Howay in a Sharpie
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Cat dad and northern lad. Hillwalker. Probably “woke”. Sometime korfballer. Music, food and travel. And history and architecture. #NUFC
North-eastern England.
Like Reform? Passionate about flags? You’re going to hate me.
North-eastern England.
Like Reform? Passionate about flags? You’re going to hate me.
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"Labour Alienating Rural People by opposing hunts" lads I'm gonna be real with you the purpose of a social democratic party is not to speak for the country squire
December 27, 2025 at 11:37 AM
"Labour Alienating Rural People by opposing hunts" lads I'm gonna be real with you the purpose of a social democratic party is not to speak for the country squire
If we were to lose at Burnley and at home against Leeds does that start to really call into question Howe’s position?
December 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
If we were to lose at Burnley and at home against Leeds does that start to really call into question Howe’s position?
I’m not saying I’m domestically slobby but I’ve just gone to the fridge to get the remains of the cranberry sauce and I did indeed retrieve it. The remnants from last Christmas.
December 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I’m not saying I’m domestically slobby but I’ve just gone to the fridge to get the remains of the cranberry sauce and I did indeed retrieve it. The remnants from last Christmas.
Wondering how many days it is before I need to reapply the veneer of bonhomie and agreeability. Also, it’s just the two of us and cats this evening. I’ll be eating myself into a cheese coma.
December 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Wondering how many days it is before I need to reapply the veneer of bonhomie and agreeability. Also, it’s just the two of us and cats this evening. I’ll be eating myself into a cheese coma.
As someone who has a close relative with dementia, we’d absolutely never do this. It’s neither right nor fair and it raises questions about what other stuff they’re doing that she’s been told she’s consented to. I hope the Court of Protection are taking note.
The comments on this are all about how sweet it is and I feel insane. Using AI to make fake memories of your grandma with dementia and telling her they happened and then filming her reaction
December 26, 2025 at 10:50 AM
As someone who has a close relative with dementia, we’d absolutely never do this. It’s neither right nor fair and it raises questions about what other stuff they’re doing that she’s been told she’s consented to. I hope the Court of Protection are taking note.
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Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
December 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
Pretty much all of them. Forgot to do it this year but next Advent I’m thinking about doing a blog post every day about a particularly Christmas song and why I hate it. And I’m starting with Frosty the Snowman. Just when you meet a cool new friend he ghosts you by melting. Twat.
What's a popular Christmas song that you really don't like? 🎄
December 25, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Pretty much all of them. Forgot to do it this year but next Advent I’m thinking about doing a blog post every day about a particularly Christmas song and why I hate it. And I’m starting with Frosty the Snowman. Just when you meet a cool new friend he ghosts you by melting. Twat.
We’re watching a dvd of some sort of Christmas variety performance from 1993 from the Royal Albert Hall. OH is somewhere in the choir. Seems to be some sort of retelling of the Old Testament with people dressed as pigs and kangaroos.
December 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
We’re watching a dvd of some sort of Christmas variety performance from 1993 from the Royal Albert Hall. OH is somewhere in the choir. Seems to be some sort of retelling of the Old Testament with people dressed as pigs and kangaroos.
Feeling a bit annoyed with myself. Have totally mistimed how long the turkey will take to properly cook (stupid oven) and we could have done with more sprouts and pigs in blankets.
Not going to beat myself up or get annoyed. Just going to chill. Where is the wine?
Not going to beat myself up or get annoyed. Just going to chill. Where is the wine?
December 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Feeling a bit annoyed with myself. Have totally mistimed how long the turkey will take to properly cook (stupid oven) and we could have done with more sprouts and pigs in blankets.
Not going to beat myself up or get annoyed. Just going to chill. Where is the wine?
Not going to beat myself up or get annoyed. Just going to chill. Where is the wine?
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Christmas can be a difficult period for a lot of people. If you are struggling please reach out. #BeAGameChanger #NUFC #worflags
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December 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Christmas can be a difficult period for a lot of people. If you are struggling please reach out. #BeAGameChanger #NUFC #worflags
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The NORAD Tracks Santa thing is cool, but no way should they let the current President talk to children.
Because of the Epstein stuff.
Because of the Epstein stuff.
December 25, 2025 at 8:22 AM
The NORAD Tracks Santa thing is cool, but no way should they let the current President talk to children.
Because of the Epstein stuff.
Because of the Epstein stuff.
Happy Christmas everyone! Hope you mark the day in the way you see appropriate (go all in or not at all as you prefer).
Now we’re all over here we don’t need to tell Jacob Rees Mogg to get stuffed when he posts something about the birth of our Lord in Latin.
Now we’re all over here we don’t need to tell Jacob Rees Mogg to get stuffed when he posts something about the birth of our Lord in Latin.
December 25, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Happy Christmas everyone! Hope you mark the day in the way you see appropriate (go all in or not at all as you prefer).
Now we’re all over here we don’t need to tell Jacob Rees Mogg to get stuffed when he posts something about the birth of our Lord in Latin.
