FlyTheNest

Happy Easter.

Like all the best things in life marmalade is actually Scottish. Well apart from the fact that the Scots ripped it off from the French who ripped it off from the Portuguese.



I knew that. Many, many years ago when my sister was at uni she brought a Portuguese student home with her for a few ...

Good morning.


Does anyone outside London listen to podcasts? Can't imagine why you would, except on a long commute.


Long read about military targeting. I missed the suggestions that the Iran school bombing was down to AI, the truth is more interesting and leads to Palantir. Hard not to conclude ...

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Thanks to sky for the QT review. I found it unwatchable and gave up after 10 mins, no idea how many drinks I'd need to get through it.

a quarrelsome gerbil with the memory of a fruit fly

Just so.

Good morning, and it is a good morning, I have broadband.

Good morning.

Have moved house, not much fun but it's done.

No WiFi yet, a friend helped me with using the phone as a WiFi hotspot for the tablet, I'm now wondering if would work with the PC as I'm old fashioned and prefer a keyboard. The PC is quite new so I'll try it when I get it set up.

Back ...

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Good morning.

Good turnout for a byelection, 47.5%.

Peter Kellner:

For Labour the result is plainly catastrophic.

Curtice:

the Conservatives lost their deposit with just 1.9% of the vote, their worst ever byelection result.

AV isn't PR but it would guarantee Reform lost.

refitman wrote: Wed Feb 25, 2026 8:28 am Labour are deciding to do some evil shit

They can announce it and plan for it but I can't see it being practical, bureaucratic nightmare.

Good morning.

My house move is definitely on for next Wednesday, we even managed to exchange contracts yesterday, a whole week before completion, which apparently is a luxury.

@refit, presumably you don't drive? I imagine they'd have stopped you if you did.

Sky asked the other day if we were enjoying the Winter Olympics. Yes, but I enjoyed it a lot more when I could watch it on Eurosport, or even Discovery+ online. The BBC's studio chat when there's actual sport going on is maddening. Unlike sky, I would have liked to see more ice skating.

@ sky, good ...

Eek

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office – live

Good morning & good luck refit.

Weather news: there's snow on the hills and a bit of sleety stuff falling but not settling down here.

Cricket news: Zimbabwe 169/2 beat Australia 146 all out by 23 runs.

Good morning, and maybe it actually is.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/13/uk-ban-palestine-action-unlawful-high-court-judges-rule


The co-founder of Palestine Action has won a legal challenge to the home secretary’s decision to ban the group under anti-terrorism laws.

The ...

Sky watches it so we don't have to.

And

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I've been wondering when/if Trump would pick up on USA being in the Cricket World Cup, and whether he'd engage his few remaining brain cells before commenting.

refitman wrote: Mon Feb 09, 2026 1:31 pm I give him 2 weeks

I'm inclined to think that ministers have an incentive to want him to stay, so he can take the fall for the May elections.