General News Thread

all they go on about the Iraq war with tony when he was the cunt who brought in Tuition fees and also the work capability test for Disabled benefits but also prob will be the only labour person to win elections in my lifetime

Worth Blair getting the knighthood just to see the Corbynista's piss themselves

Every former PM gets a knight or Damehood, Blair has had to wait longer than most ( only Ted Heath waited longer) He was holding up the queue for Brown, Cameron & May.

Breathtaking images of the Northern Lights captured over the North of Scotland in this article

BBC News - Spectacular Northern Lights pictured over Scotland
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-59927887

Amazing

BBC News - Marks & Spencer: Midget Gems change name after academic's campaign
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-me...e-59981811

WTF

^ I know the word can cause offence to small people but it is used in many cases to describe size unrelated to a person eg midget submarine, midget gems etc. This seems an overreaction but a sign of the times we live in. I suppose anyone called Colin can now ask M&S to change the name of Colin the Caterpillar as it causes them offence

(13-01-2022 17:24 )Snooks Wrote:  BBC News - Marks & Spencer: Midget Gems change name after academic's campaign
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-me...e-59981811

WTF

Customers being short changed again

Are Foam Shrimps still okay?

I know that our language is constantly evolving, with many words falling out of use & newer more stupid ones added daily, but with so many deemed offensive, a modern dictionary would no longer be a book, more like a pamphlet.

Skynet finally goes live. The Machines are taking over!

BBC News - Robot vacuum cleaner escapes from Cambridge Travelodge
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-ca...e-60084347