The floor tiles? Those floor tiles are probably original, a lot of mass built Victorian/Edwardian houses in the UK had them. There are a lot of "reveal" videos on Instagram where people lift later flooring in their hallway and find them preserved underneath

And the party that suspended seven MPs for voting to end the two-child benefits cap

The 7am one is particularly jarring - immediately after the "Bach before 7" piece, so you go from a thing of beauty and one of the best examples of what the human mind is capable of, into the latest culture war bullshit or anti immigrant headlines

Attention to detail - check the number plate!

Here's some good photos of "sea coalers" from the early 80s: www.mikcritchlow.com/pages/sea-co...

In case it's not clear from the article which covers all usage of the term, "sea coal" here in the photo is stuff found on the beach. It's a very hard way of either making a living or just finding fuel for their own use. There's a number of photos of people collecting sea coal on north east beaches.

With "remain" being the status quo option, the don't-knows would likely have slightly favoured that. Plus of course children and EU nationals were excluded

And that just shows that (like pretty much everywhere) it was a pretty even split (especially if people who didn't/couldn't vote were included).
The idea of places being "Leave" or "Remain" is only because FPTP has broken political journalists brains in this country.

They'l might struggle to raise more investment if the share price falls. Also it's not good for employees with shares. These tech companies will be issuing "growth" shares that don't pay dividends, the value comes only from the potential price increase

I love it when people tell us the Greens can’t go from where they are to winning the election while in the same breath telling us it’s a dead cert Reform will from the same starting point.

5084 previous accounts cancelled by the admins for impersonation. "Maybe this time they'll believe it's really me! I just want to see Brits pointing at potholes, why does it have to be so hard?"

That was the original meaning, people use it now without actually thinking what the words mean

You can't stand yourself up by pulling on your bootstraps even when you have boots! The phrase meant an impossible task - it's been misused for a long time