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.
It all comes down to the failed business case for HS2 which should have been about taking fast trains off the current lines to double or triple non-expresses serving local town to town travel and freight rather than saving inter-city business people a few minutes.
November 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
It all comes down to the failed business case for HS2 which should have been about taking fast trains off the current lines to double or triple non-expresses serving local town to town travel and freight rather than saving inter-city business people a few minutes.
Make and if they don't take it slice it and fry in in bacon fat to add to your boxing day breakfast.
November 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Make and if they don't take it slice it and fry in in bacon fat to add to your boxing day breakfast.
As few as four?
The name selection vote later is not to pick a name for the main party, but to pick which faction you want to be in.
The name selection vote later is not to pick a name for the main party, but to pick which faction you want to be in.
November 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
As few as four?
The name selection vote later is not to pick a name for the main party, but to pick which faction you want to be in.
The name selection vote later is not to pick a name for the main party, but to pick which faction you want to be in.
Got into the article - he sounds like a cock.
November 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Got into the article - he sounds like a cock.
Next time I go to the doctor I must remember to get their uncle's number so I can get him to critique my care.
November 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Next time I go to the doctor I must remember to get their uncle's number so I can get him to critique my care.
In fact German, draft dodging, brothel keeper. So behaviour can pass down!
November 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
In fact German, draft dodging, brothel keeper. So behaviour can pass down!
Ha! You are only a Plastic Paddy if you have your shirtless first fights *by* a bar dumpster. Real Paddies fight in them. 😉
November 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Ha! You are only a Plastic Paddy if you have your shirtless first fights *by* a bar dumpster. Real Paddies fight in them. 😉
How about German brothel keepers - can they be assimilated to the point maybe their grandchildren can be president?
November 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
How about German brothel keepers - can they be assimilated to the point maybe their grandchildren can be president?
But then I remember the vast majority of voters will just read "Cash ISA allowance slashed" and think that that applies to the accumulated balance or affects their £50 pcm so they think they are going to lose something.
November 27, 2025 at 11:18 PM
But then I remember the vast majority of voters will just read "Cash ISA allowance slashed" and think that that applies to the accumulated balance or affects their £50 pcm so they think they are going to lose something.
I don't get why? You can get better returns outside the cash ISA even taking the tax into account unless you have a very large sum saved. And salting away over a grand a month is a pipe dream for most. This makes no difference to the vast majority of voters.
November 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I don't get why? You can get better returns outside the cash ISA even taking the tax into account unless you have a very large sum saved. And salting away over a grand a month is a pipe dream for most. This makes no difference to the vast majority of voters.
It's the Times and they've corrected it now. Can't get the staff!
November 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
It's the Times and they've corrected it now. Can't get the staff!
Inflation proofing? 🤔
November 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Inflation proofing? 🤔
Must be time to pop it in the oven now?
November 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Must be time to pop it in the oven now?
In the people leaving there will be some that are at a point of their lives where big decisions commiting them to the UK for another 10, 20 years need to be made. "Shall (can) I buy a house, start a family, take a new job?" so it reflects uncertainty about their long term future for the UK.
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
In the people leaving there will be some that are at a point of their lives where big decisions commiting them to the UK for another 10, 20 years need to be made. "Shall (can) I buy a house, start a family, take a new job?" so it reflects uncertainty about their long term future for the UK.
I was joking, imagining the diatribe with which the Mail and Telegraph greet any threat to the legacies of the rich.
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I was joking, imagining the diatribe with which the Mail and Telegraph greet any threat to the legacies of the rich.
A death tax you say? Oh the horror! Snatching £multimillion legacies from under the noses of poor money grubbing children. How could you be so cruel?
November 27, 2025 at 12:53 PM
A death tax you say? Oh the horror! Snatching £multimillion legacies from under the noses of poor money grubbing children. How could you be so cruel?
That has been a large part of my disappointment with this govt. They will be howled down by the opposition and their media hacks, neither of whom simply believe Lab has a right to govern. They could give them a cause to whine and do the big progressive stuff instead of tinkering at the edges.
November 27, 2025 at 9:42 AM
That has been a large part of my disappointment with this govt. They will be howled down by the opposition and their media hacks, neither of whom simply believe Lab has a right to govern. They could give them a cause to whine and do the big progressive stuff instead of tinkering at the edges.
That's my morning sorted! Thanks.
November 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
That's my morning sorted! Thanks.
Good on her. I hope more journalists hold Farage to account.
November 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Good on her. I hope more journalists hold Farage to account.
Badenoch can't think of her feet. You see it every week at PMQs, she never nuances her question or changes tack regardless of the last answer. KS could give her the moon on a stick and she'd ignore it and still ask the prepared questions.
November 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Badenoch can't think of her feet. You see it every week at PMQs, she never nuances her question or changes tack regardless of the last answer. KS could give her the moon on a stick and she'd ignore it and still ask the prepared questions.
If pensioners (or anyone) have so much disposable income they can afford to save more than the take home from a full time min wage they don't need a tax break.
November 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
If pensioners (or anyone) have so much disposable income they can afford to save more than the take home from a full time min wage they don't need a tax break.
Oh he's much too smart to be caught out now. He has all the answers well crafted and he knows exactly how far he can push the rhetoric to get his base saying "yeah, that's just common sense" but if you dig in or even question him you're just a woke snowflake looking to take offence.
November 25, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Oh he's much too smart to be caught out now. He has all the answers well crafted and he knows exactly how far he can push the rhetoric to get his base saying "yeah, that's just common sense" but if you dig in or even question him you're just a woke snowflake looking to take offence.