IanB
@obbgf.bsky.social
Retired now, back in UK after time away, likes walking, baking, motorcycles and warm weather. Definitely left of centre, pro EU.
Don't DM me a generic "Hi" or "Hello" and little else it makes me guess you're a bot, ditto 1/2 naked pictures.
Don't DM me a generic "Hi" or "Hello" and little else it makes me guess you're a bot, ditto 1/2 naked pictures.
I don't see the LD jumping into a coalition again and especially with far right xenophobes.
December 4, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I don't see the LD jumping into a coalition again and especially with far right xenophobes.
Having a pardon power is weird. If there's a suspected miscarriage then that what the appeals courts are for.
December 4, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Having a pardon power is weird. If there's a suspected miscarriage then that what the appeals courts are for.
Labour left, ho flipping ho. They'd be to far too the right for say Major and Heath governments. Even political compared had then well too the right at there GE and they've continued moving even further since.
December 4, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Labour left, ho flipping ho. They'd be to far too the right for say Major and Heath governments. Even political compared had then well too the right at there GE and they've continued moving even further since.
Now imagine an incoming Reformski government inheriting these powers already on the books 🤦🏼
December 4, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Now imagine an incoming Reformski government inheriting these powers already on the books 🤦🏼
They skate around stricter regulation by not registering as a news organisation but as an entertainment channel. That should be challenged, it's obviously playing silly buggers with semantics so that they are not held to any standard.
December 3, 2025 at 10:17 PM
They skate around stricter regulation by not registering as a news organisation but as an entertainment channel. That should be challenged, it's obviously playing silly buggers with semantics so that they are not held to any standard.
I wish I could clam originality but I saw it elsewhere and appropriated.
December 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I wish I could clam originality but I saw it elsewhere and appropriated.
They're not a thing, it's a diagnostic tool either to rule in it out based on symptoms or ascertain say the damage a stroke has done I am betting the orange Pedofuhuer had had a TIA.
December 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
They're not a thing, it's a diagnostic tool either to rule in it out based on symptoms or ascertain say the damage a stroke has done I am betting the orange Pedofuhuer had had a TIA.
My youngest has a history degree, she's now an accountant.
December 2, 2025 at 11:12 PM
My youngest has a history degree, she's now an accountant.
My dad had shingles a couple of times and was very unwell, I made sure to pay for they original vaccine and followed up with the new one which was zero cost to me some years after.
December 2, 2025 at 11:04 PM
My dad had shingles a couple of times and was very unwell, I made sure to pay for they original vaccine and followed up with the new one which was zero cost to me some years after.
I am old enough that MMR and it's predecessors weren't around. I still recall catching both mumps and measles, it was no fun at all. Damn sure my kids got all the vaccines and they're carrying on with their kids too
December 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I am old enough that MMR and it's predecessors weren't around. I still recall catching both mumps and measles, it was no fun at all. Damn sure my kids got all the vaccines and they're carrying on with their kids too
It's always been the case that if you want to injure it kill someone then use a vehicle. 9/10 it will be put down to ineptitude rather than malevolence with a shockingly light punishment.
December 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
It's always been the case that if you want to injure it kill someone then use a vehicle. 9/10 it will be put down to ineptitude rather than malevolence with a shockingly light punishment.
Mesh ubiquiti for the premier cost and TPLink for the value range. I've tried those mains extenders but they are slow. If you can run a cat 6 cable from the current location to the where want service and stick a dumb access point in.
December 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Mesh ubiquiti for the premier cost and TPLink for the value range. I've tried those mains extenders but they are slow. If you can run a cat 6 cable from the current location to the where want service and stick a dumb access point in.
It was okay at I think 6.8% so slightly weaker but then around 2020 from memory the government dropped it to 5% for local sale. My BiL used to get me the occasional full version direct from the brewery.
Used to be sold as xxx in the UK when I was young but was then withdrawn.
Used to be sold as xxx in the UK when I was young but was then withdrawn.
December 1, 2025 at 1:45 PM
It was okay at I think 6.8% so slightly weaker but then around 2020 from memory the government dropped it to 5% for local sale. My BiL used to get me the occasional full version direct from the brewery.
Used to be sold as xxx in the UK when I was young but was then withdrawn.
Used to be sold as xxx in the UK when I was young but was then withdrawn.
It's very different to their other bottled Guinness or the draught. Used to buy it as a regular tipple in Malaysia until the government emasculated it by dropping the abv to 5%.
Zero is my choice when driving.
Zero is my choice when driving.
December 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
It's very different to their other bottled Guinness or the draught. Used to buy it as a regular tipple in Malaysia until the government emasculated it by dropping the abv to 5%.
Zero is my choice when driving.
Zero is my choice when driving.
It will be as most government projects delivered late at a far greater cost with only a fraction of the promised features.
December 1, 2025 at 7:17 AM
It will be as most government projects delivered late at a far greater cost with only a fraction of the promised features.
Yeah I know Guinness is a stout, it's a nod to my youth when it was commonly called Nigerian lager because of the colour. That this one was brewed in Nigeria tickled me.
From memory the export version is brewed in Dublin, Largo and Kuala Lumpur perhaps others. They KL variant sold locally is weak.
From memory the export version is brewed in Dublin, Largo and Kuala Lumpur perhaps others. They KL variant sold locally is weak.
December 1, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Yeah I know Guinness is a stout, it's a nod to my youth when it was commonly called Nigerian lager because of the colour. That this one was brewed in Nigeria tickled me.
From memory the export version is brewed in Dublin, Largo and Kuala Lumpur perhaps others. They KL variant sold locally is weak.
From memory the export version is brewed in Dublin, Largo and Kuala Lumpur perhaps others. They KL variant sold locally is weak.
Thicker than a whale omelette along with being a violent tax thug.
November 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Thicker than a whale omelette along with being a violent tax thug.
It's always mind blowing to the rest of the world that this is even a thing. I'd be in the shite if I had to pay directly for the eye treatment I get. Luckily I we have a healthcare system that while creaking still performs.
November 30, 2025 at 10:29 PM
It's always mind blowing to the rest of the world that this is even a thing. I'd be in the shite if I had to pay directly for the eye treatment I get. Luckily I we have a healthcare system that while creaking still performs.
It could definitely catch asset rich but cash poor elderly who have seen their homes rise over the years, should at least allow them to defer and roll it into IHT.
November 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
It could definitely catch asset rich but cash poor elderly who have seen their homes rise over the years, should at least allow them to defer and roll it into IHT.
It's a Fiat economy the government can finance whatever it chooses, taxes serve 2 main purposes to control money supply and to drive behavioural changes.
If government example makes money available for social house building they could expect a multiplier of better than 2.5.
If government example makes money available for social house building they could expect a multiplier of better than 2.5.
November 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
It's a Fiat economy the government can finance whatever it chooses, taxes serve 2 main purposes to control money supply and to drive behavioural changes.
If government example makes money available for social house building they could expect a multiplier of better than 2.5.
If government example makes money available for social house building they could expect a multiplier of better than 2.5.
Who takes a gun anywhere other than a range/hunting? Unless they're other compensating.
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Who takes a gun anywhere other than a range/hunting? Unless they're other compensating.