FlyTheNest

Will be having a crack at this later.

As a result of moving I now have a polling card for both addresses. Knowing how crap the council are I bet I can vote twice. Not that I'd do such a thing of course, or would I?

I've been a bit alarmed over the last couple of days about the bathroom in this place reeking like something had died in ...

Man who heckled Shabana Mahmood dismisses ‘laughable’ white liberal claim

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/28/man-who-heckled-shabana-mahmood-dismisses-white-liberal-claim-immigration

So basically Mahmood used an inaccurate racial/political stereotype to put this guy down while ...

I dunno Froggy. Grinning and smiling after surviving a threat is pretty instinctive primate behaviour.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not defending these creatures, they're the worst, but what you're doing is what the police and the right have done for more than a century in trying to judge people by ...

Why are American assassins so shit? In the films they're all cool, opening up their special suitcase to put together a hi-tech gun that can hit a small mouse from 5 miles away. It even makes a cool bleeping noise as they focus in on their target. And yet in reality they're so incompetent they keep ...

Apologies for the QT no show last night but I had stuff going on and I'm pleased to say I've finally moved to the new flat. So that's finally done and over with and I can stop stressing and going on about it.

I had to sign up with British Gas to take over the account here (I'll be switching ASAP ...

I've got broadband sorted for the new flat from Tuesday, so hope to be moved by Thursday and maybe I'll christen it with a QT review.

Here's the dole scrounger's guide to moving.

I got a deal from BT for broadband, £16 a month if you're in receipt of Universal Credit.
Applied for low income ...

You know what? Despite my obvious loathing for Starmer I actually believe him. Those who've come out in defence of Olly Robbins aren't disputing that Starmer (and the rest of his cabinet) weren't told, they're saying Robbins was following the correct legal procedure and has been thrown to the wolves ...

Oh shit I forgot to mention the star of the show.

A young lad in a wheelchair had a righteous go at Reform and the Tories asking why they were targetting people like him to cut his benefits when he'd tried getting jobs and employers either don't want to know or refuse to cater for his needs.

He ...

Question Time came tonight from Cardiff.

Uuurgh. I understand the reason for these 'election specials' and the need for a 6 person panel to cover all the major parties in our politically fragmented times but it's just too many. An hour isn't long enough for any meaningful debate with a panel that ...

Should be fine to have a go at this later.

Your Party failure shows Scots’ wishes never truly respected

https://www.thenational.scot/politics/26018248.party-failure-shows-scots-wishes-never-truly-respected/

Well worth a read. Lip-service paid to regional autonomy, democratic votes overridden, gross London-centric incompetence leaving ...

Leeds doesn't have the most impressive skyline but here's the view from my new bedroom nevertheless.

I've never dealt with British Gas before, are they a real company or some surrealist comedy piss take? I only ask because the bloke who was meant to be swapping the account into my name was laughing ...

What's this £50 a month shit I just got from Yorkshire water? Fuck that, do they think a single bloke in a one bedroom flat is going to be drinking about 100 pints of water a day while taking endless showers and flushing the toilet over and over again for a laugh? You've got to be fucking kidding me ...

Got the keys today.

Asked the landlord why he hadn't done any checks on me (no credit check, didn't contact my old landlord) because it seemed a bit strange.

Turns out he worked for the Sisters of Mercy and The Mission back in the day doing their merchandise, recognised a kindred old goth based on ...

Anyway, signed my new tenancy today (digitally for the first time) so no going back now. While sitting out in the wonderful sun my still current landlord turned up and joined me. He said I could use the garden for as long as I wanted and he'd be giving every tenant 5 grand after they leave when he ...

The actual history is during his war with the Persians Croesus followed the military tradition of the ancient Mediterranean kingdoms that you didn't fight in Winter so disbanded most of his army until the Spring whereas the Persians coming from the Iranian highlands found Mediterranean Winters balmy ...

Frog222 wrote: Sun Apr 05, 2026 9:27 pm Crazy Old World, when we are on the same page as MTG !

Are we? I'm not.

Bollocks. I forgot to dye any eggs for Easter then destroy them by chucking them down a hill before eating the remains. I'm deep in the shit now, the Celtic folk horror Easter Bunny is going to fuck me up.

Anyway I've moved from food to books now. What do I keep, what goes to charity shops? So far ...

So now it's April and Labour have cut sickness and disability benefits for new claimants by £50 a week. The rebellion may have halted the cuts to PIP, but the cuts to Universal Credit have gone ahead as planned. Imagine that, being on the edge of surviving with complex needs and then suddenly some ...

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.

With my upcoming move I've been going through my food cupboards trying to decide what to take with me and what to chuck out ...

Cheers mate and I hope your Dad has a good one.

Two things for me to celebrate in these otherwise bleak times.

I've survived another year (55 today).

And I've got a flat! The bloke who turned me down for a place previously but offered me another came good. Went to see it yesterday. It's an attic flat in the process of being completely ...

Also sorry for the shit QT review the other night. I was knackered and stressed and just not feeling it.

Fortunately for them and me it's time for Easter.

A thunderstorm rolled over here a couple of hours ago and there was an almighty bang. The lights flickered, my TV glitched and the internet lights on my router immediately vanished. After an hour I thought that would be it until tomorrow but after another half an hour the router reset itself and ...