Political rants
I don’t have time for this twaddle, skip to the advice! I got onto the property ladder with my first and only house in 2009. It was bought with the help of a long-retired government scheme for first time buyers, because the idea of my then-boyfriend/almost-husband/soon to be ex and I saving up a deposit of £20,000+ whilst paying out […]
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It’s fair to say that the whole country is on tenterhooks waiting for Sue Gray to reveal the findings of her investigation. Was Boris Johnson’s party a party, or was the party not in fact a party, but instead something other than a party? What about the other 20 parties? Were they also parties? Should Boris just f*ck off and
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This post contains affiliate links Ho ho ho, hos. It’s CHRISTMAS. The most wonderful – and expensive – time of the year. A time to eat, drink and be merry. A time to knock back Bucks Fizz for breakfast. A time to watch our over-sugared children bouncing off the walls with excitement, while throwing out half hearted and unconvincing threats
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This post contains affiliate links. Good evening/morning/whatever it is where you are and welcome back to Aunty Fran’s greatly revered advice column. I’m afraid I’ve been absent for a while, yet again. I went through all my excuses in the last episode but I’ve been away once more, this time to Prague (read all about it here), I’ve had an
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Sorry about the asterisks, no one on social media would see it otherwise. Ironically, given what it’s about. Sorry for the length of this one. If you’re here for the petition, here is the link. Otherwise, let’s start at the beginning. Last week, as you may have seen on Facebook, a delightful chap (let’s call him Kenny) woke up on
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A bit of background: Last week I shared a tweet of mine to Facebook, reminding people that amid the Hancock scandal not to forget that Boris Johnson is still a gaslighting shitlord (technical term). It got around 2,300 likes, which isn’t bad given I made the exact same joke when Dominic Cummings was in trouble last year. Obviously there will
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This post contains affiliate links If you know my blog, then you probably know that I share a lot of shite over on my Facebook page. For the most part it then disappears into the ether after a few days or weeks. In an attempt to keep my blog going – otherwise it will just be a gathering of yawn
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It has now been a couple of weeks since we English folk were permitted to socialise in a public open space, or even in our own private garden (should we be fortunate enough to have one) with up to five friends (should we be fortunate enough to have any). Monday 12th April sees us making the next step in the
It’s finally here: An eight step guide to going to the pub post-lockdown Read More >>
So here we are in the last week of February, and yesterday Boris Johnson shared his ‘roadmap out of lockdown‘. I didn’t watch it because the mere sight of his ridiculous hair and his blundering incompetence give me a burning rage like I’ve never experienced, but essentially this is it, simplified: Whether or not we reach ‘step four’ by June
Two weeks til the schools go back, two months til the pub (maybe) Read More >>
It’s day three of the cold, miserable February half term holiday. Unlike previous years when we’d be having days out at the zoo or farm, or at soft play, or palmed the kids off on grandparents, it’s another school holiday in LOCKDOWN. Woo-bloody-hoo. Although I must say I’m preferring the relaxed days to the daily battle of wills that is
