General News Thread

[leicsmac]

20 minutes ago, Zear0 said:

Those clips of journalists receiving awards at the WH Correspondents for exposing Trump and his team in front of Trump is one of the best things I’ve seen in years. Cringe is off the charts.

 

 

I'm quite surprised that the notoriously thin skin of the man even allowed him to be there while that was going on. 

[Trav Le Bleu]

9 hours ago, Voll Blau said:

Scampi and bacon fries should be top two ffs...

 

 

Pork scratchings no.1 you weirdo!

[Trav Le Bleu]

5 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

I'm quite surprised that the notoriously thin skin of the man even allowed him to be there while that was going on. 

Yeah, seems quite reserved and controlled for him. I was expecting him to start talking over it.

[Lionator]

12 hours ago, Voll Blau said:

Scampi and bacon fries should be top two ffs...

 

 

This is class, I’ve always liked him anyway and it’ll be interesting to see what happens when the first ‘crisis’ arises (he was great during the arena explosions) but honestly isnt it nice to a) have someone that isn’t a robot b) someone that actually gives off a vibe that the future just may be better. 

[Trav Le Bleu]

6 hours ago, Lionator said:

This is class, I’ve always liked him anyway and it’ll be interesting to see what happens when the first ‘crisis’ arises (he was great during the arena explosions) but honestly isnt it nice to a) have someone that isn’t a robot b) someone that actually gives off a vibe that the future just may be better. 

And, most importantly, likes pork scratchings.

 

None of this @Voll Blau nonsense.

[Voll Blau]

15 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

And, most importantly, likes pork scratchings.

 

None of this @Voll Blau nonsense.

They don't outrank scampi or bacon fries, I'm afraid.

[DJW1]

20 hours ago, Voll Blau said:

Scampi and bacon fries should be top two ffs...

 

 

Andy´s a bit of a lightweight.  At Keir Starmer´s leaving do they got through a 10 grand bar tab by 7 p.m.!

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/24/was-keir-starmers-leaving-party-the-boozy-birth-of-a-new-labour-force

 

I imagine Nigel Farage is planning an all-weekend bender to launder the 5 million quid he....er...found in the street

[Sampson]

7 hours ago, Lionator said:

This is class, I’ve always liked him anyway and it’ll be interesting to see what happens when the first ‘crisis’ arises (he was great during the arena explosions) but honestly isnt it nice to a) have someone that isn’t a robot b) someone that actually gives off a vibe that the future just may be better. 

I don't really care about the social media stuff, but I do agree it's nice to have someone in charge who is neither an emotionless robot who feels devoid of personality like Starmer nor an end-of-days doomonger who goes on and on about how the country is supposedly burning and its the hunger games on the streets like Farage.

[Zear0]

52 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

And, most importantly, likes pork scratchings.

 

None of this @Voll Blau nonsense.

Had a craving for some scratchings at the pub recently and the one's I got were f**king air fried.  Literally pointless.

[The Bear]

57 minutes ago, Voll Blau said:

They don't outrank scampi or bacon fries, I'm afraid.

Bacon Fries have the most chemically sweet bacon flavoring I've ever tasted. It's almost sickly. 

 

Not a patch on smokey bacon Walkers. 

[Sampson]

Burnham mentions it but picked onion monster munch are up there, the chemical acidic taste that burns holes into the roof of your mouth is bizarrely satisfying.

 

Otherwise flame grilled steak McCoy's for me

[leicsmac]

Picked onion Monster Munch is a good shout, but Crispy Bacon Wheat Crunchies do the bacon flavour pretty well imo. 

[Trav Le Bleu]

1 hour ago, Zear0 said:

Had a craving for some scratchings at the pub recently and the one's I got were f**king air fried.  Literally pointless.

There are some awful supermarket varieties and also in pubs. The best are the ones you get in proper butcher's shops.

 

The unforgivable sin is those "flavoured" pork scratchings. I'm ashamed to say I even tried them. Disgusting filth.

[Heathrow fox]

1 hour ago, Sampson said:

Burnham mentions it but picked onion monster munch are up there, the chemical acidic taste that burns holes into the roof of your mouth is bizarrely satisfying.

