David Hardstaff
@davidhardstaff.co.uk
You have to be joking ...
They have to keep insisting that they are the majority, because they know that they aren't - they just have the loudhailer at the moment.
They have to stay angry to stay relevant, even if they need to manufacture the reasons.
They have to stay angry to stay relevant, even if they need to manufacture the reasons.
December 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
They have to keep insisting that they are the majority, because they know that they aren't - they just have the loudhailer at the moment.
They have to stay angry to stay relevant, even if they need to manufacture the reasons.
They have to stay angry to stay relevant, even if they need to manufacture the reasons.
So the song was wrong then ...
December 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
So the song was wrong then ...
I was born the same year, but an only child so at least I got a new coat when required but usually one that I would "grow into" so it was either three sizes too big, or worn out 🤣
Have a peaceful Christmas ...
Have a peaceful Christmas ...
December 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
I was born the same year, but an only child so at least I got a new coat when required but usually one that I would "grow into" so it was either three sizes too big, or worn out 🤣
Have a peaceful Christmas ...
Have a peaceful Christmas ...
Rubbish - there is nothing classical or traditional about his tasteless tat.
You might go with his "style" if you were trying to give a shipping container a brothel makeover, but that's as classy as he gets.
You might go with his "style" if you were trying to give a shipping container a brothel makeover, but that's as classy as he gets.
December 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Rubbish - there is nothing classical or traditional about his tasteless tat.
You might go with his "style" if you were trying to give a shipping container a brothel makeover, but that's as classy as he gets.
You might go with his "style" if you were trying to give a shipping container a brothel makeover, but that's as classy as he gets.
The only element of concern would be the fact that you know what sort of crap they are going to have to put up with through their lives because of all the stupid people - that's the bit that is "disappointing".
December 24, 2025 at 11:24 AM
The only element of concern would be the fact that you know what sort of crap they are going to have to put up with through their lives because of all the stupid people - that's the bit that is "disappointing".
Seems an odd reaction in any event, as it implies that your children are an attribute of yours, so that you can show them off or use them to compete with others, like a swish car or a set of golf clubs - otherwise you can't possibly see them as "falling short" for being different.
December 24, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Seems an odd reaction in any event, as it implies that your children are an attribute of yours, so that you can show them off or use them to compete with others, like a swish car or a set of golf clubs - otherwise you can't possibly see them as "falling short" for being different.
By Stock's (characteristically flawed) logic, none of us are entitled to our private thoughts and opinions when not representing our employers - unless self-employed, we'd have to ask our boss how to vote!
I suppose we should be grateful that these people are so useless.
I suppose we should be grateful that these people are so useless.
December 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
By Stock's (characteristically flawed) logic, none of us are entitled to our private thoughts and opinions when not representing our employers - unless self-employed, we'd have to ask our boss how to vote!
I suppose we should be grateful that these people are so useless.
I suppose we should be grateful that these people are so useless.
Bluesky really needs an edit facility - "subsidies" of course ...
December 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Bluesky really needs an edit facility - "subsidies" of course ...
But note how much of this is media controlled - large proportions of non-committal voters for everyone except Starmer and Farage, who are both always in the news and the divisions are more firmly drawn ...
Unless people are told what to think, they seem hesitant to commit!
Unless people are told what to think, they seem hesitant to commit!
December 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
But note how much of this is media controlled - large proportions of non-committal voters for everyone except Starmer and Farage, who are both always in the news and the divisions are more firmly drawn ...
Unless people are told what to think, they seem hesitant to commit!
Unless people are told what to think, they seem hesitant to commit!
Although we do need to remember that farm subsides have fallen 20% in real terms in the last (mostly Tory) decade, and any number of botched trade deals, plus Brexit, caused over 8,000 farm closures in 2023, long before the IHT debacle ...
December 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Although we do need to remember that farm subsides have fallen 20% in real terms in the last (mostly Tory) decade, and any number of botched trade deals, plus Brexit, caused over 8,000 farm closures in 2023, long before the IHT debacle ...
Our daughter lives in Vienna, where museums and so on are open on Christmas Day, so you could get something at a museum shop or something of that sort in an emergency!
December 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Our daughter lives in Vienna, where museums and so on are open on Christmas Day, so you could get something at a museum shop or something of that sort in an emergency!
And, of course, the £4bn turnover is only one of the betting firms, so the overall gambling figure will be massively higher!
December 23, 2025 at 10:46 AM
And, of course, the £4bn turnover is only one of the betting firms, so the overall gambling figure will be massively higher!
