John O’Donnell
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I wonder why she stopped being The Guardian’s US Economic reporter ten years ago?
December 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I wonder why she stopped being The Guardian’s US Economic reporter ten years ago?
I was only a kid at the time, but if you lived in the UK, it was the first time you had seen a conflict involving your country on the news every evening in glorious technicolour.
It was all jolly good until our ships started getting hit with Exocets, then it wasn’t funny at all.
It was all jolly good until our ships started getting hit with Exocets, then it wasn’t funny at all.
December 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I was only a kid at the time, but if you lived in the UK, it was the first time you had seen a conflict involving your country on the news every evening in glorious technicolour.
It was all jolly good until our ships started getting hit with Exocets, then it wasn’t funny at all.
It was all jolly good until our ships started getting hit with Exocets, then it wasn’t funny at all.
29 for Cicero? The defender of The Republic?
These Yanks.
These Yanks.
December 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
29 for Cicero? The defender of The Republic?
These Yanks.
These Yanks.
The Sedlescombe, used to be the O’Neill’s, and The Bush, I think, before that.
December 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The Sedlescombe, used to be the O’Neill’s, and The Bush, I think, before that.
I assume Mason will now fall on his sword, as custom demands.
December 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I assume Mason will now fall on his sword, as custom demands.
Blimey. My two years of classics was a very U rated version of The Trojan War.
December 2, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Blimey. My two years of classics was a very U rated version of The Trojan War.
The part where Winston goes to the pub in the prole’s part of town has taught me one thing.
Orwell could write working class men as well as he wrote women.
Orwell could write working class men as well as he wrote women.
December 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The part where Winston goes to the pub in the prole’s part of town has taught me one thing.
Orwell could write working class men as well as he wrote women.
Orwell could write working class men as well as he wrote women.
They should have left him in for a while, so he could learn the error of his ways.
Nine months sounds reasonable.
Nine months sounds reasonable.
December 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
They should have left him in for a while, so he could learn the error of his ways.
Nine months sounds reasonable.
Nine months sounds reasonable.
Sloane Square is a tourist trap in the centre of London. That’s what you would expect.
Shepherds Bush is not.
Shepherds Bush is not.
December 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Sloane Square is a tourist trap in the centre of London. That’s what you would expect.
Shepherds Bush is not.
Shepherds Bush is not.
When a pub in Shepherds Bush can charge you £8.05 for a pint, it’s hardly surprising.
December 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
When a pub in Shepherds Bush can charge you £8.05 for a pint, it’s hardly surprising.
You don’t get to be PM by coming fifth in a general election.
December 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
You don’t get to be PM by coming fifth in a general election.
My dad was a machine driver for forty years, and he fucking hated them.
Not for moral reasons, though that helped, it was because he said their products were shite.
He much preferred Hitachi.
Not for moral reasons, though that helped, it was because he said their products were shite.
He much preferred Hitachi.
December 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
My dad was a machine driver for forty years, and he fucking hated them.
Not for moral reasons, though that helped, it was because he said their products were shite.
He much preferred Hitachi.
Not for moral reasons, though that helped, it was because he said their products were shite.
He much preferred Hitachi.
It may be an old one, but it still checks out.
December 2, 2025 at 8:53 AM
It may be an old one, but it still checks out.
Robin Friday, good old Acton boy and the bane of football managers.
December 2, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Robin Friday, good old Acton boy and the bane of football managers.
They lost nearly £12m last year. Maybe there isn’t profit in their business model.
December 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
They lost nearly £12m last year. Maybe there isn’t profit in their business model.
I turned off my alarm and fell asleep, causing me to be extremely late for work.
Good start to the month.
Good start to the month.
December 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I turned off my alarm and fell asleep, causing me to be extremely late for work.
Good start to the month.
Good start to the month.
Therefore the real reason the Netherlands has been reclaiming so much land is a conspiracy to lessen the height of their inhabitants.
December 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Therefore the real reason the Netherlands has been reclaiming so much land is a conspiracy to lessen the height of their inhabitants.
Peter Sallis was fighting them off with a stick after voicing Wallace.
December 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Peter Sallis was fighting them off with a stick after voicing Wallace.
I met Joe Strummer, and he was a nice lad.
I used to drink with Jerry De Borg, and he said for the love of God don’t tell anyone who I am.
Good bloke Jerry.
I used to drink with Jerry De Borg, and he said for the love of God don’t tell anyone who I am.
Good bloke Jerry.
November 30, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I met Joe Strummer, and he was a nice lad.
I used to drink with Jerry De Borg, and he said for the love of God don’t tell anyone who I am.
Good bloke Jerry.
I used to drink with Jerry De Borg, and he said for the love of God don’t tell anyone who I am.
Good bloke Jerry.
I admit to a little bit of Babylonian invasion, but my MOT said that brake light was perfectly acceptable.
November 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I admit to a little bit of Babylonian invasion, but my MOT said that brake light was perfectly acceptable.