lhendo
@lhendo.bsky.social
Manchester, U.K. based. Podcast, politics & book loving traveller. Huge fan of sunsets. Finds own jokes unreasonably funny
This is the only time of year when my flower purchasing competes with Elton John’s. My rooms are resplendent with £1 daffs and an occasional treat of some £5 tulips. Why aren’t there cheap flowers at other times of year?
February 4, 2026 at 1:14 PM
This is the only time of year when my flower purchasing competes with Elton John’s. My rooms are resplendent with £1 daffs and an occasional treat of some £5 tulips. Why aren’t there cheap flowers at other times of year?
Can we all just admit that self service tills in supermarkets are the worst invention of the last 50 years?
February 2, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Can we all just admit that self service tills in supermarkets are the worst invention of the last 50 years?
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McGovern: Well, he said a lot of crazy shit today. I think it’s time to take the keys away from grandpa. He doesn’t seem like he’s all there.
January 21, 2026 at 6:59 PM
McGovern: Well, he said a lot of crazy shit today. I think it’s time to take the keys away from grandpa. He doesn’t seem like he’s all there.
Just in case you want to cry this Sunday morning
There’s a lot of anxiety and misery around right now. So I think everyone should read this lovely story about the kindness of strangers. I guarantee it will give you a lift.
So much time for Gwen.
So much time for Gwen.
Kind strangers' gesture after spotting, Gwen, 93, dining alone
It was an act of kindness that spurred the 93-year-old to reach out to the ECHO
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Just in case you want to cry this Sunday morning
Blue sky and sunshine makes the world feel better - even if it is still freezing
January 10, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Blue sky and sunshine makes the world feel better - even if it is still freezing
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AOC: “I understand that VP Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, & I do not — That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance & I — I do not believe the American people should be assassinated in the street”
January 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM
AOC: “I understand that VP Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, & I do not — That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance & I — I do not believe the American people should be assassinated in the street”
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this is one of the most psychotic things Trump has ever posted
December 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
this is one of the most psychotic things Trump has ever posted
I was at my Aunty’s 86th birthday last night and it always strikes me as mad that there is 8 years difference between her and my Mum because my Grandad went away to war and only got demobbed in 1946
December 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I was at my Aunty’s 86th birthday last night and it always strikes me as mad that there is 8 years difference between her and my Mum because my Grandad went away to war and only got demobbed in 1946
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"Assuming no change in the rate of taxation, and all other things being equal, the exchequer will lose the thick end of £100bn in tax revenues this year.
Far from having to raise £26bn in extra taxes, Reeves could have chosen to halve the 20% rate of VAT with money to spare."
Far from having to raise £26bn in extra taxes, Reeves could have chosen to halve the 20% rate of VAT with money to spare."
Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
"Assuming no change in the rate of taxation, and all other things being equal, the exchequer will lose the thick end of £100bn in tax revenues this year.
Far from having to raise £26bn in extra taxes, Reeves could have chosen to halve the 20% rate of VAT with money to spare."
Far from having to raise £26bn in extra taxes, Reeves could have chosen to halve the 20% rate of VAT with money to spare."
Does everybody else dream daily of quitting corporate life and going to work in a pub. Or is that just me?
November 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Does everybody else dream daily of quitting corporate life and going to work in a pub. Or is that just me?
Days like today make me yearn for the glory days of Twitter, like the David Cameron/pig story day
November 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Days like today make me yearn for the glory days of Twitter, like the David Cameron/pig story day
Imagine being Emily Maitlis tonight. Absolutely mad.
October 30, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Imagine being Emily Maitlis tonight. Absolutely mad.
One of the most useful exercises Manchester council did a few years ago was send out a questionnaire when they had to make cuts asking what you wanted them to prioritise. They listed all their costs. It was an impossible job. Perhaps the Reform council in Kent should have had a go
October 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
One of the most useful exercises Manchester council did a few years ago was send out a questionnaire when they had to make cuts asking what you wanted them to prioritise. They listed all their costs. It was an impossible job. Perhaps the Reform council in Kent should have had a go
I couldn’t care less about golf but seeing clips of the American fans on social media has me suddenly become a committed Team Europe fan
September 28, 2025 at 9:34 AM
I couldn’t care less about golf but seeing clips of the American fans on social media has me suddenly become a committed Team Europe fan
Am about to take some Night Nurse. If I do get raptured I will miss the entire thing
September 22, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Am about to take some Night Nurse. If I do get raptured I will miss the entire thing
I just cancelled my Disney Plus membership although I’m in the U.K. Fighting facism but also, those Jimmy Kimmel/Sarah Silverman sketches back in the day were epic
September 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I just cancelled my Disney Plus membership although I’m in the U.K. Fighting facism but also, those Jimmy Kimmel/Sarah Silverman sketches back in the day were epic
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That motherfucker got to say whatever he wanted but don’t you dare repeat it verbatim or you can be suspended or lose your job or get a knock on the door
September 11, 2025 at 10:25 PM
That motherfucker got to say whatever he wanted but don’t you dare repeat it verbatim or you can be suspended or lose your job or get a knock on the door
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EXCLUSIVE | A man convicted of the attempted murder of a 14-year-old child is now part of a group of vigilantes, who have been ‘patrolling’ Belfast's streets and claim to be protecting women and children from migrants
Thug convicted of bid to murder child is part of far right ‘save our children’ vigilante group in east Belfast
A man convicted of the attempted murder of a 14-year-old child is part of a far-right vigilante ‘save our children’ group patrolling Belfast’s streets.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
September 10, 2025 at 6:04 AM
EXCLUSIVE | A man convicted of the attempted murder of a 14-year-old child is now part of a group of vigilantes, who have been ‘patrolling’ Belfast's streets and claim to be protecting women and children from migrants
This is not a million miles away from Monkey tennis
August 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This is not a million miles away from Monkey tennis
This was 3 months before I was due to move to Manchester for university. Lived here for several years with large swathes of the city centre just screened off
The IRA detonated a 3,300lb lorry bomb on Corporation Street, Manchester, at 11.20am #OTD 1996, the biggest bomb detonated in Britain since WW2. Four coded warnings meant that no one died, but 220 were injured and damage to the city's retail and commercial core was extensive.
June 15, 2025 at 10:21 AM
This was 3 months before I was due to move to Manchester for university. Lived here for several years with large swathes of the city centre just screened off
5 years ago today the COVID rules had become pretty weird
June 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
5 years ago today the COVID rules had become pretty weird
I have taken the Avanti west coast service to and from London 4 times in the last month. Every train has been delayed. At least my delay repay pays for my Uber
June 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I have taken the Avanti west coast service to and from London 4 times in the last month. Every train has been delayed. At least my delay repay pays for my Uber
Just landed back from holiday to my phone going mad with the horrible news from Liverpool. My family all went to celebrate the last game yesterday as today would be too crowded for my Mum. My thoughts are with anybody who was caught up in it. What a tragic thing to happen in our wonderful city.
May 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Just landed back from holiday to my phone going mad with the horrible news from Liverpool. My family all went to celebrate the last game yesterday as today would be too crowded for my Mum. My thoughts are with anybody who was caught up in it. What a tragic thing to happen in our wonderful city.
I remember recording this onto VHS and learning it with my housemates in the 2 year of uni. Couldn’t move for combat pants
May 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I remember recording this onto VHS and learning it with my housemates in the 2 year of uni. Couldn’t move for combat pants
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