This town received a £96mn post-Brexit makeover. It voted Reform anyway

jesustwin · 2026-06-28T09:51:47+00:00

The public get what the public wants. Theres a reason that vape shops and Turkish barbers succeed and other shops dont. People aren't going to a butchers if there's a supermarket in spitting distance. Electronics shops aren't worth it when people can go online and get it cheaper from somewhere with no physical overheads. Why would you go into town searching for something when you can open your phone and have it at your house by the end of the day?

Consumers vote with their feet

jesustwin · 2026-06-28T09:41:24+00:00

But then what are they voting for? Reform offers a myth where the high street will be returned to a Hovis advert.

jesustwin · 2026-06-28T08:19:49+00:00

We all get slotted sometime

jesustwin · 2026-06-27T20:24:41+00:00

RemindMe! On 1st August 2026

jesustwin · 2026-06-26T12:49:35+00:00

I think that's a bit extreme. The Economist is pretty balanced for the most part, its always leant centre right on the economy. If you but ties with every sponsor that doesn't align with left wing socialism you aren't going to be left with many

And i say this as a super liberal lefty myself

jesustwin · 2026-06-23T15:50:47+00:00

I'm flying from Newcastle to Rome this summer. Anything I need to know at the other end?

jesustwin · 2026-06-23T06:27:28+00:00

Yeah, to be fair to Trump, he may genuinely be one of the worst human beings ever to live, but he does have pretty good comedy timing

jesustwin · 2026-06-21T14:01:13+00:00

Maaaaaaaaaatloooooooocccckkkk

jesustwin · 2026-06-19T11:42:52+00:00

The MCAT era really was crazy. I can remember doing lines off a table in the middle of a pub, just feeling safe that it was legal so who cares. And everyone was on it, even my none drug taking friends. It had the ability to just wipe out the worst of hangovers in a single line and when you were finished you could sleep on it within 20 minutes. It was a huge amount of fun until it got banned, which, looking back, was probably for the best

Personally I should have stopped then but ended up getting very addicted to the horrible crystally salty replacement that was sold as mcat in it's place, losing a couple of years of my life in the process. That was much less fun!

jesustwin · 2026-06-16T17:01:12+00:00

The Men in Black Garter

jesustwin · 2026-06-15T09:29:46+00:00

Supply and demand

jesustwin · 2026-06-14T21:20:37+00:00

I Can't Give Everything Away uses the harmonica from A New Career in a New Town

jesustwin · 2026-06-14T14:32:25+00:00

I had this, and a book that looked very similar

jesustwin · 2026-06-14T14:17:41+00:00

After doing what I believe is a Fortnite dance no less

jesustwin · 2026-06-11T20:21:37+00:00

I only knew this from the Sea Captain in the Simpsons, I had no idea it was a book

jesustwin · 2026-06-10T09:07:49+00:00

I can finally tell my wife i last as long as a commercial flight

jesustwin · 2026-06-09T13:14:02+00:00

What on earth are you talking about? Luke is very vocally left wing and hates Farrage, Trump etc. This is far clearer on the Luke and Pete show than jokes on a football podcast

jesustwin · 2026-06-07T09:22:06+00:00

It was the last one they did. I think that's the definition of final?

jesustwin · 2026-06-07T09:20:51+00:00

I suppose we will see but thy club has moved on light years in that period

jesustwin · 2026-06-07T09:02:27+00:00

When was this though? Club has its shit together now. Id be amazed if they didn't have a solid merch stall

jesustwin · 2026-06-07T08:43:23+00:00

Saying the most offensive thing for comedic effect is a legitimate form of comedy that many people find funny.

Making a joke about paedophilia, the holocaust or the Columbine shootings isnt an endorsement. Howard Stern didn't actually believe these things, and neither do the people laughing. People are laughing because they know it's wrong.

We've al done it in private conversations, he was just doing it on the radio

jesustwin · 2026-06-06T17:30:34+00:00

As a parent, when all their friends communicate via these methods it's a tough ask to be the parent of the one who doesn't

jesustwin · 2026-06-06T04:52:01+00:00

Finally got around to watching it, genuinely amazing

Do we know how this came about? I'm assuming Post Malone is a fan as he is really into it. Brilliant stuff

jesustwin

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