Politics

Where to even start?! Like a turd that just wouldn’t flush… It took the resignations of more than 50 Cabinet Members, Ministers and Parliamentary Private Secretaries, one desperate firing of a slimy pob-faced cokehead, and a lot of ultimatums from the few that were left (with the notable exception of Nadine Dorries, for which there is absolutely no explanation. Not

The cost of living is continuing to rise, and it’s scary. It’s now prohibitively expensive to fill up the car with petrol – over two quid a fucking litre in some areas, Jesus wept – and even the cheapy supermarkets are putting their prices up a little each week. It isn’t just affecting the poorest in our society; people who

After a lovely long weekend (and, in fact, a full week away from my computer for the first time in years) it’s time to get back to the grind. Yesterday I managed to get rid of all the unread emails in my inbox, although, on another entirely unrelated topic, if you sent me an email and you’re currently awaiting a

This morning, I dropped my kids off at school. I kissed them goodbye (largely against their will), I hugged them tightly and then watched as they ran off happily into their classrooms, where I knew that the worst thing that would happen to them would be a grazed knee in the playground, a bump of the head playing chase, or,

This week’s ‘best’ social media binfire came courtesy of Sports Illustrated and plus size Japanese/Dutch model Yumi Nu. I don’t mean it was her fault; she did nothing except perhaps dare to have the wrong kind of body to appease the menz, and to be wearing a swimming costume on that body when she appeared on the cover of the

We all know that the mysterious “Facebook Community Standards” are a complete farce. The insane little AI bots happily allow scammers to thrive, idiots to post horrific deliberate and harmful health misinformation, and racists and homophobes to peddle hate speech, but they really don’t get humour and nuance. Call your best friend a cheeky bitch and BOOM you’re sewing smocks

I’m sure this revelation will surprise you; I am not a particular fan of Elon Musk. I think he’s a bit of a twat, although I admit I don’t know much about him other than him being offensively rich, giving his kids stupid names and spending his cash blasting into space for lols. His most recent headline-grabbing endeavour – which

It’s been a good few months since I last overshared about my personal life so I thought it was about time for another round. Or, I haven’t written much at all recently and I’m a bit desperate to flex my writing muscles, but nothing has inspired me so this is the best I could do. I’ve been in my rented