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Hi Mark! I only ever got into the factory two or three times, and remember the IBM computer doing the wages, and the resistor banding machines on the metox precision resistor line. In fact, I probably still have some of the floor sweepings and production overruns gifted in a large paper bags by Dr Kirby (the head of research) as a thank you for very occasionally helping him with electrical and electronic bits and bobs he required urgently. Latterly, I also knew John Storey, who worked in engineering there, and was an assistant flying instructor at Newcastle airport in his spare time. The Magic Roundabout sounds like an interesting machine. Keen to know more.

Err.. none of the above. Very surprised that you didn't know that there was a Bedlington.uk mail server that's quite independent of the board software. Longstanding supporters have only to ask. There's also a facility to have bedlington.uk mail redirects to your existing mailboxes. PM if you need more details.

Take heart that we are now on well on the way to restoring the traditional British values that have been thoroughly trashed by the current fascist government..

What's Facebuke? Do you mean one of those things which invades your privacy, and spams you constantly, for no actual benefit? 🙃 I'd have thought you'd have created yourself a bedlington.uk mailbox by now!

Should have been done decades ago! It irritates me to see videos on the early railways which make zero mention of our unmatched contribution to the railways. I think there was an effort to kill this solely because of the politics at the time. Surely surely we can get over this in the twenty-first century?!

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/us-uk-pact-will-boost-advances-in-drug-discovery-create-tens-of-thousands-of-jobs-and-transform-lives "BlackRock is investing £500 million into enterprise data centres across the country, which includes an initial investment of over £100 million in a data centre expansion west of London. The broader programme will enhance UK digital infrastructure." ... "James Seppala, Chairman of Blackstone Europe, said: We are delighted that the government has designated our hyperscale data centre campus in Northumberland as an AI Growth Zone. This should help accelerate the development of one of Europe’s largest data centre facilities, with £10 billion of projected investment by Blackstone funds. We hope that the project will represent a transformational investment for the region, with the potential to deliver substantial benefits to the country and local communities, by driving innovation, creating high-skilled jobs, and solidifying the UK’s position as a global AI leader." I refer the honourable members to the statement I made earlier.

He will do what all politicos do and try to capitalise on things which mostly would have happened anyway, because the money was right. When you say he can't be trusted I think there are an awful lot of people who'd disagree with you. That's because he's one of the few leaders in modern times that has actually done what he claimed he was going to do. They'd say that a lot of the trading relationships with the US were fundamentally unbalanced. That very many countries had been parasitic on the US economy for a very long time, and that it was ordinary US workers who'd paid the price. Brexit started to unwind some of the unbalanced trading relationship that the UK had, and that was a product of ordinary working people seeing some of the reality of what the political classes had been up to. Unfortunately we still allow ourselves to be guilt tripped by the Irish Republic, and prop up their economy, despite their repeated efforts to undermine ours. I'm not sure what province you are in, but I've been hearing rumblings that there's a fundamental split in Canada starting with Alberta then all points West. If I was living there I'd be seriously considering joining one of the separatist movements advocating a more harmonious relationship with the USA. Ditching (that UK economic reject) Carney's socialist globalism has to be the way forward for ordinary Canadians. What on earth were you lot thinking electing him of all people? He has FAIL written on his forehead!

Hi Vic! I suspect we are going to hear something from your good friend "the evil orange man" quite soon. Maybe one of those Gordon Brown things of announcing the very same money multiple times, on the assumption that the average voter has a very short memory. 😀 https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/blackrock-invest-700-million-uk-data-centres-during-trump-visit-sky-news-reports-2025-09-13/

What..!!! Bedlington back of the queue?! This has never happened in the whole of history... Oh, ah.., now that you come to mention it: we've been there so many many times! How about getting some plaques to hang under the Welcome to Bedlington signs that read: Twinned with If Only.

I happened to own it (jointly) for quite a few years. Was going to move in, but never did. Good sound building: they don't build them like that any more! Goodness, I hope it's "still standing"!

10:35 to hear the truth about the so-called Online Protection Bill and who and what it really protects. Colin Sutton's bit further on is masterful, and should be compulsory viewing for anyone in the police who wants to get on the right side of history. This present nonsense has to and must end!

Linked from today's Telegraph. P.S. Don't worry, I now live in a country where free speech is still possible! 😂

Thanks for that show of support HPW, but I was rater hoping to hear from someone who didn't agree with me. The figures for June now out are truly dreadful: the highest June borrowing in history if you ignore the Tory lunacy of the spending during the pandemic. In one single month, Labour added £20.7BN to our national debt. That's almost double the increase in debt in May. The terrible news though is that almost 80% of this money was simply squandered on interest payments (which themselves will attract even more interest). How does that in any way “fix the foundations”? As with many other issues, this government is gaslighting the electorate until the big reveal comes! Four more years? I think not!

Despite the political spin, it's perfectly obvious why Rachel Reeves was in tears during the HoC debate on welfare payment reductions. The realisation had finally dawned that she has taken on the hopeless task of balancing the UK's books. Hopeless because even the easy low-hanging fruit can't be plucked. We are supposed to believe that "the adults are now in charge", but like most of the guff from the Labour propaganda machine, exactly the reverse is true. Everything they've done to allegedly improve the economy has actually made our situation worse. The international bond markets have taken notice, and a 1970s type Sterling crisis is looming. How long this will take is anyone's guess. Some economists say it will strike in 2026. But one thing is for sure: this hopeless government won't last out it's five year term, and it will ALL end in tears!