What is that "mate" of mine Sadiq Khan trying to achieve ?

 

You lost you demented little cretin, get over it and concentrate on your job you terrorist sympathiser.

1 hour ago, miamiwhite said:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Albania

Just going off the 2023 Census re Muslims in Albania, I honestly had no idea either the figure was so high

Aye, dunno why but thought they'd be more like their neighbours Greece and Serbia 

Makes life easier anyway

19 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Wonder what the pie chart looks like in Persia nowadays.

Maybe we should steam in and take over the Arab States like we've done in Dubai

Swap places, basically

36 minutes ago, mickbrown said:

Pretty sure it was the Muslims on the receiving end in the other Balkan states

Point taken but they all hate each other over there

8 minutes ago, Ani said:

 

On the Reeves thing it does wrong that those who hold the highest office of state get their house provided on Downing Street but then can make £3000 plus per month renting their family home out. Why not just donate that money to Shelter ? 

No chance, she plotted it with Rushanara Ali's advice

13 minutes ago, Ani said:

Rachel Reeves should resign over this issue around letting out her family home according to social media shouters

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/20/reform-uk-reviews-if-it-underpaid-vat-on-tickets-and-merchandise 

This story is on The Times website, but under a firewall.

On the Reeves thing it does wrong that those who hold the highest office of state get their house provided on Downing Street but then can make £3000 plus per month renting their family home out. Why not just donate that money to Shelter ? 

I'll have to have a look mate. I'm at work so I've not really had a chance to read about it. But yeah - if she's broken the law I agree. 

Convenient timing for KS that this is leaked now mind! It may 'leave him with no choice' but to fire her? Let's see how tough he is under this veneer of vanilla 😁

16 minutes ago, Ani said:

Rachel Reeves should resign over this issue around letting out her family home according to social media shouters

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/20/reform-uk-reviews-if-it-underpaid-vat-on-tickets-and-merchandise 

This story is on The Times website, but under a firewall.

On the Reeves thing it does wrong that those who hold the highest office of state get their house provided on Downing Street but then can make £3000 plus per month renting their family home out. Why not just donate that money to Shelter ? 

On a re-read - I think I might have misunderstood your point! 🤣

2 minutes ago, kent_white said:

On a re-read - I think I might have misunderstood your point! 🤣

I added ‘according to social media shouters’ to try and avoid confusion 

Edited October 30, 2025Oct 30 by Ani

1 hour ago, Dimron said:

Point taken but they all hate each other over there

In the words of Sunni and Shia....I got you babe ♥ 

8 minutes ago, miamiwhite said:

In the words of Sunni and Shia....I got you babe ♥ 

If they married would they have sushi children?

2 minutes ago, Dimron said:

If they married would they have sushi children?

The kids would certainly be told to "shush" especially by their uncles and cousins 😉 

2 hours ago, Zico said:

Aye, dunno why but thought they'd be more like their neighbours Greece and Serbia 

Makes life easier anyway

Totally agree fella 

3 hours ago, mickbrown said:

Pretty sure it was the Muslims on the receiving end in the other Balkan states

Dangerous bunch these Christians...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gj927l64qo

I see Reform have suggested bringing back those blue 3 wheelers from the 60's and 70's for disabled people. 

Visionary! 😂

1 hour ago, Dimron said:

Dangerous bunch these Christians...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gj927l64qo

@kent_white did warn us this would happen

Rachel Reeves will be gone by morning......! 

Just now, kent_white said:

Rachel Reeves will be gone by morning......! 

You'd think they would keep her in place, to deliver this next budget, with the tax increases, and then fire her. 

20 minutes ago, Zico said:

@kent_white did warn us this would happen

How do I sign up to the self proclaimed visionaries club? 😁

Just now, Sweep said:

You'd think they would keep her in place, to deliver this next budget, with the tax increases, and then fire her. 

I reckon he'll bin her and then the newbie will be able to blame her for having to increase income tax. But the effect is much the same. 

49 minutes ago, kent_white said:

I see Reform have suggested bringing back those blue 3 wheelers from the 60's and 70's for disabled people. 

Visionary! 😂

I tried to get one before I got my ultra modern mobility scooter, cheapest I could find was £4500

Mine is metallic red

38 minutes ago, kent_white said:

Rachel Reeves will be gone by morning......! 

She'll be homeless when kicked out of No 11 and doesn't drop a no fault eviction on her tenant

33 minutes ago, kent_white said:

How do I sign up to the self proclaimed visionaries club? 😁

Easy, just keep calling yourself a visionary, at every single opportunity. You then only need to get one thing correct or in every fifty or so predictions (or even better, don't even make an actual prediction, just leave a cryptic post, and then when questioned about it, reply with DYOR, and accuse people of deflecting) - that is how the self proclaimed visionaries seem to do it 😊

45 minutes ago, kent_white said:

Rachel Reeves will be gone by morning......! 

Chancellor estate ages apologises for oversight on Reeves' rental agreementpublished at 17:31

17:31BREAKING

Harvey Wheeler, the London estate agents used by Rachel Reeves to rent out her property in south London, have apologised to her for an "oversight".

The firm says they did not apply for a licence on her behalf, having offered to do so. 

We will bring you the full statement in a moment

On 28/10/2025 at 21:42, Not in Crawley said:

Spent the day in Wigan, went for a small run. Highlights were two blokes keeping each other up pissed as farts at 4pm, one lady shouting at a broken down house, a fella clutching a can of cider whilst i was a crossing..

"You not got a coat"

"Nah, just going for a run"

"Why?"

Made me laugh. But got off the train at 12.30, about 4 blokes outside the cornershop all with cans of stella, all stinking of weed, must have be much younger than me.

I dunno, @gonzo is right, Im anured to this sort of stuff probably, if this is daily life - or living with it - its very different from when I left home.

Doesnt mean the North isnt still the best of this country but every time all I see is these towns being let down again and again by every government - and then the grifters of reform move in, and to be honest its easier to feel these lies when it's not effecting your life.

But tomorrow, Ill be at Wigan's only awarding winning theatre company who have sold out their full run and are now transferring to London - on the basis of creating stuff from here. On thursday im making my small part in tranferring a small show from the North East into the west end - to prove our stories needs to be heard and its not just public school kids that have a voice.

But yes, it proper made me think about the differences in our island and how much the North has been fundementally let down over generations.

Just an addition to this musing

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/oct/30/almost-all-children-in-73-areas-of-england-live-in-low-income-households?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Really depressing reading for the North and specifically the North West.

21 minutes ago, Not in Crawley said:

Just an addition to this musing

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/oct/30/almost-all-children-in-73-areas-of-england-live-in-low-income-households?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Really depressing reading for the North and specifically the North West.

I’m pretty sure folk have been telling you this for a couple of years now…..because they see it with their eyes. Graphs and newspaper articles aren’t required 

4 minutes ago, royal white said:

I’m pretty sure folk have been telling you this for a couple of years now…..because they see it with their eyes. Graphs and newspaper articles aren’t required 

There is poverty in the north - and ive also been saying it for a lomg time in terms of economic disparity.

And yes you still need data rather than what i saw-isms

Also, if it is reality then maybe get on board with the economic not solely migrant narrative and stop being a supercilious over simplified points argumentative little turnip😊