Olddogandgrump
@olddogandgrump.bsky.social
Irishman in UK. Love my wife, dog and children. Hate Tory governments, Brexit campaigners, reality TV! 🇮🇪🇬🇧🇪🇺
Credit to Charles Shultz for the avatar and profile caption.
Credit to Charles Shultz for the avatar and profile caption.
That's how to show the true Christian spirit of Christmas, bullying primary school staff and pupils into shutting down their Christmas show.
They are scum of the earth! I hope they are proud of themselves, spoiling the end of the year for these children and denying them their show.
They are scum of the earth! I hope they are proud of themselves, spoiling the end of the year for these children and denying them their show.
Scottish school cancels Christmas play after ‘racist and abusive’ messages
Show at Cauldeen primary school in Inverness had included a scene explaining hardship faced by Syrian refugees
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
That's how to show the true Christian spirit of Christmas, bullying primary school staff and pupils into shutting down their Christmas show.
They are scum of the earth! I hope they are proud of themselves, spoiling the end of the year for these children and denying them their show.
They are scum of the earth! I hope they are proud of themselves, spoiling the end of the year for these children and denying them their show.
This is why we need the equivalent of Ireland's Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) with the power to seize personal assets derived from criminal acts (subject to a court order, on the balance of probability and even if they have been gifted away). Fraudulently marking goods as CE is a criminal act.
Will UK taxpayers get their £122m back from PPE Medpro?
The high court told the company linked to Michelle Mone to pay up over the supply of defective gowns, but there appears no clear route to reclaim the funds
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This is why we need the equivalent of Ireland's Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) with the power to seize personal assets derived from criminal acts (subject to a court order, on the balance of probability and even if they have been gifted away). Fraudulently marking goods as CE is a criminal act.
So it's not a peace plan or a deal or a negotiation, it's an ultimatum from the aggressor* and their enabler promising even more aggression if their terms are not met.
*Israel went from being the victim of Oct 7 to being outright aggressors months ago.
*Israel went from being the victim of Oct 7 to being outright aggressors months ago.
Trump and Netanyahu to Hamas: accept Gaza peace plan or face consequences
Pair say proposal represents new chapter but Israeli PM threatens to ‘finish the job’ if Hamas officials fail to agree
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM
So it's not a peace plan or a deal or a negotiation, it's an ultimatum from the aggressor* and their enabler promising even more aggression if their terms are not met.
*Israel went from being the victim of Oct 7 to being outright aggressors months ago.
*Israel went from being the victim of Oct 7 to being outright aggressors months ago.
Gotta love patriots, particularly the inclusive ones, caring enough about the union of the kingdom to fly the flags of the four nations of the UK.
🇮🇪 - Really? I can imagine some Ulster loyalists will be tad upset.
🇮🇪 - Really? I can imagine some Ulster loyalists will be tad upset.
September 20, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Gotta love patriots, particularly the inclusive ones, caring enough about the union of the kingdom to fly the flags of the four nations of the UK.
🇮🇪 - Really? I can imagine some Ulster loyalists will be tad upset.
🇮🇪 - Really? I can imagine some Ulster loyalists will be tad upset.
This is looking like Hemmingway's bankruptcy, it started gradually and now it's got to the suddenly bit.
Two minutes hate and the Thought Police coming your way soon.
Two minutes hate and the Thought Police coming your way soon.
JD Vance backs mass ‘doxing’ campaign to find and harass Charlie Kirk critics
US vice-president encourages ‘calling out’ anyone who celebrates Kirk’s murder, including notifying employers
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This is looking like Hemmingway's bankruptcy, it started gradually and now it's got to the suddenly bit.
Two minutes hate and the Thought Police coming your way soon.
Two minutes hate and the Thought Police coming your way soon.
Who'd have thought Brazil could teach the home of freedom and democracy a lesson In what should happen to those that try to overturn democratic outcomes and raise insurrections.
Brazil’s supreme court finds Bolsonaro guilty of plotting military coup
Former president faces decades-long jail sentence for seeking to forcibly cling to power after losing 2022 election
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Who'd have thought Brazil could teach the home of freedom and democracy a lesson In what should happen to those that try to overturn democratic outcomes and raise insurrections.
Why is @theguardian.com jumping on this band wagon.
And @theguardian.com there is an error re SDLT. It is charged depending on how many properties you already own. Not if it's the primary or secondary residence - which is not declared when paying SDLT. This undermines your whole section 1.
And @theguardian.com there is an error re SDLT. It is charged depending on how many properties you already own. Not if it's the primary or secondary residence - which is not declared when paying SDLT. This undermines your whole section 1.
Angela Rayner’s Hove flat: five questions for the deputy PM
What Rayner may be asked to explain about the arrangements behind her purchase of an £800,000 home
www.theguardian.com
September 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Why is @theguardian.com jumping on this band wagon.
