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8 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

you off your nut dancing in leftfield to this news?

Of course 😉 no one has joined in with my ‘Oh Sir Keir Starmer’ chant yet though. 

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32 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

Of course 😉 no one has joined in with my ‘Oh Sir Keir Starmer’ chant yet though. 

Ed Miliband is there tomorrow apparently. That will be wild.

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Kicking off in Russia, if anyone cares.

[Punksnotdead]

Have we gone to war? Just had about a dozen fighter jets roaring overhead! Was trying to sleep off my hangover as well!

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33 minutes ago, Punksnotdead said:

Have we gone to war? Just had about a dozen fighter jets roaring overhead! Was trying to sleep off my hangover as well!

Russia has invaded. You'd better get up.

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actually Russia has invaded Russia.

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12 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

Russia has invaded. You'd better get up.

Not much I'd be able to do in my current state! I would be watching the Glasto coverage while the bombs drop! 😀

[Rufus Gwertigan]

1 hour ago, Punksnotdead said:

Not much I'd be able to do in my current state! I would be watching the Glasto coverage while the bombs drop! 😀

Just close your curtains and don't answer the door and you should be fine.

[charlierc]

5 hours ago, Punksnotdead said:

Have we gone to war? Just had about a dozen fighter jets roaring overhead! Was trying to sleep off my hangover as well!

If they were red and had left red, white and blue smoke trails, they probably weren't to do with that.

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3 minutes ago, charlierc said:

If they were red and had left red, white and blue smoke trails, they probably weren't to do with that.

They weren't - they were grey/silver & no smoke trails. They also weren't in formation, they came over at 30 second intervals. We do have a few RAF bases nearby, but I've never seen so many before.

[charlierc]

16 minutes ago, Punksnotdead said:

They weren't - they were grey/silver & no smoke trails. They also weren't in formation, they came over at 30 second intervals. We do have a few RAF bases nearby, but I've never seen so many before.

Tbf that lot I was semi-jokingly referring to did a display near to me yesterday, hence why they may have come to mind.

But that is a more interesting one. Could be a relocation exercise, or drills, but can see how that might be a little bit disconcerting.

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15 minutes ago, Punksnotdead said:

They weren't - they were grey/silver & no smoke trails. They also weren't in formation, they came over at 30 second intervals. We do have a few RAF bases nearby, but I've never seen so many before.

May have been F35's or Typhoons on their way to a fly past somewhere as it is Armed Forces Day.

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Wagner turning round. Bit of a carry on.

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Torsten Bell had a massive ding dong on twitter the other day trying to explain to people that's not how the rental market works.

Its clear alot of people expect socialism for the rich to carry on after the governments covid policies

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I think it's all about lenders being more lenient with borrowers, as opposed to govt support. 

But I guess the whole idea of rate rises...is to make people poorer so they stop spending the bloody bastards. Problem is it is only affecting a small part of the population, although we go into a recession then more will feel it. Happy days. 

Edited June 25, 2023 by steviewevie

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2 hours ago, steviewevie said:

 

Shocking. It’s almost like raising interest rates in a cost of living crises isn’t a good idea…

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