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Even if you're one of those hate not hope Labour voters who always wanted to see the "evil Tories" obliterated [I'm looking at you, Symptoms], it makes not the slightest bit of sense to give your vote to Labour this time. Labour is pretty much guaranteed their turn in the cosy duopoly that has existed for our lifetimes, so a Labour vote IS a wasted vote. The ONLY way to ensure that the globalist creature laughingly named Conservative is banished from history is to vote for Reform. Reform won't take power, but they will consign the Conservative Party to the dustbin of history after a lot of kicking and screaming. A comeback will only be possible if globalist Labour throws their globalist Conservative buddies a lifeline. If you still haven't woken up in the 21st century and smelled the coffee, then see today's Torygraph for full details of the rout: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/06/12/tory-2019-voters-say-conservatives-deserve-to-lose-seats/ I really really really would like to hear from a Labour voter on why they think voting Labour is a good idea. I've asked several Labour supporters this question, but they've gone uncharacteristically silent on the matter. It's almost as if they know that they are acting irrationally, and are embarrassed to admit this to themselves. Please feel free discus.

I spent a good hour with that Eggy - a literal trip down memory lane! Although... Memory Lane seems to be missing a few buildings! Thanks for posting it.

This morning's Torygraph headline: Farage wins BBC election debate, snap poll finds A slightly more nuanced result from the Torygraph's own poll of 75,000 readers: So Tory voters prefer Reform over the imploding Tory Party by more than three to one! Labour's recent drop in the polls illustrates that there are a good many Labour voters who will gravitate to voting against the status quo, too. Never before in modern history has a third out-of-the-blue party been contesting second place like this. It's only a matter of time before most voters get the message. There's still time to change your prediction, Eggy!

Right from the dawn of the space age, we've been led to believe that there's an inevitable communications blackout during reentry. This has led to many anxious moments. Today we've just seen that communications are possible "all the way down" if the vehicle is big enough and the communications equipment is suitably placed. That's actually game changing, but In the excitement of the today's successful launch, no one seems to have pointed this out. Congratulations to everyone involved. I've no doubts that at long last we are on our way to Mars, and that Mars will be populated way before the end of the present century.

If we are doubly forgotten BEFORE the election, then there's zero chance when all the election promises are forgotten. First law of voting: Never ever vote for any party that has been established for more than twenty years. Why? Twenty years is more than enough time for all the "main chance" slimeball career politicos to gravitate to it and all the motivated people who established it to forget exactly why it was established in the first place! If you vote for it, then you become part of the problem and not part of the solution.

Well... as long as the prior imposition of Wansbeck doesn't exist too, I'm sort of OK with that. Look at it as if Bedlington is now the real centre of the Ashington/Blyth universe.

Despite being branded "extreme right" by the BBC, GB News does in fact broadcast a pretty broad spectrum of views. One of its founders was Andrew Neil when he was pushed out of the BBC by the woke mob. You can get GB News Radio anywhere in the world with several Android or iPhone radio apps. If you have a Google smart speaker, simply say Hey Google, play GB News Radio, and I'm guessing Amazon and Apple devices will respond similarly. This is novel: I'm providing a link to an old Guardian article (interpret with care)! GB News launch gains more viewers than BBC or Sky news channels Several ex-BBC and ITV people present regularly, and particularly notable is young Geordie lad Darren Grimes - who used to be a Lib Dem activist. You can view part of the TV coverage on their YouTube channel. They seem to have started a GB News America recently too. If you have a Roku box or stick, there's a Roku app that will connect your TV to the full monty. I see that there's an Android Play Store app too, but I've never needed it. Almost definitely an Apple Store app too, and maybe other platforms. Unlike other UK TV broadcasters, they don't block international streaming, so you can get their full 24/7 UK TV coverage wherever you are in the world.

It's a failed leftist publication with strong links to the Kremlin and KGB! It failed commercially and "went digital" in order to keep churning out its anti-British propaganda. Like C4 it has taken significant funding from the EU which it prefers not to reveal. Naturally, it was vehemently anti-Brexit and remains metropolitan centric.

The BBC doesn't earn money, it has a route into everyone's pockets via the TV Tax! It is in a privileged position as the state broadcaster and a royal charter which is supposed to guarantee complete political neutrality. If it wants to go the commercial route, then that seems to be fine by most people. But then it will have to stop threatening to imprison people who don't want to fund its leftist propaganda.

You'd have thought the Guardianistas at the Beeb would have learned something from being caught out propagating lies about Nigel Farage over his de-banking, and then having to grovel again in March when describing Reform as "far-right". But no, Geeta Guru-Murthy - older sister of Krishnan Guru-Murthy, the equally biased and foul-mouthed Channel 4 News presenter - simply couldn't resist adding a slur to the BBC's coverage of the Reform press conference in Dover. A red-faced BBC had to speedily admit that the words they focused on were in fact the words of their own poster boy Donald Tusk (now the PM of Poland). It seems that in the BBC's world view working British people must tolerate the illegal immigration levels that Poles, of all political persuasions, will no longer tolerate! "... I used language to describe it which didn’t meet the BBC’s editorial standards on impartiality. I’d like to apologise to Mr Farage and viewers for this.” Eternally curious that these frequent infractions of "the BBC’s editorial standards on impartiality" are all one way, and no sanctions are ever applied! Maybe the BBC needs some REAL diversity and inclusion in its recruiting process?