Also, that turnover of £11m a day, seven days a week, is more than the UK spends on either books, newspapers/magazines, or recorded music, according to the ONS, and is only exceeded by video game expenditure at £4.6bn.
Not signs of a healthy society!
Not signs of a healthy society!
December 23, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Also, that turnover of £11m a day, seven days a week, is more than the UK spends on either books, newspapers/magazines, or recorded music, according to the ONS, and is only exceeded by video game expenditure at £4.6bn.
Not signs of a healthy society!
Not signs of a healthy society!
When streaming stuff these days there seem to be endless gambling ads during programmes - I hardly watch live TV any more, and rarely any ads, but does anyone know if the regulations are different as there seem to be fewer ads on "normal" TV?
December 23, 2025 at 9:41 AM
When streaming stuff these days there seem to be endless gambling ads during programmes - I hardly watch live TV any more, and rarely any ads, but does anyone know if the regulations are different as there seem to be fewer ads on "normal" TV?
You might bump into His Maj on the bus to work!
December 23, 2025 at 9:33 AM
You might bump into His Maj on the bus to work!
Bizarre - he can't anyway, without a legislative change. She's probably stupid enough to think that because the Fixed Term Act was repealed that terms are not fixed, but 5 years remains the maximum under the 2022 Act as well. Plus the King can pull the plug should he wish.
She is really losing it.
She is really losing it.
December 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Bizarre - he can't anyway, without a legislative change. She's probably stupid enough to think that because the Fixed Term Act was repealed that terms are not fixed, but 5 years remains the maximum under the 2022 Act as well. Plus the King can pull the plug should he wish.
She is really losing it.
She is really losing it.
Sadly, one of my favourites is clean - a road called Michael Road, under which someone had written "the boat" 😊
We do have a Robbery Bottom Lane (generally known as Rubbery Bottom) near us, though ...
We do have a Robbery Bottom Lane (generally known as Rubbery Bottom) near us, though ...
December 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Sadly, one of my favourites is clean - a road called Michael Road, under which someone had written "the boat" 😊
We do have a Robbery Bottom Lane (generally known as Rubbery Bottom) near us, though ...
We do have a Robbery Bottom Lane (generally known as Rubbery Bottom) near us, though ...
Well, he's not going to be crying for a razor any time soon, by the looks of him ...
December 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Well, he's not going to be crying for a razor any time soon, by the looks of him ...
We should be sympathetic nonetheless - imagine the sheer horror of waking up in the morning and discovering that this is how your brain works, and there seems to be nothing you can do about it.
December 22, 2025 at 8:09 AM
We should be sympathetic nonetheless - imagine the sheer horror of waking up in the morning and discovering that this is how your brain works, and there seems to be nothing you can do about it.
Obviously anyone normal will keep their distance when you are not only spouting garbage, but hateful garbage at that.
You can only tolerate so much wrong-headedness, especially when they double down and refuse to listen to sense - typical cult behaviour.
You can only tolerate so much wrong-headedness, especially when they double down and refuse to listen to sense - typical cult behaviour.
December 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Obviously anyone normal will keep their distance when you are not only spouting garbage, but hateful garbage at that.
You can only tolerate so much wrong-headedness, especially when they double down and refuse to listen to sense - typical cult behaviour.
You can only tolerate so much wrong-headedness, especially when they double down and refuse to listen to sense - typical cult behaviour.
Pink gloves too - top work ...
December 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Pink gloves too - top work ...
I should have said "delivering properly and usefully" ...
Our system is fully capable of delivering policy based on fantasy and fallacy - we see it on a regular basis.
Our system is fully capable of delivering policy based on fantasy and fallacy - we see it on a regular basis.
December 21, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I should have said "delivering properly and usefully" ...
Our system is fully capable of delivering policy based on fantasy and fallacy - we see it on a regular basis.
Our system is fully capable of delivering policy based on fantasy and fallacy - we see it on a regular basis.
I literally said that I had been "in and around" it for decades - I lived a few minutes from Oxford Street in the 80s, and then in north London, where my mother in law still lives, although we are now technically in Hertfordshire ...
I'm just heading in today, as it happens.
Is that OK?
I'm just heading in today, as it happens.
Is that OK?
December 21, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I literally said that I had been "in and around" it for decades - I lived a few minutes from Oxford Street in the 80s, and then in north London, where my mother in law still lives, although we are now technically in Hertfordshire ...
I'm just heading in today, as it happens.
Is that OK?
I'm just heading in today, as it happens.
Is that OK?