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Yeah, really puzzling.
It feels like no public sector investment can happen unless there is gestures to enterprise and industry any more.

I can imagine Essex got it for a song and with barely any strings attached and thought fuck it, why not?
January 3, 2026 at 1:07 PM
I saw the plans and the new building looks so soulless compared to the current one. They had a van in the high street while Colchester was refurbished. Completely inadequate.
January 3, 2026 at 12:56 PM
I wish I saw that in a theatre so I could laugh while a sizeable portion of the audience is disgusted
January 3, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Same again in May, yeah?
January 2, 2026 at 11:35 AM
at like 1 in the morning, but I do appreciate that it's on iPlayer
December 31, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Untrustworthy how? He’s been leader less than a year and the membership has grown at a phenomenal pace, while Labour’s has expected to have shrunk. Says to me people like him more than the Starmer.

What I read here is : Denyer, Lucas et al were an unthreatening sideshow and Polanski is a threat.
December 31, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I voted Green.
The internet is like a buffet not an à la carte restaurant.
You can’t always see grade A banger posts so you make fun of the shitty posts that entrench the status quo.
December 31, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Picked it up as it was mentioned in a year end list and I’ve been enjoying the choose your own challenge nature of it. Narrative themes are really well integrated with the game.
December 31, 2025 at 3:13 AM
December 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Yaaaaay
December 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I think Conservatives are smart enough to know they won't survive 2029 without some sort of deal. I also think Reform are smart enough to realise a split vote on the right risks a hung parliament. Guess it depends on what sort of leader the Conservatives pick.
December 26, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I don't know how the press will handle the hypocrisy of Conservatives forming an electoral pact with Reform, but Labour refusing to deal with Greens.
December 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The way he exhales after explaining “I know you call them something!” 🫶
December 26, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Same energy
Divorces finalised on 25 December - Office for National Statistics
www.ons.gov.uk
December 26, 2025 at 10:11 AM
I'm expecting to be doing this by the 30 minute mark based on what I've seen of Helena's coverage of James.
a group of cartoon characters are standing together and one of them is saying stop
Alt: Simpsons scene. Pan across the still faces of aghast children. One is yelling stop stop he's already dead while pointing to the right.
media.tenor.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:31 AM
More like The El Rude Brothers 🙋‍♂️
December 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Can you share these secrets with us, Athena?
December 24, 2025 at 11:10 PM
“Yeah, well my mom says I’m cute!”
December 24, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Yeah, I know you’re on an ass-wage, but I still expect you to assuage my woes.
December 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I think a big part of it is they have nothing to do if they’re retired or semi retired but to think about their money.
December 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I recall us having the ability to license a film for a year on Kanopy and it was unlimited for that year. Maybe their business model changed.

Ultimately these services seek to give you the first hit free and jack the price up. Studios won’t license in perpetuity. We need to go back to physical.
December 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM