It would be nice, just for a change, that every time a player swore during the golf coverage commentators would say,
“I’m not going apologise for that language because he’s a grown man and well capable of bearing responsibility, and you watching this are a probably few beers deep and have used language today to make Gordan Ramsey blush, so let’s just head over to the 10th”
He was told it couldn't be done. Then he did it, bigger than anyone dared.
A tunnel under a river when no one had managed it. A railway so straight and smooth they called it God's Wonderful Railway. Bridges that still carry trains nearly two hundred years on.
And when they said an iron ship that size would never float, he built the largest ship in the world. Then built a bigger one.
He worked himself into the ground for it. Eighteen-hour days, a cigar always lit, that tall hat making a small man look enormous. He didn't want comfort. He wanted to build things that would outlast him.
They have. The bridges, the tunnels, the stations, still standing, still working, still ours.
Born in Portsmouth, made in England. The man who decided this country should think bigger.
His name was Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
I’ll still party once Keir Starmer is gone, because for me he represents an awful two years where British citizens were actively persecuted, targeted, silenced and punished.
What’s next may be as bad or worse, but one battle at a time.
AWFUL MAN
Trump: "So as president, I make $2 million over four years, $2.5 million. I waived it… I'm the only president that ever waived it… There's never been a president that waived his salary. I'm the only schmuck. I get no credit for it."
Andy Burnham will become PM and Labour will recover in the polls for all of 15 minutes before he is unable or unwilling to address the multitude of crises that face the UK and polling collapses again.
Do not be fooled. The Restore Britain Party exists for one purpose: to divide the centre right vote, weaken Reform, and clear a path for the Conservatives back into power at the next General Election. That is the strategy. Everything else is theatre.
Soon Labour will have a difficult decision.
Option 1: An arrogant socialist with glasses from the north
Option 2: An arrogant socialist with glasses from the south
Choose wisely, you weirdos.
Remarkable victory for the Tories in Aberdeen South, beating SNP 50% to 29% — as resounding as Burnham in Makerfield. But it’s not replicable for the Tories on a national scale — and before the year is out Labour will discover that neither is Makerfield.
A welcoming present just out this morning for a Mr A Burnham to underline just how limited his latitude as PM will be:
The UK government borrowed £23.3 billion last month, 30 per cent or £5.4 billion higher than a year earlier.
It was also more than the £18.8 billion expected by most economists and the £17.7 billion forecast by the Office for Budget Responsibility, the UK’s independent fiscal watchdog.
The interest payable on government debt rose to £11.7 billion, the highest ever recorded in any May.
The result in Makerfield isn't just disappointing - it's chilling. You wonder how detached many are from normal life. Not invested in Britain, happy living on welfare, or leftist public sector workers. It's hard to grasp how they don't understand where we are under Labour.
A change of Labour leader won’t save Britain. Until we break culture of welfare dependency, stop letting activist stakeholders dictate policy, reward hard work and success instead of punishing it and end untouchable status of the NHS, the country will keep declining
This vile politician is an absolute disgrace. I hope you can all see why we at The Rape Gang Inquiry refused to work with her. Her only interest was money, and she has spent the last year doing everything in her power to undermine the inquiry.
Despicable.
Oxfordshire County Council wants to ban people flying the England flag. It will come as no surprise the council is run by an absolute wet wipe who used to work for the BBC.