Today I'm angry about.....

[jaffka]

Latest "hot" news, all over the front page today, " Strictly Su (Susanna Reid) in fling with her University professor" The woman's 47 now, this happened when she was single donkeys years ago ...

... but, to be fair ... you would, wouldn't you !!!

I would be like a rat up a drain pipe

[Prufrock]

Well, that's an image I can never un-see.

[jaffka]

Well, that's an image I can never un-see.

One for your memory w*nk

[bwfcdan94]

Latest "hot" news, all over the front page today, " Strictly Su (Susanna Reid) in fling with her University professor" The woman's 47 now, this happened when she was single donkeys years ago ...

... but, to be fair ... you would, wouldn't you !!!

With all those pro-dancers to choose from? Nah, not me.

Then tomorrow's front page should be "Bolton OAP snubs Susanna".

Would certainly make the MEN.

[mummywhycantieatcrayons]

I seem to recall economic armeggeddon being predicted by the right on the introduction of the minimum wage. I don't recall anything remotely like armeggeddon occurring.

Well I'm not old enough to have been part of that debate.

It seems to me that the minimum wage was introduced at a very low rate in an improving jobs market.

It would only have a distorting effect if it were set at a level significantly above the market level.

To put it another way... if the minimum wage were £100/hr, that would be seriously damaging.

Somewhere between £0 and £100 there is an amount at which it becomes 'harmful'. I'm not sure we've ever been at that amount...

[Hoboh]

Well!

Seems hoboh is not alone

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And this is a taste of the sort of crap the Europhile spin doctors will dream up when European membership finally comes round!

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IF we have all the skilled rail workers working on HS2 and all our spare cash being invested building it, which given it is planned to take almost 20 years to complete, are the 'normal' routes going to benefit?
Bullshit by vested interests.

[Hoboh]

Meanwhile, gas bills have almost tripled in 10 years, outstripping the cost of all other goods and services, official figures show.

The cost of gas has risen by 190pc over the past decade, according to the Office for National Statistics, while the cost of electricity has increased by 120pc.

Over the same period, the average price of all household goods and services, measured with the Consumer Price Index, has risen by just over 30pc.

Families are feeling a “squeeze” as price hikes mean a greater share of household incomes go on buying essentials, the ONS said. The proportion of disposable income going on the cost of housing, water, gas, electricity and petrol has gone up from 19.9pc to 27.3pc over the past 10 years, with income failing to keep up with economic growth.

Feckin' robbers!

[CrazyHorse]

Halloween. I'm not American. I don't want to celebrate it. And I definitely don't want any ferkin trick or treaters.

[boltonboris]

It's not an American 'thing' is it? I thought it was British/Irish and the Americans jumped on the bandwagon and made it a commercial event

[CrazyHorse]

Dunno. I'm blaming them anyway. Maybe it's ET's fault.

Anyway, not in my house.

[Raven]

Its a Yorkshire thing from something called Mischief Night if my memory serves me right

[Hoboh]

Straddling the line between fall and winter, plenty and paucity, life and death, Halloween is a time of celebration and superstition. It is thought to have originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off roaming ghosts. In the eighth century, Pope Gregory III designated November 1 as a time to honor all saints and martyrs; the holiday, All Saints’ Day, incorporated some of the traditions of Samhain. The evening before was known as All Hallows’ Eve and later Halloween. Over time, Halloween evolved into a secular, community-based event characterized by child-friendly activities such as trick-or-treating. In a number of countries around the world, as the days grow shorter and the nights get colder, people continue to usher in the winter season with gatherings, costumes and sweet treats.

[bobo the clown]

All Saint's Day is a very old Christian festival and is celebrated on 1 November. I believe that was not unrelated to pagan festivals covering the beginning of Winter. This was especially part of Celtic tradition.

The 'eve is tonight therefore. It was never a big deal celebration/activity in the UK, partly I guess due to Bonfire Night being the biggie.

The ludicrous rise of this commercial interpretation along the lines of the US model began in the UK about 20-25 years ago. I recall the energy put into it on the likes of Blue Peter and Susan Stranks (steady boy, steady). That wasn't unrelated to a drive to reduce local/small private bonfires and use of fireworks.

[bobo the clown]

... oh, & tonight, in Scouseland, I utterly guarantee you there will be excessive "mischief making" with fires in bins, cars trashed and proper damage done.

[Prufrock]

It's bollocks and should be banned. I fecking hate it.

[mummywhycantieatcrayons]

It's bollocks and should be banned. I fecking hate it.

Come and hide out with me and the Mrs - La Grand Bellezza, Curzon Soho, 8.30pm.

[Bruce Rioja]

They're out already round AT's neck of the woods.

[bwfcdan94]

Halloween. I'm not American. I don't want to celebrate it. And I definitely don't want any ferkin trick or treaters.

With you on this one CH the begging b**tards, do they not get enough sweets off mum/dad/gran/granddad.....

[bwfcdan94]

... oh, & tonight, in Scouseland, I utterly guarantee you there will be excessive "mischief making" with fires in bins, cars trashed and proper damage done.

Don't you mean Farnworth Bobo .

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

Bastards better not be knocking on my door. A bit late for this year, but I've been thinking of ways of dissuading them. Next year I'm going all Heston and going to make some vile tasting stuff and make it look like sweets. That'll stop them coming back, though the Americans'll probably not notice as their chocolate tastes like shit anyway.