You weren’t.
Go and find another angle to get your teeth into
Tell you what i’ll have an apple instead
Hurhur does not bother me either way. It’s family drama over demolition of a house that escalated into ‘political persecution’. It just highlighted the amusement of political agendas in full swing. When Lee Hsien Yang was running the show for the big companies in Singapore, he was labelled as the epitome of nepotism of the Lee Dynasty as with his brother the PM. Now that he decides to go against his brother, he is hailed as a hero. The fickle mindedness of voters and the select few who wants to profit from seeing chaos in a stable country like Singapore.
For anyone who believes this government is “socialist” or “far left”, here’s more evidence to the contrary:
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Not sure anyone in their right mind and certainly no-one on here has accused this government of being socialist or far left 
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This is veiled incitement.
Nah. Andrex and Sainsbury’s own brand are good.
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I remember being in Dartmouth, and had the chance to look around the Agatha Christie residence where she did a lot of her writing, and referenced in her novels, some of the inside and outside features on display.
Lovely sprawling house, set in its own grounds… inside the library, high ceiling, lots of books on shelves, original desk, fountain pen, inkwell etc… living room, coal fire, cinema style heavy duty curtains on the windows, bedrooms, hallways, kitchen/scullery, etc etc…
Then, opened the door to what was unusual in those days, an indoor toilet. Was met with this brand of toilet paper hanging on a loop of string…
My immediate thought that struck me… My God…! She must have had to use this in her hour of need - Sort of made her less formidable to me after that :0)
Twenty five years or so later, and the house, grounds, decor are just a blur… The only thing I can remember with clarity to this day, is the IZAL shiny paper toilet roll hanging on a string…!
Anyone, and that is literally anyone, that had the misfortune to have to use a sheet, or ten of that stuff… Will never ever forget for the rest of their lives… It was torture :0)
Have found and included a snippet from a blog that states similar, so I am obviously not alone in my condemnation
A brief story of Izal toilet paper and the cubicle of pain
Hold that poo!
I WOULD dread it! The thought of heading into the grey chilly cubicle would make me tremble. I’d hold my breath and clench my buttocks hoping to hold out until home time. It’s 2pm: only an hour and a half to go but I’m bursting! Can I make it? No… yes… maybe…
Keep clenching, take slow deep breaths, don’t think about it – instead think about making it home and finding relief in the smallest room in the house.
Gotta go!
It’s no good, I give into the sensation and my hand shoots up requesting permission to go to the cubicle of pain.
I enter the cubicle like a boy heading into the headmasters office for six of the best. I enter, and my enemy is there, innocently hanging from the dispenser roll. I hesitantly lock the door behind me and drop my trousers before carefully placing my bum on the chilly black toilet seat.
Torture time!
Business completed and poo flushed away. I shiver as I know this is when the innocent looking enemy bursts into life and inflicts punishment that will torment me for hours. I reel-off a strip and my hand shakes like I’m receiving an electric shock. I wipe and cringe as coarseness of the toilet paper runs on my bum. One strip is not enough so I reel off another one; more coarseness and more pain on my innocent bum!
I exit the cubicle of pain walking like I’ve been shot in the backside. I get back to my desk and sit down gingerly. I can hear my torturer on the roll giggling-away in the distance.
Where was the Andrex dog to save me?
Beyond Evil!
Dr Izal you are wicked! You showed no remorse and the pain from your torture session lasted for hours! You should be banned from all school toilets and your toilet surgery shut down! Dr Izal, I’m glad I’ll never ever set foot in your cubicle of pain again!
Anyway… what thread am I on again :0)
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A bit like John Wayne: tough, rough, strong and hard, and takes no shit off anyone.
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Just heard that a quarter of children aged between 11 and 15 use vapes 
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They have really missed the boat on restricting them. Banning the disposable ones is a good start (one of Sunak’s better policies) as they are the equivalent of “loosies” which were always a gateway into smoking.
Personally, I think vapes should have to smell and taste like Woodbines. They are a great help to existing smokers but have been marketed as a gateway device into nicotine adiction.
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I’ve just been looking through Hansard to see if Farage is the complete waste of space that everyone seems to be saying. I compared his attendance to my MP who was also elected in July for the first time and it does appear that Farage shows up when he wants to hear his own voice and do a racism.
