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"Even a Sheila was better than that bloody bludger Kevin Rudd" (My missus' Uncle in the Blue Mountains)

I'd suggest you go back to the first post and actually read the rules this time. To have lost half a point, 200 people would have had to have Tony Bennett

I started with Punk / post-punk / reggae -> The good stuff in the 80s (Inc Japan) and then backwards to prog / psyche etc etc....to where I am now with Soundtracks / downtempo bleepy stuff / even some jazz My physical collection goes all over the place now. but that is kind of the progression.

The party is dying, we're listening to the death rattle

No Straight Jacket Required?

You're assuming he'd still be an MP. The LibDem vote in his seat increased by just under 30% in 2019. Hunt only has an 8K majority now

Double entendres are risque not misogynistic

If the next GE goes as I expect (huge shoeing) then I fully expect Truss to become the next Tory leader again

It isn't quite that simple, it's the way it's being implemented. I may have said this before (apologies if I have) Two examples of implementation from the North West. Greater Manchester - The whole of Greater Manchester will be one big congestion charging zone, so you use your car, you get charged. That sounds terrible when you say it except it's actually much better than.... Merseyside: Each individual borough will decide their own congestion charging policy and therefore there will be a confusing mess of multiple charges potentially for a single journey. One council is going to set three small zones for charging based on the pollution levels, sounds almost reasonable until you realise that the three zones are all by the Freeport, the Freeport where all the big f*** off container ships dock but private vehicles will not be expected to pay, just commercial vehicles including buses and taxis, so that ends up being a tax on people using public transport, people not drinking and driving, people who don't own cars (that's the poor in a lot of cases). I don't even know what the other Boroughs are doing but if I want to take a journey from Sefton to the Wirral, it entirely possible that not only will I have to pay a toll to go through the tunnel but also three separate congestion charges for a ten mile journey. Now given I already know the three zones, I could make a 5 or so mile detour and avoid the Sefton charges, the charge is literally encouraging me to drive further. The whole thing is insanity So yes, it's a Tory National Government Policy but the implementation is down to each authority and quite frankly some of those local authorities are run by people with the intellectual capacity of a slug

It would be interesting to see the demographics of the Tory / Green switchers. I'm not sure such data exists but my absolute guess would be that it may be heavily skewed to the younger and female data points, neither of which is good news for the Tories long term.

He's not that good I fully expect he pronounced that leaky

Absolutely detest that big 80s FM friendly / MTV friendly compressed “stadium” production sound For me, that’s the bad 80s Level 42, there’s another prime example of it. Grrrrr

Wordle 762 3/6

Isn't the ULEZ aspect of the local anger the bit the media have latched onto but the real issue is the LTNs ?

FFS Calm down love!

Oh my Craig Charles ire continued yesterday... just another prime example of why I don't like his show He has a feature where listeners suggest great B-sides. I have absolutely nothing against that but again it comes down to his lack of knowledge on the subject, especially as he claims this "punk" heritage (which is bollocks). Someone wrote in suggesting Liza Radley, the B-side to The Jam's Start single... all good but when he reads it out he pronounces it Leeza, Leeza FFS! You only have to listen to the first 10 seconds of the song to know it's pronounced Lyza, they are literally the first two words of the lyrics. Piss off you absolute fraud. He did something similar about two sentences before that I've forgotten because the Liza Radley one infuriated me even more. He's always pronouncing band names / song names incorrectly because he really has no clue about the subject matter

Superb drummer and I mean it, possibly the best of his generation but I'm sorry, he was an extra in Hard Days Night, so that's a massive no from me

Nah it's all undeviatingly dreadful

Looking at the results, it’s interesting that the shift from Tory to Green appears to be still happening. Given the diverse nature of the three seats and the clear tactical voting to unseat Tories, The Greens increased their vote share in all three by-elections, almost doubling their vote share in Somerton and Frome Its a vote swing that appears to be at odds with perceived wisdom but as much as UKIP / Reclaim / Reform continue to be a minor thorn in the Tories right side, the actual bigger threat from smaller parties to their vote share in a lot of places is statistically the Greens.

Yep, I still think they'll win Uxbridge at the next General Election though. It’s more of a punch in the face for Sadiq Khan than it is for Starmer

Middle class food bank

That’s the missus plate But only if Butterhead is lettuce

The chicken is coated in tomato, garlic and oregano.

Here you go Italian seasoned chicken with carrot and Parmesan fries. Both done in the air fryer