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I feel like one of them has failed to grasp a fundamental part of acting, and I don't think it is the doctor.
November 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I feel like one of them has failed to grasp a fundamental part of acting, and I don't think it is the doctor.
They could probably cover the demolition costs by letting people pay to demolish sections of it.
November 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
They could probably cover the demolition costs by letting people pay to demolish sections of it.
Same in Milton Keynes, been there for years and if there is vandalism against them, it is at a very insignificant level.
November 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Same in Milton Keynes, been there for years and if there is vandalism against them, it is at a very insignificant level.
I think Kemi entered politics at about the same age as Thatcher?
While Starmer had effectively a whole legal career first.
While Starmer had effectively a whole legal career first.
November 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I think Kemi entered politics at about the same age as Thatcher?
While Starmer had effectively a whole legal career first.
While Starmer had effectively a whole legal career first.
Presumably this is something she has absorbed from right wing American twitter (Jesus didn't believe in hand outs from the state, just personal charity), then done some rationalising to make it work in her head (this is because states didn't exist)
November 28, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Presumably this is something she has absorbed from right wing American twitter (Jesus didn't believe in hand outs from the state, just personal charity), then done some rationalising to make it work in her head (this is because states didn't exist)
Plus, and I've not read the bible for a fair few years so could be wrong, I didn't get the impression Jesus was for the status quo on how the poor and disadvantaged were treated... and I don't think it was on the basis they were being too well looked after.
November 28, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Plus, and I've not read the bible for a fair few years so could be wrong, I didn't get the impression Jesus was for the status quo on how the poor and disadvantaged were treated... and I don't think it was on the basis they were being too well looked after.
Yeah - I don't think it actually tells us anything about the budget or Reeves, just that he is a deeply unpleasant person.
Which doesn't feel like it is newsworthy - a sign of how unserious the right wing press have become that they are all covering his views.
Which doesn't feel like it is newsworthy - a sign of how unserious the right wing press have become that they are all covering his views.
November 28, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Yeah - I don't think it actually tells us anything about the budget or Reeves, just that he is a deeply unpleasant person.
Which doesn't feel like it is newsworthy - a sign of how unserious the right wing press have become that they are all covering his views.
Which doesn't feel like it is newsworthy - a sign of how unserious the right wing press have become that they are all covering his views.
Based on the line about it, I'm not sure it is necessary - sounds like it is playing off how people think US academia works rather than how US academia actually works.
Though given his other shows have been "reality" based, it would be a different approach.
Though given his other shows have been "reality" based, it would be a different approach.
November 28, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Based on the line about it, I'm not sure it is necessary - sounds like it is playing off how people think US academia works rather than how US academia actually works.
Though given his other shows have been "reality" based, it would be a different approach.
Though given his other shows have been "reality" based, it would be a different approach.
Broke out your resting Ted Cruz face?
November 28, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Broke out your resting Ted Cruz face?
Someone clearly had great expectations for it.
November 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Someone clearly had great expectations for it.
Same.
Quite liked it, then heard the rest of the album and was really underwhelmed.
Quite liked it, then heard the rest of the album and was really underwhelmed.
November 27, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Same.
Quite liked it, then heard the rest of the album and was really underwhelmed.
Quite liked it, then heard the rest of the album and was really underwhelmed.
I'm trying to work out if he means from 180 to 19 BC, or 19 to 180 AD?
November 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I'm trying to work out if he means from 180 to 19 BC, or 19 to 180 AD?
I've noticed that part of it seems to be getting skipped in the framing of it.
Okay, Labour are going to spend more on benefits... but what the extra spending does seems rather important.
Okay, Labour are going to spend more on benefits... but what the extra spending does seems rather important.
November 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I've noticed that part of it seems to be getting skipped in the framing of it.
Okay, Labour are going to spend more on benefits... but what the extra spending does seems rather important.
Okay, Labour are going to spend more on benefits... but what the extra spending does seems rather important.
Hide copies of it around Westminster, releasing clues on how to find them two hours before the budget starts.
November 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Hide copies of it around Westminster, releasing clues on how to find them two hours before the budget starts.
I think the value is in him hopefully taking a few months to say it, at which point the OBR hope everyone has forgotten/ stopped caring about it.
November 27, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I think the value is in him hopefully taking a few months to say it, at which point the OBR hope everyone has forgotten/ stopped caring about it.
Yes, that is my thinking.
The rooms are just too big so all the proportions feel off and they are intimidated into just having stuff to fill space. Either have a sensibly sized room, or own it and have a load of empty space, IMO.
The rooms are just too big so all the proportions feel off and they are intimidated into just having stuff to fill space. Either have a sensibly sized room, or own it and have a load of empty space, IMO.
November 27, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Yes, that is my thinking.
The rooms are just too big so all the proportions feel off and they are intimidated into just having stuff to fill space. Either have a sensibly sized room, or own it and have a load of empty space, IMO.
The rooms are just too big so all the proportions feel off and they are intimidated into just having stuff to fill space. Either have a sensibly sized room, or own it and have a load of empty space, IMO.
But that tax isn't just on car insurance, instead it is on most types of insurance. While some form of vehicle tax is a useful proxy for who is "driving" the costs it covers, which wouldn't exist in the same way if no one drove.
November 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
But that tax isn't just on car insurance, instead it is on most types of insurance. While some form of vehicle tax is a useful proxy for who is "driving" the costs it covers, which wouldn't exist in the same way if no one drove.
Penny farthings or tandems?
November 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Penny farthings or tandems?
Isn't it the unwinding of the 5p cut, with the freeze they are pretending to unfreeze from the next budget?
November 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Isn't it the unwinding of the 5p cut, with the freeze they are pretending to unfreeze from the next budget?
"Now how about one where you look very small and isolated?"
"Perfect, exactly the message I want to convey before I give my budget"
"Perfect, exactly the message I want to convey before I give my budget"
November 26, 2025 at 11:54 AM
"Now how about one where you look very small and isolated?"
"Perfect, exactly the message I want to convey before I give my budget"
"Perfect, exactly the message I want to convey before I give my budget"
I have wondered before about how well most people understand the tax system, with things like this.
Schools should probably have lessons on how the tax system works, I'm sure they have loads of free time to fit it in...
Schools should probably have lessons on how the tax system works, I'm sure they have loads of free time to fit it in...
November 26, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I have wondered before about how well most people understand the tax system, with things like this.
Schools should probably have lessons on how the tax system works, I'm sure they have loads of free time to fit it in...
Schools should probably have lessons on how the tax system works, I'm sure they have loads of free time to fit it in...
I didn't realise Hyacinth Bucket had started writing for the NYT.
November 26, 2025 at 11:32 AM
I didn't realise Hyacinth Bucket had started writing for the NYT.
Have to be fast, otherwise it will come out after Wolves have beaten the record.
November 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Have to be fast, otherwise it will come out after Wolves have beaten the record.