Bellend Sebastian

Spoke too soon. Just found one with a lot of glowing comments about his balls. The strange times comment still stands though

I have absolutely no idea what to read into this but as a keen consumer of absolute shite Facebook content, there's recently been what looks like a massive influx of actual people commenting on posts about Farage, the vast majority of them being extremely negative. I struggle to believe that loads of people have suddenly decided to go on the attack and am instead idly wondering if the literally thousands of the usual "only man I can trust to be PM" and "this will make the lefties cry" utterings that pad out the comment sections have mysteriously disappeared. Even if I'm right, what does this even mean? Strange times

Nostradamus walks among us!

Farage statement due at 2 pm on his "future in public life". I know what it might be but let's see

Tentative signs that the UK is at last deciding that maybe it does not want to be your Auntie Jean who has inexplicably started going out with a blowhard crooked financial adviser that drives a Vauxhall Vectra which he claims is "the greatest car ever made", was done for PAYE fraud in 1997 and lost his original job as a teacher in a girl's school for something you're not allowed to ask about and all your cousins hate

Gave up on a 10k about two thirds in. The heat wasn't helping but I think I'm just absolutely knackered

You've got to admire the balls of that people smuggler guy to set up in Blaby, a place where the people decided to pretend a random woman who had moved in was Maxine Carr, just for the LOLZ

I'm not sure that's how you Unite the Kingdom, but innocent until proven guilty and all that https://metro.co.uk/2026/06/30/raise-colours-figure-accused-making-indecent-images-children-28990224/

I didn't get it! Darn it

There's a meeting for parents at my kid's new school tonight at 5.15 this evening. It's going to be just me there and some pissed off looking teachers isn't it?

Yeah, there's a lot of that about. Someone was telling me the other day about how they're "trying to get Sharia Law through Parliament" and when I gently asked where they saw this fairly significant news, confidently told me "The BBC"

My first thought is that that's a made up FCA number (I've checked, it is) and whatever that link is to is well dodgy

Yeah, we had what I think was probably a drunk driver undermining ours the other night

Fans of going on about things being "two tier" are going to love the findings of the review into maternity care in Nottingham, and yes, it's pretty bleak

The over 60 bit is relatively significant but the tax on cash in a non-cash ISA is a bit of a storm in a tea cup, to my mind. Stocks and shares ISAs were never intended to hold cash, that's what Cash ISAs are for. Like you say, they're closing a loophole, but as usual all the headlines make it sound like a massive and cynical tax grab

Is anyone who's had air conditioning put in able to say how much it cools areas beyond the room the unit is in? I think it's inevitable I'll have it in the next couple of years but I'm wondering if it's worth starting with one on the landing (fairly standard pre war semi - that's a house by the way, not a military fetish). Would that make a difference to the whole top floor or do you really need one in each room?

https://bylinetimes.com/2026/06/23/as-extreme-heat-hits-london-fossil-fuel-interests-and-global-far-right-politicians-gather-for-a-glastonbury-of-climate-science-deniers/ I mean like they even care, but perhaps an unfortunate day for this gaggle of climate change denying loons to be getting together

Possible longer sentence, I think it said

My man, he's not even supposed to have access to a phone. It's more about the prison system being on its arse and having insufficient resource to enforce the rules, nothing to do with human rights

27 minutes seems to be where I'm at for a 5k at the minute (about 55 park run age grading, stats fans!). Blooming hot this morning though, and air quality horrible - like running with constant slight asthma

Oh I've already seen that one today, with it's general 'and it was completely fine' vibe. In fairness, the majority of the replies are people telling them not to be an idiot

Looking forward to seeing reports on the number of excess deaths there were during the heatwave coming out and people on Facebook saying no, there definitely weren't any

People that mither on about 20 mph speed limits. Just had a toddler run out in front of me from behind a parked car and I stopped with zero drama because it's a 20 mph limit (that I was well within) on the streets around where I live and that's why

Surprisingly un-shit (by my standards) effort at my first Abbey Park Parkrun this morning, given I felt a bit rough beforehand and it was a little sticky, to say the least. Looked at what the age grading actually means and delighted to find myself firmly in the middle of the not at all patronising "You're doing great!" category. Very proud

I would totally get behind LCFC binning Filbert off and getting in the fox stood behind Andy Burnham when he gave his victory speech