wheelie bin wind measuring! You can't hold back progress. Welcome to our new and improved future!
I think if Mr Parrot kicks the bucket, l might have to get myself a large owl. This one looks ideal.
Schools currently at risk of falling apart. What a time to be alive. Of course this will have nothing to do with the fact when the Tory / Liberal coalition came to power, they cancelled the school building programme. People have short memories.
Never vote Tory
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The BBC even having to ask this question. Obviously the Royals have plenty of lickspittles working for the press, but Prince Andrew can buggger off (and that's being polite). A poorer person would have been locked up by now.
So l guess Tamsin didn't think the common council house plebs could have had a joyful family home of their own? Grrrrrrr....Don't get me started.
For me, Paul Simon is up there with the greatest of all time, and l love his stuff, both solo and with Simon and Garfunkel. Here's some outtakes from the Bookends photo shoot by Richard Avedon.
Me in Kenya as a little kid. Rather sadly l don't remember any of my time there.
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Well doe to The RSPCB for getting stuck into the current government regarding it's environmental protections (or lack of them). It's great that institutions such as this actually do their job and raise their heads above the pulpit and point fingers at those responsible. Hurrah!!!! More please!!!
Thunderous applause all round from this neck of the woods
Oh.....Hold.....They've bottled it
Walks away disgruntled
Oh the irony. I take it it's got nothing to do with Brexit or 13 years of Tory rule?
Never vote Tory
Never buy The Daily Mail
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I'm more than aware of all the air traffic chaos going on at the moment, especially as close friends have just been stuck at Heathrow for 36 hours after returning from The USA. However, l really could not give one flying fuck about this. Cue the worlds smallest violin.
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Way back in the day, I bought the Van Halen debut album that this poster was given away with. I loved the album (Still do) and thought David Lee Roth was one of the most charismatic and athletic frontmen in rock, summed up perfectly by the poster. I didn't know at the time that he broke his right foot by catching the mike stand on his landing.
Still looked cool though.
I'm well aware of the rising costs of vinyl albums these days, and know there are a lot of chancers out there trying to take advantage of the market, but this is just taking the piss. It's two copies of an old album l want - The Rolling Stones bootleg 'Welcome to New York', available at the moment on eBay. I'm going to keep on looking and am prepared to wait for a (much) cheaper one.
Obviously l already have it on CD and recent vinyl copies with different covers, but that's not the point. I want this album with the William Stout cover.
I am a very sad man.
These women are all world famous yet no-one knows their names. Etched onto mostly male memories from 1986 onwards. Once seen, never forgotten.
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As a follow on from the post here from yesterday regarding abolishing environment standards to benefit property developers, non of the below will come as a surprise.
From The Independent 30th May 2023
And regarding Share Prices 31st August 2023
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This looks like it's something out of a horror film, but it's from a Harpy eagle nest. Photograph is by Alexander Blanco.
Me in the pub thinking of another witticism while other people are trying to have a sensible conversation.
It's not my photograph, and l don't know who took it, but sometimes the shot is timed just right.
Colour me impressed.
I wonder what attracted the beautiful young lady to a man 60 years her senior who laid down so many rules, and surely (don't call me Shirley) they've missed out on a 'Hard of Hearing' joke.
At least he's permanently stiff now. It's what he would have wanted.
The old First Division Football prices from 1981. When ordinary working class fans including kids could easily afford tickets. Those days have long gone.
Just what we need. More crap in our already shit ridden rivers, lakes and seas. Nothing to do with the Government receiving approximately 20% of their funding from property developers, and private water companies paying millions to shareholders while doing fuck all about the pollution. Watch the property developers share prices go up as the governments mates make loads of money (again).
Never vote tory
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A man (Andrew Pierce) who likes to be known as Tory Boy Pierce complaining about nothing working in broken chaos ridden Britain. Oh the hilarious irony of it, and complete lack of self awareness.
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Private firms being money grabbing bastards as usual.
Never vote Tory.
As part of my work, l assist new starters with their inductions and training. Looking at one of our new workers training last week, the answer given to this made me laugh out loud, and l was alone at the time (and no, it is not made up for humorous purposes here).
It's logical I suppose, and excuse the bad photo.
I understand the cricket reference Piers Morgan was using here, and have used it myself, but he was caught out beautifully. Well played, very well played.
