The gammon tears sustain me

‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...

A British grandmother with a valid visa detained by ICE for 6 weeks.

"So why did ICE detain her, and keep her locked up for so long? ICE officers are paid a bonus every time they detain someone. 'Individual ICE agents get money per head that they detain – the guards told me that,' Karen says."

Winter Olympics currently on hold because of snow. Love it.

Say no to Palantir in the NHS NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back

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Roses are red
Daffodils are yellow
Come and sit next to me
You fine fellow

A pink fold out bowl with crisps in on a pub bar

Don't like struggling with getting the last snacks out of the bag so I bought myself a portable snack bowl

Yeah they get rewarded with a redemption story!

RIP John Virgo. He's with the angles now.

I was just telling someone the other day that in the 1990s I remember politicians resigning constantly for things which today don't even get airtime.

My local landlady says - surprisingly busy

Only 4 have gone, others due to go this year I think

Going to the Eight Towers pub tonight, built in the 1990s, and the cooling towers it was named after were knocked down a few years ago. Is there any pub with a name that had a shorter span than that?

Audience : well, nothing could top the drama of last night
Matthew: hold my beer

You either live in a democracy, in which case you, as citizens, are responsible for the actions of your democratically elected leaders...or you have no choice in who gets elected, in which case you don't live in a democracy and you should definitely do something about that. The world is sick of hearing 350 million Americans say they're helpless and nothing is their fault

words from lexi alexander, who had been suspended from this platform for being palestinian

Bizarre that the US can just invade a country, bomb its capital, kidnap its president and his wife, and our PM just says "Well, let's just see what's going on here....".

The window of tapps in llandudno from the inside

Hate freeloaders who join in the New Year's Eve countdown for the last 10 seconds. I've been doing this all year. Where were you back in May

That first Nazgûl who lost Frodo right outside the Shire fucking choked

A tv showing the film Friday After Next, with a Christmas tree in the background

Christmas Eve, Friday After Next

Anyone fancy a thread on the first Christmas ball you've dropped? Was assured by the butchers that I didn't have to order lamb shoulder, "loads in!". Went today and guess what? Your turn!

Sad to hear about Chris Rea, my mum was a big fan, saw him live a few times between Road to Hell, Auberge, and God's Great Banana Skin.

Brilliant moment in a craft beer place just now where a guy comes in and asks for Hawkstone lager - the barman just laughs in his face. It's three days til Christmas and the hospitality filter is thin as a skin.

Maybe I play too much Powerwash Simulator

I'm 100 % neurotypical but today someone called a scissor lift a cherry picker and I can't stop thinking about it.

If handing someone their arse, was a video clip

Great idea! You might want to include a rough guide to how much it would cost, I usually just ask for reasonable expenses if im travelling but I know other people charge

Yes I've got a couple, Victorian pubs/beer houses and I've done one on council estate pubs

A tale of two beers, Oxford Rd Tap and Co-Op Live Useful numbers all Train station tap rooms are some of my favourite things, as a permanently early person who would rather give up a major organ than miss a pre-booked train. Don’t talk to me…

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I was going to get on my high horse about the world cup draw being more ridiculous than the much derided Eurovision but then I remembered there's a boycott of Eurovision because of Israel and now I just need a lie down.

Sophie Ellis Bextor's kitchen disco? Or has she been accused of war crimes, I can't remember