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Yeah. Bankrupting ourselves and sending half our army's tanks to another country to help it fight a war which has no detrimental effect on us whatsoever is nothing to whine about. We have a cost of living crisis sparked by the unnecessary lockdowns which you supported (I seem to remember)...

Do you know what spotted dick is?

They may be British, but punk rockers The Sex Pistols have entered the competition to represent the Republic of Ireland in this year's Eurovision Song Contest with their song "Hawaii." An image of what the stage will look like at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool The 2023...

Zelensky arrived in London this week to ask the British for fighter jets. This isn't surprising when Britain is second only to the US in funding Ukrainian war efforts. As the EU drags its heels, not for the first time Britain is expected to bankrupt itself in the name of defending the liberty...

They'll not be much use for anyone who doesn't like tomatoes.

Brexiteer Lee Anderson has just been promoted to Vice-chairman of the Tory Party by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Anderson has already caused outrage amongst the Left for his outspoken views in favour of Brexit and against all things woke, but the Brexiteer's latest stance on the death penalty...

Brexit Britain has just signed its first trade partnership with an EU country - Eurosceptic Giorgia Meloni's Italy. British Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch was in Rome to seal the deal. The two countries - which are similar in area, population and GDP - hope it will increase trade and investment...

King Charles coronation logo created by iPhone designer BBC News Friday 10th February 2023 The logo features the English rose, the Scottish thistle, the Welsh daffodil and the Northern Irish shamrock By Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent The official logo for King Charles III's coronation, to...

Who Do These People Think They Are?

It's bad. Although the ban doesn't apply to glassing Burnley fans. If you glass a Burnley fan they look even less disfigured than the way they looked since birth.

I don't know why they banned that. Since then Bolton Wanderers fans have no longer been able to glass Blackburn Rovers fans in their faces, so all the joy has been taken out of attending football matches. They no longer have the family friendly atmosphere that they used to do. In the old days...

No crown for King Charles on new stamp BBC News Wednesday 8th February 2023 Everyone under the age of 50 will have to get accustomed to no longer seeing Queen Elizabeth II on their stamps. The world's first postage stamp was the Penny Black, issued in 1840 and depicting Queen Victoria By...

Sunak defends UK sanctions on Russian money The next question comes from Natalia, a journalist with the BBC's Ukrainian service. She starts her comments in Ukrainian, before getting up and receiving a hug from Zelensky, who goes on to joke that he needs better security. Once he's back at his...

Breaking Sunak and Zelensky are reported to have signed a "Declaration of Unity." What that means we aren't yet sure but the two leaders are now holding a press conference. We want equipment to get to Ukraine faster - Sunak The UK "will always be by your side," Sunak tells Zelensky, adding...

Zelensky also met British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at 10 Downing Street and thanked the PM for the support Britain is giving Ukraine... Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky jointly addressed the House of Commons and the House of Lords of the UK Parliament shortly after making a surprise...

I think we're second only to the US in the financial and military aid we're giving. As usual, it's America and Britain sorting the world's shit out.

King Charles III greeted Volodymyr Zelensky at Buckingham Palace earlier today. The British monarch told the Ukrainian president: "We've all been worried about you and thinking about your country for so long". The meeting came after Zelensky addressed both Houses of Parliament. Britain has...

Good idea, old pal. There's a website where, for a fee, you can name a star after a loved one. Somewhere out there, in the vastness of our galaxy the Milky Way, there is a star called George Battersby, named after my grandfather. We got it him as a Christmas present in 2011 when he was dying...

I don't live anywhere like that. I live in Bolton on the planet Earth. It's nowhere near as hot as 1000C, although we do have 7000kph sideways rain.

Not as weird as the planet HD189733b. Situated 63 light years away the temperature on its surface is 1000C. It also rains glass - sideways - in 7000kph winds.