England is really fucked mate. Empire, monarchy, civil wars, extreme poverty, extreme riches, bullying our neighbours, world wars, class - hundreds of years of madness all crushing down on a collection of weird psyches. It's a confused place. And it all seems to be coming to a head. There'll be riots before Christmas.
She's going on about Putin again. Wouldn't be surprised if she gets us into a proper war with them. All because she's trying (or refusing to acknowledge) the shit show at home.
There's a skill to not answering the question you've been asked and using the opportunity to get something of your own across, and Liz Truss does not have that skill. In fact, I've never seen a politician do it worse than she did this morning. She had to think through every question at length (dead air), and even then her answers sounded so prepared it was like she was reading it off a teleprompter, but a teleprompter with a really small font size.
As has been mentioned several times, this has been a win for local journalism.
Maybe after all the goodwill shown to them by the British public, the Royal Family will put their hand in their pocket to help out, they're worth a few £billion.
No, I can't keep a straight face typing that out.
I think it's got to the point now where shit like this will backfire on them. They've pissed off too many people, too many previous Tory voters are being dragged into the financial mire. It might have worked two years ago - but when people are paying a quid for a pint of milk, when council tax is at an all time high, when energy prices are doubling and mortgage payments are at risk of spiralling, nobody wants to listen to some fat rich twat blaming anyone else.
I'd quite like the Telegraph to go out of business, though.
Obi Wan - 6 out of ten. Was quite entertaining. Some of it made no sense (how many opportunities did Vader need to kill Obi Wan??)
Is there a contractual reason with John Williams why they don't really use THE music?
Also, couldn't they have found a child actor who passed any resemblance to Mark Hamill?
Truss and Kwarteng should be charged with treason. Ironic considering how much the Tories go one about "patriotism". Never realised patriotism meant purposely crashing the country.
I take my two kids to their swimming lessons at the JD gym in Hunts Cross. Bearing in mind people are going the gym for a workout, they all try to park as short a walking distance as possible. They even park on the pavement outside the door! There's about 500 parking spaces!!!
You Won't Be Alone (2022)
Another foreign horror film with rave reviews. Couple of witches on the prowl in 19th century Macedonia. Subtitles.
Bored. Bored bored bored.
3/10.
The Innocents (2021)
Little kids on a housing estate develop super powers. One kid is a twat. Subtitles.
Disappointed. Has rave reviews, but I was a bit bored and the powers weren't that exciting. Extra point for the girl wearing a Crown Paints top.
6/10