And @theguardian.com there is an error re SDLT. It is charged depending on how many properties you already own. Not if it's the primary or secondary residence - which is not declared when paying SDLT. This undermines your whole section 1.
And @theguardian.com there is an error re SDLT. It is charged depending on how many properties you already own. Not if it's the primary or secondary residence - which is not declared when paying SDLT. This undermines your whole section 1.
Farage is a traitor to the state of the United Kingdom and to the very notion of being British and what being British means.
August 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Farage is a traitor to the state of the United Kingdom and to the very notion of being British and what being British means.
I for one would rather the fox was not consulted on the design of the fence around the chicken coop.
Russia says it must be part of international talks on Ukraine’s security
Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov dismisses European diplomacy as ‘clumsy effort to sway Trump’
www.theguardian.com
August 21, 2025 at 6:12 AM
I for one would rather the fox was not consulted on the design of the fence around the chicken coop.
“The Greens, DUP, Plaid Cymru, and UUP have 13 peers between them but Reform UK has none."
These parties have shown over decades that they are not a flashes in the pan unlike all of Farage's previous parties, so to entrench Refom's position with life peerages is madness.
These parties have shown over decades that they are not a flashes in the pan unlike all of Farage's previous parties, so to entrench Refom's position with life peerages is madness.
Farage urges Starmer to appoint Reform peers to House of Lords
Party leader’s demand dismissed by defence secretary as a plea for ‘more Putin apologists’ in parliament
www.theguardian.com
August 15, 2025 at 9:15 AM
“The Greens, DUP, Plaid Cymru, and UUP have 13 peers between them but Reform UK has none."
These parties have shown over decades that they are not a flashes in the pan unlike all of Farage's previous parties, so to entrench Refom's position with life peerages is madness.
These parties have shown over decades that they are not a flashes in the pan unlike all of Farage's previous parties, so to entrench Refom's position with life peerages is madness.
Thank you Mr King.
I can't say any more.
I can't say any more.
Family of Southport stabbing victim criticise plan to reveal ethnicity of suspects
Exclusive: Michael Weston King, grandfather of Bebe King, warns government against ‘kowtowing to the likes of Farage’
www.theguardian.com
August 14, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Thank you Mr King.
I can't say any more.
I can't say any more.
Thankfully, when we found the only place in Paris that dogs weren't welcome and the original Olddog, Mrs Andgrump and I got chipped off the Arc de Triomphe by some burly CRS there were no camera phones to stoke social media outrage.
Man who lit cigarette from French war memorial flame faces legal action
Video of man lighting cigarette from Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Paris was widely shared on social media
www.theguardian.com
August 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Thankfully, when we found the only place in Paris that dogs weren't welcome and the original Olddog, Mrs Andgrump and I got chipped off the Arc de Triomphe by some burly CRS there were no camera phones to stoke social media outrage.
No it shouldn't. It's giving in to the mob. Someone's immigration status is irrelevant to the investigation and reporting of a crime. We all know this will become a rallying cry for the far right to bully and harass minorities.
Guidance on police disclosing suspects’ ethnicity should change, Cooper says
Home secretary says Law Commission is looking into change amid row over case of alleged rape in Warwickshire
www.theguardian.com
August 5, 2025 at 9:15 AM
No it shouldn't. It's giving in to the mob. Someone's immigration status is irrelevant to the investigation and reporting of a crime. We all know this will become a rallying cry for the far right to bully and harass minorities.
Donald Kim Jung Trump.
Welcome to North Korean style government.
Welcome to North Korean style government.
Trump fires labor statistics chief hours after data showed jobs growth slowed
US president accused of ‘firing the messenger’ as he makes claims without evidence about Erika McEntarfer
www.theguardian.com
August 2, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Donald Kim Jung Trump.
Welcome to North Korean style government.
Welcome to North Korean style government.
An extraordinary thing for the holder of the office of POTUS to say. People are not property to be stolen.
And he "thinks" the highest profile victim worked for him. If after all this time he doesn't know for sure one way or the other shows an astonishing lack of curiosity - or he's lying...again.
And he "thinks" the highest profile victim worked for him. If after all this time he doesn't know for sure one way or the other shows an astonishing lack of curiosity - or he's lying...again.
Trump says Epstein ‘stole’ Virginia Giuffre from Mar-a-Lago staff role
President says pair fell out because Epstein poached staffers, including Epstein accuser who died in April
www.theguardian.com
July 30, 2025 at 7:29 AM
An extraordinary thing for the holder of the office of POTUS to say. People are not property to be stolen.
And he "thinks" the highest profile victim worked for him. If after all this time he doesn't know for sure one way or the other shows an astonishing lack of curiosity - or he's lying...again.
And he "thinks" the highest profile victim worked for him. If after all this time he doesn't know for sure one way or the other shows an astonishing lack of curiosity - or he's lying...again.
I've just watched footage of Trump getting off AF1. He is such a sourpuss. Just looking at him you know there are no positive thoughts going through his head. Just hate, spite and bile.
