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  1. Blackleaf

    What are you listening to right now?

    The Cardigans - "Sick & Tired" (1994) In 1994, the Swedish band The Cardigans released "Emmerdale", an album named after the British soap opera. Here's a hit from the album...
  2. Blackleaf

    Four injured as horses run amok in London

    I tell you what, though: That young soldier did his country proud. He didn't put a foot wrong. Unlike many of our politicians he just made a statement to his country and said it how it is with no sides taken. And he's probably young enough to be my son.
  3. Blackleaf

    What are you listening to right now?

    Adam and the Ants - "Stand and Deliver" (1981) The London New Wave band had their first UK No1 with this song. "Stand and deliver your money or your life!" was what British highwaymen used to say to their victims in the late 1700s and early 1800s...
  4. Blackleaf

    Four injured as horses run amok in London

    So are the Household Cavalry. They are the King's bodyguard and those horses are the Household Cavalry's horses. The Household Cavalry are the guys who stand guard outside Buckingham Palace. All the tourists think they are a laugh but they are British soldiers armed to kill anyone threatening...
  5. Blackleaf

    St George's Day Vs Palestinian protesters

    Alright then. I will.
  6. Blackleaf

    Four injured as horses run amok in London

    No, they aren't. Both the RCMP and the Household Cavalry serve His Majesty proudly. Unforseen events like loud noises sometimes cannot be predicted.
  7. Blackleaf

    St George's Day Vs Palestinian protesters

    No.
  8. Blackleaf

    Britain and Germany hold talks in Berlin

    Yeah. And the family was so ashamed of it that they changed their name to Windsor in 1917 during World War I.
  9. Blackleaf

    Britain and Germany hold talks in Berlin

    Scholz's grandfather was an officer in the SS...
  10. Blackleaf

    Britain to increase defence spending

    I've already got one. In fact, I had one that was damaged in storms in early 2022 so I had it replaced, costing me a few bob, and of course it's been damaged by storms. But it's not within a fence. It's between the garage and the front of the house.
  11. Blackleaf

    St George's Day Vs Palestinian protesters

    London's Metropolitan Police are so thick that they let us film them at pro-Palestine demos and at yesterday's St George's Day celebrations and therefore let us show to the world how they police each one. Here are the results. Thank God for GB News because you wouldn't get this from the BBC...
  12. Blackleaf

    Four injured as horses run amok in London

    Army retrieves bloodied horse after five of them ran amok in Whitehall, Victoria, Limehouse and Shadwell in the centre of the capital... British Army updates the nation after horses and people were injured after five horses got loose in London...
  13. Blackleaf

    Britain and Germany hold talks in Berlin

    The British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz have today held discussions with each other in Berlin. The two allies met to discuss defence and security ties. Just yesterday, Britain announced it will increase its defence spending and is the world's second-biggest...
  14. Blackleaf

    Britain to increase defence spending

    British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced that Britain will increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP before 2030 as war rages in eastern Europe and war brews in the Middle East. Sunak - speaking in Warsaw as he met the Polish President - says the increase in British defence will make...
  15. Blackleaf

    Four injured as horses run amok in London

    Oi. You're the colonials, not us.
  16. Blackleaf

    Four injured as horses run amok in London

    It is thought that up to 300 British Army horses are situated in London. These five horses, belonging to the Household Cavalry, may have been taking part in training for the King's Birthday Parade in June. The five horses were spooked by noises at a building site in Belgravia, central London...
  17. Blackleaf

    Four injured as horses run amok in London

    Four people have been injured after five military horses ran amok in central London. It's thought the horses were spooked by noises at a building site in Belgravia. Four of the injured are soldiers and one is a civilian cyclist. Some of the horses were injured with at least one of them...
  18. Blackleaf

    What are you listening to right now?

    Fat Dog - "Running" (2024) The five-piece London rockers, who include a member who wears a dog mask, release their debut album "Woof" in September...
  19. Blackleaf

    What are you listening to right now?

    Big Special - "Black Dog/White Horse" (2024) Hailing from Birmingham, Big Special are an up and coming duo consisting of Joe Hicklin and Callum Moloney who make songs lamenting the decline of what was recently the greatest country on Earth. What is NOT in decline is British popular music...
  20. Blackleaf

    What are you listening to right now?

    English Teacher - "Best Tears of Your Life" (2024) The new single from the indie rockers, hailing from Britain's third city Leeds, from their new album "This Could Be Texas", which was released on 12th April. American magazine "Time" named their song "Nearly Daffodils" as one of the ten best...