Brynley Heaven

That's settled. Donald

poor taste, but I did laugh

we like them because they don't pollute the groundwater, don't generate more traffic, don't make a noise, don't smell, do something useful

Imagine a rather quiet woman at HMRC noting: 'Oakeshott, Isabel, Place of Tax Domicile, need to keep under review'

Not yet

they so deserve each other, although there could be awkward tax difficulty when they wed

that's certainly true of Isabel Oakeshott, honesty don't know where the Skegness MP is domiciled for tax

Richard Tice, Member of Parliament for United Arab Emirates, shortly to wed Isabel Oakeshott, what a perfect match

talking of Dubai, he's there again

‘The Government is going too far on workers’ rights and firms won’t bother hiring young people’ The government has ‘gone too far’ in its proposed reforms to workers’ rights, a leading Reform MP has argued.

'We don't have 'em in Dubai'

grateful to Owen O'Neill for reminding me (I knew, but the trauma suppressed the memory) this left hand fork - roughly corresponding to the existing Balfour Beatty truck haulage route - connects only onto the Slow Lines of the West Coast Main Line, four tracks at this point, so that's bizarre.

a closer look at the stub, one day the Manchester route. Do get on with it!

New HS2 farce as final stretch of £100bn line will end in a field The two-kilometre 'Manchester spur' of HS2 will end near a village in Staffordshire - and is likely to remain unused for decades

the i newspaper have now picked this up

Mathias Dopfner walks into Telegraph on first day: "Ah, Alister, delighted to meet you, we've booked you into a very nice Health Farm where you will be properly looked after"

if anyone knows differently, feel free but this is my honest understanding of where we are at

if you want a cool tip, The Irish Times, a lot of reasons, brexit has never happened, the sub is reasonable, the Guardian's strange obsessions with identity avoided, you do get a perspective in the way that a friend can tell you things about yourself

do they take AI slop please?

no more pig bins

I did read print Guardian today, still lost in the middle while in *actual news* Alister Heath has been taken over by Axel Springer probably softest landing he could wish

they collect it every week and strictly no body parts

good morning, Jennifer. I promise to use ours

Janan Ganesh has a different view, although sounds like he's trying convince himself

Fantasy Prisoner Swaps, in an idle moment

Roe deer amongst the gravestones in Sighthill Cemetery in Glasgow this morning.

Cont./

#glasgow #urbannature #sighthillcemetery #roedeer #wildglasgow

all those inappropriate Cider With Rosie quotes resurfacing as we speak

guessing it refers to the entrail shape of the cycle/mobility scooter route

Great excitement as our stylish orange food waste bin has been delivered by @southkesteven.bsky.social

feel a bit like the couple in When The Wind Blows by Raymond Briggs, trying to work out how you can demand unconditional surrender from people you've just attacked and then pledged to kill when they emerge as new leaders, obscene by the way

'we really had no idea', meaning although obviously we knew but we discounted it because we liked servants [some historical analogues spring to mind: Singapore]

Tax dodger in Dubai saying they had no idea, obvs not Mike Davis fans