Nobody Cares about Britain

[Innula Zenovka]

In the old days inconvenient children could be sent to the clergy, I suppose nowadays it would be charity work.

It appears in different versions, but the C18th English aristocratic attitude has often been characterised at "put your clever sons into the law, the stupid ones into the army and the mad ones into the church."

And for the really hopeless ones, there was always this, from Hilaire Belloc's 1907 work

concerning the fate of Lord Lundy, Who was too Freely Moved to Tears, and thereby ruined his Political Career.

The Duke—his aged grand-sire—bore
The shame till he could bear no more.
He rallied his declining powers,
Summoned the youth to Brackley Towers,
And bitterly addressed him thus—
“Sir! you have disappointed us!
We had intended you to be
The next Prime Minister but three:
The stocks were sold; the Press was squared:
The Middle Class was quite prepared.
But as it is!... My language fails!

Go out and govern New South Wales!”

 

[Innula Zenovka]

We cannot become the vassals of a semi-deranged Donald Trump

Conservative “patriots” betray their country – again!

nickcohen.substack.com

 

[Beebo Brink]

UK must stockpile food in readiness for climate shocks or war, expert warns | Food security | The Guardian

The British government should be stockpiling food, according to a leading expert on food policy, as it is not prepared for climate shocks or wars that could cause the population to starve.

Prof Tim Lang of City St George’s, University of London said the UK produced far less food than it needed to feed itself, and as a small island that relied on a few large companies to feed its giant population, it was particularly vulnerable to shocks.

 

[Soen Eber]

It appears in different versions, but the C18th English aristocratic attitude has often been characterised at "put your clever sons into the law, the stupid ones into the army and the mad ones into the church."

And for the really hopeless ones, there was always this, from Hilaire Belloc's 1907 work

concerning the fate of Lord Lundy, Who was too Freely Moved to Tears, and thereby ruined his Political Career.

... and the really dangerous ones write children's stories [cf: Peter Pan]

 

[Soen Eber]

Shades of the Duchy of Grand Fenwick!

The first country to fight AGAINST independence [from Great Britain]

 

[Free]

... and the really dangerous ones write children's stories [cf: Peter Pan]

J.M. Barrie was Scottish, so he might have argued with your proposition.

 

[Beebo Brink]

The UK is ejecting hereditary nobles from Parliament after 700 years | AP News

Centuries of British political tradition will end within weeks after Parliament voted to remove hereditary aristocrats from the unelected House of Lords.

On Tuesday night members of the upper chamber dropped objections to legislation passed by the House of Commons ousting dozens of dukes, earls and viscounts who inherited seats in Parliament along with their aristocratic titles.

 

[Tigger]

Next up, can we get rid of the "lords spiritual" please

 

[Free]

Posting this here because...Arsenal...

EDIT: Replaced image with Reddit embed.

 

[Beebo Brink]

Posting this here because...Arsenal...

No image.

 

[Free]

No image.

Timid imgur posters who don't trust themselves... Fixed.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

YouGov survey: King Charles has been invited to make an official state visit to the United States later this year, do you think this should go ahead or should it be cancelled?

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

Banksy didn't comment that yet, but supposedly his lawyer asked not to publish that story. Mh.

And here's the mentioned report by Reuters.

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/global-art-banksy/

 

[Free]

Maybe all the investigative minds who've long tried to bring Banksy's true identity into the light can finally turn their efforts to something far more worthwhile.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

MI5 to pay compensation to woman abused by neo-Nazi agent

It comes after a BBC investigation four years ago showed the agent used his security service role to abuse his partner.

www.bbc.co.uk

Evidence showed the MI5 spy, a foreign national, was a right-wing extremist with a violent past. He also engaged in fantasies about eating children.

He had abused a previous partner abroad, before taking on his MI5 role, including threatening to kill her and her child.

 

[Casey Pelous]

Maybe all the investigative minds who've long tried to bring Banksy's true identity into the light can finally turn their efforts to something far more worthwhile.

I'm afraid I have grown so darkly cynical that I suspect it is more likely to be something like, "Why does Marcellus Wallace have a band-aid on his head in Pulp Fiction?" or "I was bitten by a turtle, can I still drink orange juice?"

 

[Free]

I'm afraid I have grown so darkly cynical that I suspect it is more likely to be something like, "Why does Marcellus Wallace have a band-aid on his head in Pulp Fiction?" or "I was bitten by a turtle, can I still drink orange juice?"

 

[Casey Pelous]

Crap! I was counting on you to tell me!

(I was referring to what the internet's next obsession might be, just in case it didn't take a turn toward something more valuable than figuring out who Banksy is. Which, by the way, isn't that somewhere around This is For Sure Banksy #4?)

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

I've found this nice documentary, where they put 4 modern day bakers into an authentic Victorian bakery from 1830, using only recipes, tools and wheat as fell brewers' yeast from back then in a wood fired oven. Very interesting. I never heared about the Coburg loaf before. Coburg is about half an hour drive away from my home, maybe it's more popular there.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Man's blue skin A&E panic was just bed sheet dye

Tommy Lynch rushed to hospital when he woke with blue skin but it turned out to be from his sheets.

www.bbc.co.uk