There are 'pro-Starmer ultras'? That's really A Thing?

Croydon has never looked more beautiful.

I think clearly the identity of his target is also, very wrongly, a factor. Even if he was Adonis himself, if he'd assassinated... I dunno, the head of a refugee charity or some other 'worthy cause', there'd be less of this nonsense.

Funny, I'd say it's the best time to try it. Preferably with a fry-up.

It is a bang average stout. It's perfectly drinkable, but there are better ones available, albeit much harder to find now that Guinness, and its unspeakable brethren Guinness 0.0% and (worse, much worse) Guinness Extra Cold, seem to have infiltrated every corner of the pub market.

Haha, #humblebrag much? 😏

Bob Blackman, Harrow E? I seem to remember reading something about that shortly after the election.

To be fair, disappointing to have to bring pizza if Italy is going to be there.

Hi-res downloads (Qobuz has a good range) and high-quality wired headphones/speakers.

Heathen.

I can't focus on audiobooks, unfortunately. I tend to get visually distracted. Or go to sleep 😏

A healthy(?) reading habit means that the cloud cast by any mild illness invariably has a silver lining.

Hmm... Yes, tricky.

If you actually look where you're going, you end up doing a bloody slalom just to avoid bumping into all the morons. So nowadays, I just don't bother avoiding them. I'm 6'2" and >100kg so it usually hurts them more than it hurts me. Sometimes it knocks the phone out of their hands as well ftw 😂

See also 'walking three or four abreast on a narrow pavement' - and then having the effrontery to tut at or verbally abuse the lone pedestrian coming in the other direction when the inevitable shoulder clash occurs.

Ah. I feel your pain. Although down here in Croydon (still technically London), I – or rather the developers – have managed to squeeze one in...

Ah, the Dark Ages...

Clearly, one does them in the dishwasher and then leave them in there until they are dry. It is permissible to dab the base with a microfibre towel in order to accelerate this process, especially where the base is slightly concave, causing pooling.

The problem with this sort of story-telling approach is that a lot of people have skipped to the ending, and they don't like where the story's headed.