You'd likely better re-edit that: a lady shouldn't be dropping clues to her own age!

It rings a bell, but the bell is cracked! Can vaguely remember being presented with an address slip (quite a memorable name), but the year I simply can't recall. It can't have been before late 1961 unless I was just along for the ride - which happened frequently in the mid 1950's. Some of these rides are quite memorable, and amongst other things I got introduced to the use of "shot-firing cable" and sticky tape as a local substitute for mains extension cable. It was a local fix for there often being only one mains socket in a room, and sometimes none at all: appliances were sometimes patched into the light socket! It was also my first introduction to (lethal!) DC mains supplied directly from the colliery generators. It was possible to get AC/DC radios and TVs in those days, and domestic appliances were rare in any event. Shot firing cable was "dorty"-yellow and solid cored. It was entirely unsuitable for domestic use, unreliable, and - almost needless to say - totally unsafe! Often all you could do was a makeshift repair under the condition that they went out and bought some proper mains cable - which everybody knew wasn't going to happen! Umm... maybe that's why the hoose bornt?!

Who could possibly have guessed this? Further proof - if any were necessary - that it's always best just to get on and do your own thing.

How do you rationalise the fact that despite the Deludocrats earlier siren warnings, the Trumpster was the only POTUS in modern history NOT to start a war? Wars always start through perceived weakness - Sleepy Joe being a prime example. You'll love this article in today's DE: My Labour chums can’t wait for Starmer to win power - here's why they’ll hate every minute

That's a close call, Eggy. Biden will likely still be in office until early January, and there's the traditional first phone call. "1. I will be avoiding the first 15 minutes of the start of every BBC news broadcast for at least the next 42 days" Why limit it to 15 minutes and 42 days? The BBC no longer broadcast actual news. "a giant size inflatable Bedlington Terrier will hover" -- some great ideas coming out of this thread already!

Wow, I'd never considered there might be a FHF (female hormones factor) in this election: Many women risk falling for Reform UK's bad boy boss Richard Tice in this election -- By Nichi Hodgson So all that's really needed for Reform to take a sizeable chunk of the vote is some beautifully framed pictures of Mr T? And.. we all doubtless thought that manifestos mattered, Nichi!

Sunak will lose over 150 Tory seats on July 4th. Tony Blair will resurface in some capacity (Starmer owes him, and he owns Starmer). We will get a one-term Labour government that will be in total disarray within 3 years. (maybe less) The Reform Party will win some seat(s) despite the huge FPTP disadvantage. Sunak and his wife will decamp to the USA, tempted by some plumb position. Donald Trump will practically sweep the board in the USA elections. By year-end, Nigel Farage will be appointed US special ambassador to the UK, and Starmer will be forced to go through him. Five out of seven is a win, and 7/7 would cement my pure genius! Feel free to add your own predictions. Go on, you know you want to! BTW Trump does support Starmer already, and I think I can probably see why.

Hey, it's the modern BBC: you simply can't expect inclusivity, diversity, and getting the year right - all at the same time! OK, try 3:35 for the peek at the calendar. It's the time difference here, you see!

I've watched that several times over the years, but there's always something I previously missed. Ken Russel's stuff always tends to the surreal after a while, and the rain-off plus carousel at the end deliver beautifully for him here. Far too many things I recognise to comment on, but the shot down into the council yard at 3:46 adds a bit to last week's discussion about The Shirt Factory. How do we know it's actually 1960 and NOT 1961? Well... look at the peek at the top corner of the calendar at 4:35 - Sundays were on the 19th and 26th of June in 1960, but if it were 1961 these would have to read 18th and 25th.

I would have thought our Ian would have welcomed this further blow at the heart of capitalism! Surely this helps in Labour's quest to make everyone totally dependent on the state? Everyone, including the floods of illegals that Starmer intends to continue to attract.

Wasn't "The Shirt Factory" in the council (BUDC) yard? I can remember the outpouring of girls from there at the end of their shift. It was always a place anyone industrious could get employment. The phrase "she works (worked) at the shirt factory" did have a tiny bit of social stigma in those days, though. It implied that the person might have done better at school. Having said that, it probably paid a lot better than shopworker or clerical jobs. The Rag Trade on TV epitomised this type of work. Work which was steadily eroded by the waves of imports from overseas "sweat shops", but don't get me started on so-called "globalism"! I recall they had a problem with asbestos roofing in the BUDC yard, and some poor worker being killed when the roof didn't support their weight. This might jog someone's memory on the place. I can also remember going into the Barrington establishment to deliver or attend to something, or maybe to seek someone out. At this point in time, I can't remember why I was there, though I have a brief mental image of the offices but not the work floor. It was, I think, a conversion and not a purpose-built factory. Update: Ah, yes, that's it above. Should have scrolled up! Just pointing out the social attitudes (snobbery) of the era, and no downers on the industrious salt-of-the earth people that worked there. A lot of that lingers on in the present day, when the thoroughly brainwashed ex-uni types regard themselves as socially superior and have a right to do everyone's thinking for them!

One graph says why: It's really about the current craze to invest in AI.

I'm going to offer Conal Robinson (or maybe Robertson) for Tony's late vending company. Maybe someone can improve on this, or point out my error? Anyway, I'm thinking that this was the outfit with the legendary "temporary shopfront" that over the years became a standing joke. Yes, they prominently and permanently painted "temporary shopfront" on the signage, and this remained there for many years!