OneGuyFromBarlick

Donald Trump (pending appeal) found Guilty of a criminal offence in the US. A Convicted Criminal - will it effect the likely votes for the republican-unlikely, it is not as if the case was unaware of during nomination votes. The conviction to me is strange - covering up (false accounting if you like...

Another Jump Ship has been reported. Mark Logan, who was elected Conservative MP for Bolton North East in 2019, has told Sky News he is quitting the Tories and is urging people to vote Labour in the general election on 4 July. In recent months he has been a fierce critic of the government's policy ...

Did Sunak, etc, have a plan, a bit like "doing all we can" seems to be sit on hands and hope something gets better all by itself.

Nigel Farage - If he is not going to stand for election can we ignore him. "Put Up Or Shut Up" as I understand Yorkshire Folk say.

Why is it that every time I go away for a quiet time in Cornwall I return to find something very dramatic happening. It's been a credit crunch, a pandemic, a war and now a general election! :smile: In the past I have been on holiday and (a) The Marchioness Disaster, (b) a work site burnt down (I wa...

Well, not gunpowder tea, but badly crimped tea bags so that when I poured hot water into the mug they expanded, floated to the top and then went pop spraying tea powder out!! these days tea bags need a little pre soak with a dash of hot water. Then slowly add the remaining hot water, use a plastic ...

Wonder who will be in Sunaks outgoing PM's honours lists. Actually would be quite funny if the tories got elected back into govt ( a minority one hopefully ) General Election Called SNP in disarray, Students off home so Bristol wont go Green. Economic percentages all pointing in the right direction ...

giving people an easy ride (no pun intended) through MOT tests should not be in such an office. IF there is proof of that you can ask the Dept of Transport Inspectors to check a vehicle that has supposedly passed to carry out a further check. The MOT station will then, if needed, be investigated. I...

Interesting, might have been RC or Non-Conformist. Would be interested to know the actual relationship. Prior to Civil Registration I think there was a time that to be recognised (in law) Marriages had to be via the CofE or am I making that up? Not making it up. This article explains... LINK Althou...

Yes, and when you start dipping back beyond 1800 it's easy to forget how different life in England was at the time. That sank in for me when I posted that observation of a parish register baptism record which stated that the mother had `seven previous bastard children'. My first thought was that sh...

Pity Elphick didnt Jump Ship (? Small Boat) LAST Wednesday. Might have thrown a few more votes ( to , or from, Labour ?)

Formula 1 sometimes gets mentioned here. So in Miami , FL , USA British Driver Lando Norris in a British Car - McLaren takes First Place for his first F1 win , good speed, good strategy and a touch of luck going his way. Well Done and nice to see a little change for a change.

I understand the share of total vote for england council elections that labour took is about 1.7percent less than the last comparable under Corbyn. Starmer probably is the right leader - for the Conservatives. Who would be a better leader for labour - in all honesty all the good ones are dead, maybe...

OK, so assuming the working majority for Labour come sometime by 2025, what should be the vision , at least nationally , for the next five years , and what can be delivered and noticable within a year ? I think perhaps A List of State Funded Schools / Educational Buildings with RAAC Concrete and a p...

So Local Election results are all over bar the shouting (as Salford wont finish counting until Sunday) but I cannot see the conservatives now getting more seats than the LibDems in the areas that have voted. Greens have lost their seats at Epping Forest which is odd , an increase in Independents and...

Lib Dems take Dorset, and are largest party in Cheltenham. It is interesting this is often due to a lower Tory vote - is Reform taking some tory votes + stay at homes benefiting Lib Dem "protest?" vote ? Often Lib Dem locals dont give a Lib Dem National Election result . BBC results dont r...

Indeed - and some got re-elected ? Oddly Brighton and Hove remains Labour Hold, which given Gaza , Greens high student numbers and Kid Starver Starmer seems a mystery to me. Worcester Results seem more balanced Labour has gained three (for a total of 17), the Greens have gained two (bringing their t...

Maybe folk LIKE their independents and libs. Quite what they expect from Conservatives is beyond me

The BBC in the rolling headline noted Pendle remaining under NOC but the detail missed out 3 wards as still to return (or 3 seats in one ward?) Notable to me Oldham "pro Gaza" taking votes and seats off Labour (less so in Rochdale apparently) Tees Valley Con mayor holding position. Canvey ...

First migrant has gone to Rwanda! In my book not really deported as he went voluntarily after receiving a bribe of £3000 in cash. He also went via a scheduled flight. I would also assume that as he went voluntarily he will be under no rules to stay, Effectively he is a tourist with money. Not sure ...

What rankles me is the insistence of sticking an R in many perfectly good and already pronounceable words such as MASTER , CASTLE etc. There is no R in either example and many more that gets the treatment. It normally seems to automatically follow an A which in my book is pronounced Ah not Ar. :don...

I note that the forecasters have stopped talking about the wettest February since records began but it has still been a very wet month with higher temperatures than normal. Is this the reason why my stone and concrete flags are all turning bright green? I think rooves and flags not being green in t...

Obviously little support for them in the town. Reminds me of a shop I thought must have been there forever (but wasnt) that mum went to mainly for "foundation garments" for her and her family , located in the small block of shops at the tube station in London. Being London not counting the...

I read that Lord David Cameron has flown to the USA to speak to some chap called Donald Trump and urge him to support the supply of more weapons to the Ukrainian Government. I understand this Trump fellow may be a candidate in the next presidential election, and Dave is presently British Foreign Se...

Is Angela Rayner the thinking mans Liz Truss ? Meanwhile I see the right-leaning people are saying Muslims have taken over parliament, and left-leaning ones say the government is being run to the order of the state of Israel. defence spending to rise to 2.5% (of GDP). might be easier to achieve if i...

Anyone remember the School Board Man. I always thought so called cos they would come round your house with a clipboard and check on the reason - pregiven or otherwise - why you were not in school that registration period (they would check afternoons sometimes). I didnt realise at the time Local Educ...