Integrity isn't for sale

Time that Deloitte had Government contracts cancelled and banned from tendering ? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

My brilliant friend Nick passed last month. He missed a birthday, but was looking forward to the Voyager 1 light day from Earth. We shared a transit of Venus and many drunken evenings. I miss him.

I have issues, I am a hopeless optimist on a dying planet. My peers are expiring...

There's a sad inevitability that growing old means losing friends as they move or pass away. It doesn't seem to get any easier and this has been a tough few days. RIP Nick, no one waved a battered sausage outside the pub with such aplomb.

I went to Tate Britain to see Flamenco, it was "Avant Garde", it was stunning, I'm going to see Rocio Molina at Sadlers Wells and excited to the point of incontinence about it. Push your boundaries !

Any idea who ManAyrian United are playing this week, looking forward to Sir Jims' all British team plummeting out of the league. Oh did anyone mention he doesn't live or pay tax in the UK. Such a patriot.

Rest assured that Reform will NEVER work with Tories. Apart from Lee Anderson, Nadine Dorries, Danny Kruger, Andrea Jenkyns, Jonathan Gullis, Sarah Pochin, Jake Berry, Marco Longhi, Peter Bone, Robert Jenrick, Andrew Rosindell, Suella Braverman…

Incredibly, no-one on Nigel Farage’s team has got round to deleting this post. It’s still live as Robert Jenrick gives his big defection speech.

We're all looking forward to the FIFA World Cup. Wouldn't it be a pity if their only "peace prize winner" caused a mass boycott with his Greenland nonsense. FIFA would look sick and the US a pariah state.

It's the 21st Century and I grew up being told we'd have a world federation and explore the universe. Instead we seem to have blundered back to the 16th century and I'm now actively hoping that an asteroid strike will finish humans for good.

Dear United Nations, it's time to "bug out" of New York and get to Switzerland or a place that doesn't mount attacks on sovereign countries at a whim. If International law means nothing then bring on the Asteroid collision NOW.

"you don't see them f*cking each over for a percentage" said the Ripley character in Aliens. Every greedy corrupt sh*t should consider this, as a reckoning is coming.

In a few hours time on the 11th day of the 11th month at 11 o'clock I will stop and reflect. A reflection on the lost generations who died in them and those left behind. Mourning without a grave tears at the heart, that's why the Cenotaph is so impotant to so many.

A view of the Thames which could have been painted by JMW Turner

At last an end to all that bad publicity for Pizza Express, oh and some bloke should probably admit he's a liar and face the music.

Living in an Edwardian house and balancing heat and pension payments makes for an interesting time. Fortunately, I cook from scratch, which helps. Must start a volunteer cook thing.

The UK needs a law of "Vehicular homicide" to stop drunks, druggies and just speeding idiots getting away with murder because they use a vehicle , rather than a gun/hammer/ knife.

Hope is the greatest attribute, it fights the despair of lost heroes and seeks light in the darkness.

Living in the ULEZ zone as a lover of automotive design (of all ages) is seriously demoralizing.

the 3 times I have thought the human race is finished were the Tutsi genocide (no resources the developed world wanted), the Srebrenica massacre (complete failure of UN) and now the Gaza genocide (nothing learnt from the Warsaw ghetto). Let the asteroid hit soon.

Young Fish Costa Fortune, will mean nothing to most but Jorge Costa RIP, you were a great palyer for the Addicks. 25 games but a legacy that has lasted.

With the heat rising, I'm currently batch making Gazpacho, using the BBQ roasted peppers which combined with spot on season toms is fantastic. Good way to drink a salad.

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Take note BBC

Sad News that Pope Francis has died, it doesn't matter your views on religion, he shone out as a truly good man.

Nicol Williamson said in the film Excalibur, "for it's the folly of men that they forget". The lessons of the Warsaw ghetto should be replayed where an occuppied country ghetto was surrounded by a heavily weaponed army.

Good to see simple pleasures being enjoyed and celebrated by all in Greenwich Park today.

I peruse this site every month to see who doesn't support the services provided by this country. www.gov.uk/government/p...

I mourn the loss of purity in this sport www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...

Well the world is not only turning its back and boycotting goods, but also not getting on planes. I never thought I'd see the Euro as the currency of choice.... Get that lettuce ready.

You have to have a care when turning your back on the world. The world may decide it no longer needs you.

So with Lent I'm not eating meat. M&S Tofu is £2.30 a block whereas a pack of about 10 chicken wings are £1.85 (higher welfare too). Hmmm somethings wrong when an animals life is worth less than soya beans.

⭐️ MISSING DOG - PLEASE READ & SHARE ⭐️ Jeff’s best friend who he hangs with when I’m on the road has gone missing. Long-haired dachsie Posie was last seen this morning in Cherry Tree Woods in Muswell Hill/Highgate area of London, running towards East Finchley N6 area. The search is on - please help 😢

Any Americans who like Bourbon and travel internationally advised to pack a bottle in their luggage. Because you ain't going to be able to buy US liqour anywhere else soon.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Can anyone explain how the headline isn't Hooters are going bust ?

@fesshole.bsky.social

What could possibly make you trust the media less ? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

If you sell your integrity for money then what sort of a person are you? I'd rather die poor but with a good conscience.

Trying to keep up with the tariff situation is like the Hokey Cokey (Pokey) - you put the cars in, then take them out, Mexico in, then out..... it's exhausting

Capitalism is, ultimately, a cult. Yes, let's all put our faith into the made up numbers on these spreadsheets.

Boycotting all Co's who use YoungOnes www.theguardian.com/business/202...