FlyTheNest

We should thank Murrell for adding to the gaiety of the nation.
He bought the van and never used it, presumably because he couldn't think of a good explanation for Wee Nicola of where the money had come from.


Motorhome - worth £124,550 - was only driven four miles
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It's rained here, wish it wouldn't actually, just enough to keep the grass growing.

Steve Bullock
‪@guitarmoog.bsky.social‬
Oh, I see, so *now* everyone in Sunderland is happy to be in Europe.
8:19 PM · May 24, 2026

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That appears to be what you all take for granted !

Here inabilty to drive the distance, and no family available means you automatically get a Taxi.

Convenient too that ambulances and taxis park for short stays under the hospital


I genuinely don't know whether there's patient transport for ...

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sky wrote

Same in North Northumberland for pretty much any specialist, a 60 mile trip to Newcastle, which to be fair is less of a journey than for you.

It's a bit less than 60 miles from the very north of North Yorkshire where we were, and better roads except for the few miles ...

What happens in the UK if you have a specialist appointment a minimum 90 minute drive away ?


No idea what happens if you aren't able to make your own way.

The nearest liver specialist to North Yorkshire is at the Freeman in Newcastle and that's where Mr gilsey had to go, many times, in 2023. I ...

Great news on the Demo Numbers !!!


Maybe.
The Met said the pro-Palestinian march, which included anti-racist counterprotesters to the Robinson-led march, numbered 15,000 to 20,000. March organisers claim 250,000 attended.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/17/arrests-unite-the ...

Welcome chaos, ftaod, I like Ed.

Wes Streeting will resign as health secretary tomorrow to challenge Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership, according to Aubrey Allegretti and Patrick Maguire from the Times. They report:

Wes Streeting has told allies that he is preparing to resign and trigger a leadership contest as soon as ...

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I didn't listen to it, I have some paint drying that needs watching, but I gather it was more of the same.

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Ben Ansell
‪@benansell.bsky.social‬
We will know much more about inter- and inter-bloc switching over the course of the day. But ultimately if you are losing in both directions it’s because people think you are crap. Pivoting one way or another won’t help you if the total consensus ...

God knows what it'll be like in the Summer. Perhaps I'll take my tent and decamp to cooler climes like a poundland Raj Viceroy, camping in a field in Scotland instead of swanning about in a colonial palace in the Himalayan foothills.


You won't do that, because midges.


One of the benefits of ...

Jennie Formby, Labour’s former general secretary, says she has joined Greens

Jennie Formby, who managed the Labour party from 2018 to 2020, told the Guardian she had signed up as a Green party member and intended to campaign for it before May’s local elections.

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Streeting?

This is the real problem, who would be any better? EdM said he wouldn't do it and he or Angela Rayner would get it in the neck from the media far, far worse than Starmer or Streeting. Though Ed might do ChX which would be a definite improvement.

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I hope JD vanishes from our memories in the fullness of time, but this deserves to be remembered.

I think it’s very, very important for the Pope to be careful when he talks about matters of theology, Vance said.

Orban concedes defeat.

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Like all the best things in life marmalade is actually Scottish. Well apart from the fact that the Scots ripped it off from the French who ripped it off from the Portuguese.



I knew that. Many, many years ago when my sister was at uni she brought a Portuguese student home with her for a few ...

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Does anyone outside London listen to podcasts? Can't imagine why you would, except on a long commute.


Long read about military targeting. I missed the suggestions that the Iran school bombing was down to AI, the truth is more interesting and leads to Palantir. Hard not to conclude ...

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Thanks to sky for the QT review. I found it unwatchable and gave up after 10 mins, no idea how many drinks I'd need to get through it.

a quarrelsome gerbil with the memory of a fruit fly

Just so.

Good morning, and it is a good morning, I have broadband.

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Have moved house, not much fun but it's done.

No WiFi yet, a friend helped me with using the phone as a WiFi hotspot for the tablet, I'm now wondering if would work with the PC as I'm old fashioned and prefer a keyboard. The PC is quite new so I'll try it when I get it set up.

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