Im fuming! Sick of all this zero hours contracts and agency work boolicks. My son has been on agency work for years, unable to get a full time job but works where he can. Health and safety of agency...
After repeatedly letting down this once great nation, most recently over the Last Night Of The Proms songs, the left wing BBC omitted to include Labour MP Tom Watson from last night’s documentary on...
More than 100% of GDP. When Labour left office in 2010 the National Debt was less than £1 Trillion, so the Tories have managed to double it. Will the electorate ever forgive the Conservatives again...
The British Museum has removed a bust of its founder from prominent display, citing a move to acknowledge the museum’s historical relationship with slavery. Sir Hans Sloane funded his collection of...
Johnson is still banging on about this, even though few civil servants are returning. What did he expect? Months of scaring people witless to control them is not going to go away, couple that with the...
It's tipping it down here right now, at the moment can't pop in much due to the stuff I'm doing for my friend, just got home now, cozy with fluffy dressing gown on and a hot decaf...
I was brought up bilingual, with English mostly spoken not written until I went to school in the UK at 11. . I still have trouble with these English words that sound the same, but mean something...
Boris J has announced new distancing rules for family gatherings outside the home (so applying to pubs, parks, other people’s houses, etc). Known as the Cousin Rule, it allows cousins to visit...
Has anyone taken advantage of eat out to help out? I feel sad it's coming to an end . It's been really useful for taking kids out in summer hols plus meeting friends for coffee for me
Soggy Tuesday. From the looks of it at the moment I'm not even going to get the paper this morning! The rain is horizontal. So it looks like making sure the recliner doesn't go walkabout. I don't...
I have a promo CD single to sell, and on E-Bay, someone is offering the same disc for sale at £500 for a used copy. Mine is un-played, so in theory is worth more. I can see that the seller is a...
No early birdies today? It's Friday, I hope you all have nice plans for the weekend. Our Builder is back on Monday to start the work at the front of the house. Finally we had some plastering done too!...
Doctors are being told to stop prescribing most painkillers for chronic primary pain. Instead they may offer antidepressants. So if you are depressed because you have chronic pain then instead of...
Even when, or if, we get some sort of control over this virus in the coming months, do you think that all food outlets,( especially supermarkets) should continue to have hand jells available before...
Must admit it's years since I did any home baking but, like most people in the lockdown, I have taken it up again. My question is "What has happened to block margarine and what are people using now to...