Now we’re all over here we don’t need to tell Jacob Rees Mogg to get stuffed when he posts something about the birth of our Lord in Latin.
I wish I could remember where it was and I hope my mum didn’t throw it out but we had, when I was growing up, a book entitled something like “An Irish Christmas”. It had various poems, stories (I recall some sort of ghost story about a headless horseman who only appeared at Christmas) and sundry 1/2
December 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I wish I could remember where it was and I hope my mum didn’t throw it out but we had, when I was growing up, a book entitled something like “An Irish Christmas”. It had various poems, stories (I recall some sort of ghost story about a headless horseman who only appeared at Christmas) and sundry 1/2
Suddenly urging human decency is a provocative act. I say suddenly, it’s always been counter cultural. Particularly for the Mail.
Right wing press having a real normal one about this Christmas Day message.
Does anyone think we should be spending £476m on cruelty towards vulnerable people?
Watch it live at 3pm:
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Does anyone think we should be spending £476m on cruelty towards vulnerable people?
Watch it live at 3pm:
youtu.be/lopMMkz0law?...
December 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Suddenly urging human decency is a provocative act. I say suddenly, it’s always been counter cultural. Particularly for the Mail.
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If you really want to ‘put the Christ back into Christmas’ make refugees welcome.
December 24, 2025 at 12:15 PM
If you really want to ‘put the Christ back into Christmas’ make refugees welcome.
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🎵I could not cope with Christmas every day
When the kids start whinging,
and you're pissed before midday-yy
wo-oh-oah
I could not cope with Christmas ever da-yyy
I'm hell-lll, it's perpe-e-e-tual Christmas🎵
When the kids start whinging,
and you're pissed before midday-yy
wo-oh-oah
I could not cope with Christmas ever da-yyy
I'm hell-lll, it's perpe-e-e-tual Christmas🎵
December 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
🎵I could not cope with Christmas every day
When the kids start whinging,
and you're pissed before midday-yy
wo-oh-oah
I could not cope with Christmas ever da-yyy
I'm hell-lll, it's perpe-e-e-tual Christmas🎵
When the kids start whinging,
and you're pissed before midday-yy
wo-oh-oah
I could not cope with Christmas ever da-yyy
I'm hell-lll, it's perpe-e-e-tual Christmas🎵
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President Donald Trump announced a new class of battleships to build out what he has dubbed the Navy's "Golden Fleet" that he says will be "the fastest, the biggest, and by far -- 100 times -- more powerful than any battleship ever built."
December 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
President Donald Trump announced a new class of battleships to build out what he has dubbed the Navy's "Golden Fleet" that he says will be "the fastest, the biggest, and by far -- 100 times -- more powerful than any battleship ever built."
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But what does Barry from Kettering, former supporter of the BNP, and current Reform UK voter, think? He’s the only one that matters.
More than 75% of Labour, Lib Dem and Green voters think PM should open talks on joining EU customs union
YouGov poll for the Times suggests even 40% of Conservative voters support such a move
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
YouGov poll for the Times suggests even 40% of Conservative voters support such a move
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
More than 75% of Labour, Lib Dem and Green voters think PM should open talks on joining EU customs union – as it happened
YouGov poll for the Times suggests even 40% of Conservative voters support such a move
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:07 AM
But what does Barry from Kettering, former supporter of the BNP, and current Reform UK voter, think? He’s the only one that matters.
Bloody hell. Work to do this morning. Running on fumes doesn’t cover it.
December 24, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Bloody hell. Work to do this morning. Running on fumes doesn’t cover it.
Who writes this? Do they live in a cave?
December 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Who writes this? Do they live in a cave?
Keep refreshing my work emails in the hope that I’ll see something new from a client, just to feel alive.
December 23, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Keep refreshing my work emails in the hope that I’ll see something new from a client, just to feel alive.
Nearly there. Four more hours to work this year.
December 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Nearly there. Four more hours to work this year.
My celly well.
Russell Brand charged with further sexual offences including rape
Russell Brand charged with further sexual offences including rape
The former entertainer, 50, faces one count of rape and one of sexual assault of two more alleged victims
Russell Brand has been charged with further sexual offences, including one count of rape, the Metropolitan police have said.
The 50-year-old former entertainer has been charged with one count of rape and one of sexual assault of two further alleged victims. Continue reading...
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December 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
My celly well.
If I like you, or just think you’re a good cove, I’ll probably take the opportunity to wish you a happy Christmas and all the very best for you and yours over the next few days.
I hope Alison’s turkey isn’t cooked through and she stands on a three pin plug running to the bathroom.
I hope Alison’s turkey isn’t cooked through and she stands on a three pin plug running to the bathroom.
December 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
If I like you, or just think you’re a good cove, I’ll probably take the opportunity to wish you a happy Christmas and all the very best for you and yours over the next few days.
I hope Alison’s turkey isn’t cooked through and she stands on a three pin plug running to the bathroom.
I hope Alison’s turkey isn’t cooked through and she stands on a three pin plug running to the bathroom.