I noticed that he has put quite a few written questions in on the 3 days that he appears to have bothered to do any work. (I noticed that he had signed no early day motions so he clearly never gets out of bed on time.) I’m not sure if any of these actually relate to constituency business but I was quite amused by the curt reply that Angela Eagle gave to him:
https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-10-11/8694/#
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I have only used tobacco “flavoured” oils the entire time I’ve been vaping.
Started a new job a few months ago, and wasn’t allowed to travel with my vape.
Had to use disposable ones on sale at work, which were all fruit flavours.
It was like inhaling a boiled sweet, fucking awful
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I accidently inhaled a Werthers Original the other day.
After the coughing and spluttering I was actually a bit gutted
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Scummy thief defended by scummy defence from his lawyer
Thief who stole £350 from pensioner avoids jail after arguing it was no worse than winter fuel raid
Story by Martin Evans
Will Pearson was given a 12-month community order and fined after he stole from a 73-year-old grandfather
A thief who stole £350 from a trusting pensioner has been spared jail after a court heard he only took the same amount as the Government had by scrapping the winter fuel allowance.
Will Pearson, 23, could have been jailed for 26 weeks for fleecing an elderly man who had invited him into his home and given him tea and sympathy when he knocked on his window late at night.
However, he was able to walk free from court with a 12-month community order and a financial penalty after his lawyer argued his crimes were no worse than Sir Keir Starmer’s.
John Cooper, mitigating at Workington magistrates court, said: “£350 is a significant amount to some people. I’m not sure what the situation is for this gentleman.
“It’s exactly the same amount the Labour Government has taken off pensioners in the winter fuel allowance.”
John Cooper argued that Pearson’s crime was no worse than the Government’s regarding the scrapping of the winter fuel allowance
Pamela Fee, prosecuting, said the 73-year-old victim had reported an incident of theft from his home address in the remote village of Millom, Cumbria, on Friday October 18.
At around midnight, the man was sitting downstairs in his living room when Pearson appeared at the window looking distressed.
The pensioner, who told police he used to work with homeless people, was concerned for Pearson’s welfare and so invited him into his home. Pearson told the victim his family had kicked him out and he did not have anywhere to stay that night so he gave him £20 to stay at a nearby hostel.
Ms Fee explained that Pearson had initially seemed “very appreciative” but returned a few minutes later saying he would need another £60.
At 5am, Pearson returned once more, claiming to have been kicked out of the hostel and the victim invited him in once more and made him a cup of tea to warm him up.
But while he was out of the room fetching some biscuits, the thief took the opportunity to rifle through the man’s wallet, stealing hundreds of pounds before fleeing.
The court heard that the victim went out in his car to search for Pearson, but was worried about calling the police because he did not want him to get a criminal record.
Instead he called a member of Pearson’s family, who was known to him and when he explained what had happened got the reply: “I’m not surprised.”
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Clickbait headline though, unless the judge explicitly said that the defence was part of the reason why he avoided jail.
My guess is it’s more likely to be due to the limited space available…
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They are illegal if they have entered a Country against its said policies.
Illegal immigrants in the [UK] include those who have:
- entered the [UK] without authority
- entered with [false documents]
- overstayed their [visas]
- worked or studied on a tourist visa/ non-immigrant vi
- entered into forced or fraudulent marriage
- had their marriages terminated or annulled
If you enter the UK ‘irregularly’, in other words crossing a countries international border without the required authorisation or documentation it is illegal.
The 1951 Refugee Convention | UNHCR.
The 1951 “Refugee Convention” was set up in the aftermath of the Second World War, for people fleeing persecution of war. This was determined for persons Pre-1951 but was adapted in 1967 to remove geographic and time based constraints.
A Refugee is a person classed as suffering from War/Persecution, etc. so for example Ukrainian’s.
Asylum Seekers are defined differently, in that they are claiming persecution, etc (similar to a refugee) but their case has to be decided upon. Due to differing factors.
Immigration is where people want to move to a different country to work/live and involves the process of checking a persons documentation to see if they meet the criteria, in other words their documentation is legal.
SO….if the documentation at the point of trying to gain entry to the UK or An other Country is not legal, it is…………? If it is deemed legal, then carry on in. If it is deemed Illegal, then a different approach is taken.
So, Is this not determined upon entry??? Additionally, how can an illegal immigrant be waiting upon the result of their application if they have never made an application in the first place?
It’s a good point and one that I definitely need to research more.
My concern, without any factual information is the impact of China and how they are investing /lending money to countries on the back of the countries resources.