 

Otherwise flame grilled steak McCoy's for me

 

36 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

Picked onion Monster Munch is a good shout, but Crispy Bacon Wheat Crunchies do the bacon flavour pretty well imo. 

Walkers changed the recipe for Monster Munch years ago and it’s never been the same 

[MaidstoneFox]

12 hours ago, Sampson said:

Burnham mentions it but picked onion monster munch are up there, the chemical acidic taste that burns holes into the roof of your mouth is bizarrely satisfying.

 

Otherwise flame grilled steak McCoy's for me

I know I'm probably unusual, but I prefer the roast beef flavour monster munch. 

 

Growing up it always intrigued me that my Space Raiders were made in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, my Golden Wonder were made in Market Harborough and Walkers of course in Leicester. But I guess it's the proximity to potato farming in Lincolnshire and Norfolk.

[leicsmac]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clye651yzdjo

 

Andy Burnham says he would be prepared to call out Donald Trump to defend Britain's "national interest before anything else" if it is the right thing to do, in his first major interview as prime minister.

Speaking exclusively to the BBC, Burnham said he had had a good first exchange with Trump, finding him to be "really warm".

But asked twice if he would trust the US president, he did not say, answering, "it's a changing world isn't it, and you just obviously have to call things as they develop".

In the interview, to be broadcast in full on Monday, he said: "I can't at any point say that I won't take a different opinion from him [Trump], that I will need to voice a different idea that is right for Britain."

 

Hedging his bets a bit, then.

Be prepared to be like Carney and Sanchez, Mr Burnham, please.

[CrazyKopCorner]

On 25/07/2026 at 08:32, Trav Le Bleu said:

Pork scratchings no.1 you weirdo!

Old Skool 

[Noahfence]

Awful scenes in Berlin

[davieG]

2 hours ago, leicsmac said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clye651yzdjo

 

Andy Burnham says he would be prepared to call out Donald Trump to defend Britain's "national interest before anything else" if it is the right thing to do, in his first major interview as prime minister.

Speaking exclusively to the BBC, Burnham said he had had a good first exchange with Trump, finding him to be "really warm".

But asked twice if he would trust the US president, he did not say, answering, "it's a changing world isn't it, and you just obviously have to call things as they develop".

In the interview, to be broadcast in full on Monday, he said: "I can't at any point say that I won't take a different opinion from him [Trump], that I will need to voice a different idea that is right for Britain."

 

Hedging his bets a bit, then.

Be prepared to be like Carney and Sanchez, Mr Burnham, please.

Maybe needs more time to do a thorough assessment of where we stand politically, with Europe etc and economically.

[bovril]

32 minutes ago, Noahfence said:

Awful scenes in Berlin

Why is this kind of attack so common in Germany? Obviously all of Western Europe has issues with Islamic extremism but this kind of vehicle attack is disturbingly frequent in Germany. 

[leicsmac]

29 minutes ago, davieG said:

Maybe needs more time to do a thorough assessment of where we stand politically, with Europe etc and economically.

That's prudent, though I'm not sure many folks would or should blame him for making a judgement based on the obvious lay of the land anyway. 

[EastAnglianFox]

1 hour ago, bovril said:

Why is this kind of attack so common in Germany? Obviously all of Western Europe has issues with Islamic extremism but this kind of vehicle attack is disturbingly frequent in Germany. 

Merkel?

[st albans fox]

1 hour ago, bovril said:

Why is this kind of attack so common in Germany? Obviously all of Western Europe has issues with Islamic extremism but this kind of vehicle attack is disturbingly frequent in Germany. 

Since 2010

germany 4

china 3

france 6

Uk. 5

USA. 5

Canada 2 

[bovril]

1 minute ago, st albans fox said:

Since 2010

germany 4

china 3

france 6

Uk. 5

USA. 5

Canada 2 

Fair enough. Just seems to be very frequent there.

What's the source by the way?

[st albans fox]

4 minutes ago, bovril said:

Fair enough. Just seems to be very frequent there.

What's the source by the way?

Could be bollux as I got it from wiki!

 

can’t be far from factual

could be +/- 1

germany have had most of theirs this decade which is where your ‘feel’ comes from