Why the Guardian is going down the pan!

[two sheds]

This is true, but making it eye-wateringly expensive will at least raise some money to make up for the damage to local communities, to locals particularly young people priced out of the market.

"I am acutely aware of the dismay long felt by the small community, 80% of whose houses are now unoccupied out of season. The place is unreal: streets silent, shops shut and cafes empty. The school has long closed, as have the doctor’s surgery, the bank and the police station. Everywhere are holiday lets and second homes. While builders and decorators boom, shops become unviable and the stuffing is knocked out of local institutions."

Acutely aware but still owns a second home there. It would cost him far less to put up in a B&B or hotel somewhere for a couple of weeks holiday a year, when he actually would be helping the local economy.

 

[kabbes]

He’s a prick. The local council should keep raising council tax on second homes until the likes of him is forced to sell to somebody who wants to live there. Why should he get a special pass to keep an empty house?

 

[Dystopiary]

"The question is how the favoured communities can make a sort of peace with the invaders."
What an irredeemable fucking weapon.

 

[kabbes]

“Oh boo hoo one day I might want to retire there so the people who live there should be loving me in readiness and preparing the way for my special coming.” Fuck off, Jenkins.

 

[elbows]

Ho ho ho...

While millions of rail passengers were hit by the dispute, Lynch has won plaudits for clearly articulating the grievances of his members and the reasons for action. He has also disarmed some of television’s most experienced interrogators, including Sky News broadcaster Kay Burley and Talk TV presenter Piers Morgan.

From ‘I don’t want to be an icon’: Mick Lynch on winning the rail strike PR battle

lol at the line 'some of televisions most experienced interrogators', which is why I'm sticking it here. They arent decent interrogators, they are shit, and only survive in those roles because its a rigged game in a shabby circus. Crap propagandists. The slightly more sophisticated propagandists are now busy conceding how well Lynch did, and trying to make another silly game out of that angle. Anything to avoid too much focus on the actual issues that affect people, the substance of the matter which Lynch is now managing to win praise for by actually focussing on, refusing to be disarmed or unduly distracted by the shitty panto.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

I see we are on the "only the Lib Dems can defeat the Tories" series again now.

The Tories are teetering, but only a progressive alliance can deal the final blow | John Harris

Last week’s byelections showed that a ‘change moment’, a chance to rid the UK of this rotten government, is within sight, says Guardian columnist John Harris

www.theguardian.com

 

[PR1Berske]

I see we are on the "only the Lib Dems can defeat the Tories" series again now.

The Tories are teetering, but only a progressive alliance can deal the final blow | John Harris

Last week’s byelections showed that a ‘change moment’, a chance to rid the UK of this rotten government, is within sight, says Guardian columnist John Harris

www.theguardian.com

Psephologically speaking there is through in that. In the south, the LibDems have been more successful in beating the Tories, it's Labour more commonly in the north (of course psephology is an inexact science; Labour do very well along the southern resorts, LibDems have held seats in Sheffield and Leeds before today)

For Labour do win the next election outright, particularly with the boundary changes being designed for this cycle, the southern seats needed as gains are closer LD targets than they are Labour ones. It's Labour in places like Bristol or Brighton or Portsmouth, it'll be LDs in the Home Counties and Cornwall.

 

[Pickman's model]

I see we are on the "only the Lib Dems can defeat the Tories" series again now.

The Tories are teetering, but only a progressive alliance can deal the final blow | John Harris

Last week’s byelections showed that a ‘change moment’, a chance to rid the UK of this rotten government, is within sight, says Guardian columnist John Harris

www.theguardian.com

They're taking the piss

 

[redsquirrel]

I see we are on the "only the Lib Dems can defeat the Tories" series again now.

The Tories are teetering, but only a progressive alliance can deal the final blow | John Harris

Last week’s byelections showed that a ‘change moment’, a chance to rid the UK of this rotten government, is within sight, says Guardian columnist John Harris

www.theguardian.com

Saw that. A dreadful piece that can only make its argument by re-inventing the LibDems as centre-left (and the Labour Party as left).


Mind you the same argument is getting plenty of use here too.

 

[Indeliblelink]

BREAKING NEWS: Man plays piano in pub

Coldplay’s Chris Martin plays impromptu song at pub post-Glastonbury

In rural village, frontman performed A Sky Full of Stars for a couple who were planning to play the song as their first dance when they marry

www.theguardian.com

 

[TopCat]

Plays badly and wails like a 70mg 2CB sniffer.

 

[equationgirl]

It's Chris Martin though, the Guardian loves him, and Coldplay.

 

[andysays]

BBC website has the same story.

 

[killer b]

Coldplay are awful, but they're literally one of the most famous bands in the world. Of course the papers are going to cover something like this.

 

[equationgirl]

Just doesn't feel national news-worthy when there are bigger things going on.

 

[platinumsage]

They have quotas for a quantity of whimsical tripe to run alongside all the bad things that are happening all the time everywhere that we must know about.

e.g. Twins, 102, mark birthday with cheese sandwich

 

[killer b]

Just doesn't feel national news-worthy when there are bigger things going on.

I reckon the occasional jolly light interest story among all the world is burning pieces is probably ok tbh

 

[billy_bob]

If someone would just set fire to Chris Martin we could combine the two

 

[Serge Forward]

If someone would just set fire to Chris Martin we could combine the two

Need a whicker man for that cunt

 

[Lurdan]

Need a whicker man for that cunt

You entirely sure about that ?

 

[JimW]

You entirely sure about that ?

Rest of the band came in and started jigging about.
They whirled about us.

 

[billy_bob]

'But how are City workers coping with the heatwave?', I hear you all cry. Don't worry, they're finding imaginative ways to keep cool without falling foul of dress codes.

Thank god.

'Above 20C is shorts territory'

 

[Orang Utan]

Old school Grauniad proof editing oversight in that headline, though I wouldn’t be surprised at anything right now:

UK government to table no-confidence motion in itself

Unexpected move does not directly criticise Boris Johnson and comes after Labour version rejected

www.theguardian.com

 

[bluescreen]

Old school Grauniad proof editing oversight in that headline, though I wouldn’t be surprised at anything right now:

UK government to table no-confidence motion in itself

Unexpected move does not directly criticise Boris Johnson and comes after Labour version rejected

www.theguardian.com

Can you please expand for the hard of thinking?

 

[Orang Utan]

Can you please expand for the hard of thinking?

No-confidence instead of confidence

 

[bluescreen]

No-confidence instead of confidence

 

[brogdale]

Monday's corker...how to peg out yer washing.

 

[two sheds]

Pegs? PEGS? Spit

 

[belboid]

Monday's corker...how to peg out yer washing.

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Especially as the pic has the items hung up the wrong way round.

Tops from the bottom, bottoms from the top.

I’d be tempted to mention this in the guardian comments, but then I’d be one of them and I’d have to kill myself.

 

[Elpenor]

A classic I agree - though I think we have discussed before that Guardian lifestyle articles are near enough a free hit and should be excluded from this thread!