Gareth Bouch

The US drops a 15 ton bomb in Iran.

These are those 'defensive' strikes.

An article “More than one million foreign nationals are receiving benefits” (March 17, 2025) referred to the number of “foreign nationals” receiving benefits, and gave the rate of benefit claims for various nationalities. In fact, the particular DWP data on which the article was based recorded the nationality of claimants when registering for a National Insurance number, rather than the nationality at the time they were claiming benefits, so that some claimants might have since acquired UK citizenship, and would not be foreign nationals at the time they were claiming benefits. This correction has been published following an upheld ruling by the Independent Press Standards Organisation. Advertisement

Fully *one year later*, the Telegraph has been forced (by @ipso.co.uk) to admit that it was lying about foreign nationals claiming benefits.

Hi Nigel Farage, you know you were just asked about your pledge to lower Council Tax during the local elections and you angrily denied it?

Here’s your party’s main Twitter account saying it, during the local elections.

…protecting the aggressors in this illegal war…

No. Hegseth should be hanged.

A special prize to anyone who protests about animals on banknotes *WHILE USING AN ANIMAL TO REPRESENT THE MYTHICAL GREATNESS OF THE NATIONAL CHARACTER*

Thanks to FB Memories. One of my favourite things about our time in Stockwell: Our enormous, awesome, profoundly deaf boy, Skeet. He became friends with next-door’s dog because he couldn’t hear it aggressively barking at him. Just ignored it and decided they’d be friends. And they were. 🤣❤️

Been enjoying some fascinating podcasts about Christopher Marlowe late in bed the last couple of nights. This can only mean one thing… eBay bargain books incoming! 🤣

Magnolia fully blooming now

Reaching net zero by 2050 ‘cheaper for UK than one fossil fuel crisis’ Climate change committee finds move to renewable energy would also bring health, economic and security benefits

Those in power who argue against the Green revolution are choosing chaos and suffering

Achieving UK’s net zero target by 2050 will cost less than a single oil shock & bring health and economic benefits while insulating the country against future costs, the govt’s climate advisers have forecast

Utterly baffling briefing just now with Kemi Badenoch’s spokesman in which he repeatedly insists that “we’re in the war” with Iran and that she supports it, while simultaneously denying she ever said she wants to join the war she thinks we're already in

Bringing back Vroom Media's #wednesdaywisdom for some design/creative related thoughts and inspiration. Starting with one of my greatest heroes - the iconic architect, artist, and designer, Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

If you have a design project that might be right for us, get in touch...

Put simply: We are assisting the aggressor and instigator of an illegal war to help them continue their operations. This “defensive” nonsense needs to stop.

Given that Israel hasn’t given a shit about international law for at least the last 70-odd years, I’m going to hazard a guess at ‘No’.

Home Office Home Office refuses to exempt exceptional students from tough immigration rules Exclusive: Foreign secretary Yvette Cooper concerned about student visa ban on female Chevening scholars from volatile countries such as Afghanistan Pippa Crerar Political editor Tue 10 Mar 2026 The Home Office rejected an appeal from the foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, that would have protected outstanding students in some of the world's most dangerous countries from changes to the UK's immigration system, the Guardian understands.

That Starmer keeps Mahmood in post shows this is not just the actions of an inhumane Home Secretary, but a deeper rooted ideology of hostility and xenophobia within this government. No-one benefits from blocking Chevening scholars. This is cruelty for sake of it.
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Very silly question.

The Colour Of Spring YouTube video by Mark Hollis - Topic

How could I not love a song that starts with 16 seconds of silence, save for the creak of a piano stool…

"And yet I'll gaze
At the colour of spring
Immerse in that one moment
Left in love with everything”

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FACTS:

Net Zero barely nudges your bill.

Fossil‑fuel wars send it through the roof.

So when Farage and his ilk slags off renewables while fanning conflict, remember who actually hikes your costs.

1. Are you currently using an AI tool for work-related tasks or projects? * Yes * No, but I would like to (PLEASE SKIP TO QUESTION 7)

My employer asks me to complete a survey on AI usage for which this is the first question (required):

Who'd have thought a stable genius like Trump could cause such a massive clusterfuck.

1 - If you have a nuke you will want everyone to know about it. Everyone.

2 - What this logic amounts to is: If there is no evidence whatsoever of A being true, then A is true.

I don't see why this might come as any kind of surprise.

It should be a cause of eternal shame to the USA, and an affront to the rest of the world that this man is walking free.

Long-time buddies Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were out for a pleasant van drive in Oklahoma when, all of a sudden, their lives would change.

The bullshit excuses came thick and fast… while any attempt at charm quickly drained away…

More of this please, media. He’s there to be had. There’s a mess of nasty inadequacy and failure lurking behind his oh-so-confident bluster.

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A photo of entertainers Little and Large. Large’s face has been blanked out and a question mark placed over it.

this photo leaves little to the imagination

Mamdani Chooses His Words Carefully After Alleged Terror Attack

One day the NYT's editors will read these stories again and be ashamed of themselves. Mamdani called the attack "heinous," "criminal," "reprehensible," "terrorism," and "the antithesis of who we are." The insinuation that he's conflicted about this is disgraceful. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/n...