“In order for me to write poetry that isn’t political,

I must listen to the birds.

And in order to hear the birds,

the warplanes must be silent”

- Marwan Makhoul

A cartoon by Andy Singer: the top imagine is a congested road with the caption “public investment”; the bottom image is a picture of an electric tram with the caption “wasteful subsidy”

Sounds like an excellence public investment strategy

With straw in the mouths and a wide-eyed expression?

Will her first words be “ow much!!!!”

Something special about accompanying a baby on their first train ride

That’s what boils my piss about out of town football grounds. Most supporters have to drive there and the atmosphere is pants because few people have oiled their vocal cords.

That may actually be part of their business plan. Charge football fans to park at weekends when patient demand is lower. University of Leicester do this when rugby or football games are on. At least it sweats assets and doesn’t mean oceans of unused parking at weekends.

I’m sure I saw something about people using free hospital parking to avoid having to pay for city centre parking

Thinking is so pre-2016

The mandatory wave will eventually require everyone to have their right arm rigidly at 45 degrees with an open palm facing forward, and walk straight legged to emphasise their presence to drivers. This is modern America of course and it’s what our dear leader would want.

The most important newspaper in France is Le Monde. It means the world to them.

Superleague is objectively brilliant. Old school grounds like Bradford and Castleford. Friendly towns like Leigh and Wakefield. Warm sunshine in Toulouse and Perpignan.

Indigestion implies the existence also of emogestion and proggestion.

I’m getting increasingly reckless in my bid to shoplift an entire set of kitchen utensils. Every time I lift one, feels like I’m more likely to get caught, but it’s just a whisk I’ve got to take.

I just broke a flask of nitrous oxide and onion juice. I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.

Soup was invented in 1927 by John Soup when he wanted to drink a chicken

I like speaking to my #cats in German or Arabic. I mean they don’t understand those languages or English either, so why the hell not?

Almost did a faux pas at the school gate today. Was about to complement one of the mums for coming dressed as Oompa Loompa for World Book Day. Turns out it was just terrible fake eyebrows and fake tan. #worldbookday

We can’t have nice things

UK launches operation to support thousands of Britons in Middle East Officials are understood to be working on plans to evacuate British nationals, should airspace remain closed.

What's happening in Dubai bolsters the argument taxes should be based on people's nationality, not just their country of residence (ie the US model).

If Brits living abroad can expect to be airlifted out by virtue of being British, they should pay some tax towards that.
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Oh yeah well spotted.

Dft asleep at the wheel

But if I cosy up to Trump like Nigel does, then Dazza66_ALAW and his friends will vote for me.

I said this morning that Starmer seemed totally be bad at judgement.
The sensible thing would have been to leave Israel and the USA to fight an illegal war they started on their own..

1. Get rid of Starmer - Lab is sleepwalking to a Farage landslide if he stays in post.
2. Introduce PR - RefUK's actual support level will be reflected then.
3. Start prosecuting politicians who have worked to subvert democracy.
4. Unleash hell on the client press - Leveson 2.0 is long overdue.

It was the fuckingaboutest of times, it was the findingaboutest of times.

Any country that doesn’t produce its own oil keeps getting more and more incentive to accelerate the shift to renewables, even if it couldn’t care less about climate change.

Go look up the definition of non domicile

It was the fuckingaboutest of times, it was the findingaboutest of times.

Not one penny of British taxpayers’ money to repatriate the fake patriot tax dodging crooks, influencers, faded sportsmen, and robber barons hiding in Dubai.

Enjoy your modern slavery-built infinity pools and air raid sirens.