July 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I've just watched footage of Trump getting off AF1. He is such a sourpuss. Just looking at him you know there are no positive thoughts going through his head. Just hate, spite and bile.
Oh feck off Trump. It's been six months and you are just boring now. You've lost the room. Be a serious politician or STFU.
Donald Trump announces 30% tariffs on goods from the EU and Mexico
The president made the announcement on social media, even as the EU was hoping for a trade agreement
www.theguardian.com
July 12, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Oh feck off Trump. It's been six months and you are just boring now. You've lost the room. Be a serious politician or STFU.
The state of Israel and its defence forces are no better than the Nazi party and the SS in WW2 ghettos. I know they lost people on Oct 7th, but the children and innocent Gazans don't deserve the punishment beating being meted out for the last 20 months.
Gaza: Doctors Under Attack
A forensic investigation into Israeli military attacks on hospitals in Gaza
www.channel4.com
July 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The state of Israel and its defence forces are no better than the Nazi party and the SS in WW2 ghettos. I know they lost people on Oct 7th, but the children and innocent Gazans don't deserve the punishment beating being meted out for the last 20 months.
He's like an arsonist with a firehouse. Can we just give him a replica Nobel Peace Prize so he can stop starting wars to announce ceasefires in?
Or maybe get his inner circle to do to him what the Portuguese did to Salazar.
Or maybe get his inner circle to do to him what the Portuguese did to Salazar.
Israel-Iran war live: Trump says ceasefire is now in effect amid confusion over timeline of agreement
A senior White House official said Trump had brokered the deal in a call with Benjamin Netanyahu; Iranians report some of the most intense Israeli bombings of the war overnight
www.theguardian.com
June 24, 2025 at 5:42 AM
He's like an arsonist with a firehouse. Can we just give him a replica Nobel Peace Prize so he can stop starting wars to announce ceasefires in?
Or maybe get his inner circle to do to him what the Portuguese did to Salazar.
Or maybe get his inner circle to do to him what the Portuguese did to Salazar.
Please someone tell me political party operatives with no publicly position can't sack public employees for following policy and data protection rules and refusing to hand over protected data to private parties?
Reform UK to pilot Doge-style scheme to examine council spending
Party tells council officers they risk ‘gross misconduct’ if they block Elon Musk-inspired initiative
www.theguardian.com
June 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Please someone tell me political party operatives with no publicly position can't sack public employees for following policy and data protection rules and refusing to hand over protected data to private parties?
100% agree, unlock funds, let councils build the homes they need to clear their waiting lists and put nimbys and BTL landlords back in their box. We've had 40 odd years of the private sector prioritising profits over housing and nimbys objecting on spurious grounds.
Treat social housing as critical infrastructure to unlock billions, says Peabody boss
Exclusive: Giving social housing same status as roads and energy would mean more investment in sector major providers say is at breaking point
www.theguardian.com
May 31, 2025 at 12:13 PM
100% agree, unlock funds, let councils build the homes they need to clear their waiting lists and put nimbys and BTL landlords back in their box. We've had 40 odd years of the private sector prioritising profits over housing and nimbys objecting on spurious grounds.
Oh wow! What a take to have - starving Gazans is saving them from bad food choices!
UK Lawyers for Israel condemned over claim war may reduce obesity in Gaza
Palestinian rights group says remarks criticising a Lancet analysis on impact of the conflict are ‘sickening’
www.theguardian.com
May 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Oh wow! What a take to have - starving Gazans is saving them from bad food choices!
I wouldn't trust Trump to pay me for something if I was face to face with him. Noone who leaves without the cash in their pockets will see a dime, never mind $1,000. In fact - I wouldn't trust them to not take the air fare out of their bank accounts after they've left.
Trump administration offers $1,000 to undocumented immigrants to leave US
DHS claims payment will be issued after individuals leave the US and it has been confirmed through their app
www.theguardian.com
May 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I wouldn't trust Trump to pay me for something if I was face to face with him. Noone who leaves without the cash in their pockets will see a dime, never mind $1,000. In fact - I wouldn't trust them to not take the air fare out of their bank accounts after they've left.
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social
@chazelgrovemp.bsky.social
I didn't vote Labour to get Reform. Please be the social democratic party you are and stop dancing to Reform's tune.
@chazelgrovemp.bsky.social
I didn't vote Labour to get Reform. Please be the social democratic party you are and stop dancing to Reform's tune.
Labour targets international students claiming asylum after election losses to Reform
Exclusive: Ministers understood to be drafting white paper this month in move to reduce legal migration
www.theguardian.com
May 4, 2025 at 5:05 AM
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social
@chazelgrovemp.bsky.social
I didn't vote Labour to get Reform. Please be the social democratic party you are and stop dancing to Reform's tune.
@chazelgrovemp.bsky.social
I didn't vote Labour to get Reform. Please be the social democratic party you are and stop dancing to Reform's tune.