General News Thread

[Foxdiamond]

7 minutes ago, bovril said:

The flag stuff shows how the English right wing have have been totally psychically colonised by Americans and their politics. Same with pretty much everything Kemi Badenoch says 

Mind the left wing love a flag or two just not the Union flag.  

[Md9]

You actually just have to laugh at some of the shite they come out with especially this woman. Well done for being transparent about putting a flag pole up you moron. 

[Parafox]

21 hours ago, JonnyBoy said:

 

yep, we are pre booking seats for ryanair flight to palma at 05:45am near the front in case they are any Malaga riff raff 

 

did ibiza flight two years ago - never again. Delayed flight back from ibiza as well as the incoming plane had to deal with some arrests 

 

Make sure you get seat 11A, just in case 

[Parafox]

The flag is up and it's waving:

 

 

 

[Md9]

40 minutes ago, Parafox said:

The flag is up and it's waving:

 

 

 

Surprised he hasn’t put a picture of him and putin hugging on it 

[Parafox]

Just now, Md9 said:

Surprised he hasn’t put a picture of him and putin hugging on it 

 

Odd coincidence, Mrs Para said similar about having Trump's face on it

[Jon the Hat]

How does a flag pole with the rope inside the pole hoist the flag?

 

Got it, one line to raise the flag which goes inside the pole once up, with a weighted loop at the bottom.  Never thought about that before, although I was funnily enough talking about rusty flagpoles at one of our work sites yesterday.

Edited 19 June 2025 by Jon the Hat

[Sly]

Flags are overrated. 
 

In fact, I don’t get the obsession with them in the slightest. 

[FoyleFox]

14 hours ago, Vacamion said:

 

You could have told him to check out Belfast or Larkhall the first 2 weeks of July.

 

More "flegs" than you can shake a stick at  

 

 

April to September...

I remember looking a pictures of England during the Golden Jubilee and the media stating how impressive the flags and decorations were. It was minimal compared to NI on any given summer 

(We didn't have flags in the village where i lived but plenty of surrounding towns did).

[RowlattsFox]

Nothing wrong with flags, and nothing wrong with having an attachment to one as part of an identity. 

The problem is the person/group using the flag, not the flag itself. 

[Lionator]

“Iranian nuclear facility destroyed by flag”

[Tommy G]

15 hours ago, Md9 said:

You actually just have to laugh at some of the shite they come out with especially this woman. Well done for being transparent about putting a flag pole up you moron. 

I wonder how she got the job? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[WigstonWanderer]

 

[Trav Le Bleu]

21 hours ago, Md9 said:

You actually just have to laugh at some of the shite they come out with especially this woman. Well done for being transparent about putting a flag pole up you moron. 

So transparent you can see straight through him.

[Bellend Sebastian]

Good luck with that

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jun/19/telford-grooming-gangs-survivors-interview-inquiry

[urban.spaceman]

Warra surprise

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/the-telegraph-an-apology/

[Dr The Singh]

8 hours ago, Tommy G said:

I wonder how she got the job? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

She is my girlfriend, apologise

[SkidsFox]

On 18/06/2025 at 18:46, Parafox said:

 

Make sure you get seat 11A, just in case 

Survival rate for someone from Leicester who books seat 11A on a plane that crashes:  100%

 

Survival rate for anyone else on that plane: 0%

 

Those are FACTS!

[Parafox]

Just now, SkidsFox said:

Survival rate for someone from Leicester who books seat 11A on a plane that crashes:  100%

 

Survival rate for anyone else on that plane: 0%

 

Those are FACTS!

 

As extra insurance, get a season ticket. 

[Bellend Sebastian]

47 minutes ago, urban.spaceman said:

Warra surprise

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/the-telegraph-an-apology/

Honestly, what's wrong with the traditional approach of giving money to people say any old shit and print that.

 

I will tell you the lies you want for £££. No kinky stuff, discretion largely guaranteed 

[Bellend Sebastian]

The true cost of the endless cycle of violence is revealed

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ndtv.com/world-news/benjamin-netanyahu-says-sons-wedding-delay-a-personal-cost-of-war-stuns-israelis-8711666/amp/1

[hejammy]

Need to ask a genuine question.

 

If a big ass bully (who's known to bully lots of different children) attacks another child at school, should the teachers and headmaster talk to the other bullied child to tell him to back down and give up to the bully? Is that the right way around? 

[Dr The Singh]

1 hour ago, hejammy said:

Need to ask a genuine question.

 

If a big ass bully (who's known to bully lots of different children) attacks another child at school, should the teachers and headmaster talk to the other bullied child to tell him to back down and give up to the bully? Is that the right way around? 

It's not really a genuine question is it, jam jam?  So I'm not going to answer it.

[hejammy]

54 minutes ago, Dr The Singh said:

It's not really a genuine question is it, jam jam?  So I'm not going to answer it.

Well The The, it really was a genuine question, but happy to know that you'll not be answering it, so thank you for that.  

[davieG]

2 hours ago, hejammy said:

Need to ask a genuine question.

 

If a big ass bully (who's known to bully lots of different children) attacks another child at school, should the teachers and headmaster talk to the other bullied child to tell him to back down and give up to the bully? Is that the right way around? 

If the teachers and headmaster are scared of the bully because they've also been bullied by him probably yes.