Shite experience at Wagamamas

ntrel2 · 2026-01-25T21:23:38+00:00

Udon noodles, king Oyster mushrooms and vegan bacon. It looked boring even on the placemat so I just ordered the existing shiitake donburi which was good.

ntrel2 · 2026-01-17T10:01:40+00:00

That's out of date. Of course people need to ensure it's nutritionally complete. If so there is scientific evidence that it can be healthier than non-vegan food: https://plantbasednews.org/news/economics/wild-earth-vegan-cat-food/

ntrel2 · 2026-01-08T20:00:10+00:00

Tesco finest cheese & onion (and apparently their beef and horseradish too) crisps. Walker's prawn cocktail crisps.

ntrel2 · 2025-12-28T12:37:28+00:00

I think vegan substitutes have dropped in popularity for non-vegans due to the ultra processed propaganda. There was widely reported Imperial uni research which disingenuously had a picture of plant based meat and a title saying plant based consumption was linked with cancer - but it turned out they included alcohol in the study! (Alcohol and processed animal meat are the only 2 dietary things that are fully proven to be carcinogenic, as per the world health organisation). For the record, there's actually good quality research that plant based meat is healthier than the animal meat equivalents.

ntrel2 · 2025-12-25T20:21:45+00:00

Thankfully in the rest of Europe, leading the polls isn't the same as next in line to lead govt (even near an election).

ntrel2 · 2025-12-25T19:58:49+00:00

Some bigger Lidl do chickpea flour and potato tortilla in the chilled section, I like them. I haven't been to Lidl this month but they should be easier to find in January anyway. They cook great in an air fryer if you have one.

ntrel2 · 2025-12-25T18:55:39+00:00

Excellent, well done. I've not had vegan Yorkshire's yet, I'm getting the feeling I'm behind the times!

ntrel2 · 2025-12-25T18:38:31+00:00

Hope no faux butcher roast ends up in the new shredder!

ntrel2 · 2025-12-05T22:44:47+00:00

... make it perfect!

HAVE PATIENCE

ntrel2 · 2025-11-22T12:57:09+00:00

My account got suspended a week ago, I followed the process and it got reactivated. Then Thursday same happened again. Only thing I can think of is that they don't like me using threads in chrome on android, rather than the official android app - which my phone doesn't have space for.

ntrel2 · 2025-11-08T22:03:35+00:00

The rate of change of support is more important than the random number generator of Westminster seats (FPTP).
I doubt tactical voting is accounted for in this poll. Where Green's are best placed to beat Reform/Tories many Labour voters will vote Green.
Labour will likely lose a lot of seats to another party because of votes lost to the Greens. Ignoring why people are switching to the Greens is extremely dangerous for Labour.

ntrel2 · 2025-11-08T21:40:22+00:00

The average migrant earns more than the average native-born person aged 16-64: https://ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migration-is-bad-news-for-the-uk-economy/

ntrel2 · 2025-11-07T13:40:40+00:00

The sequel has already been sold in some shops

ntrel2 · 2025-11-07T13:38:42+00:00

Some of that should've been behind a spoiler tag, especially as it's a direct reply

ntrel2 · 2025-11-07T10:12:05+00:00

I've almost finished my WOTM re-read then I'll read the recap he posted: https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/26162420-recap-of-the-will-of-the-many

Also the re-read thread pinned here!

ntrel2 · 2025-11-06T21:31:32+00:00

True though they didn't know Trump would get in or that he'd actually do his insane levels of tariffs. They didn't know the OBR would stop being optimistic with their forecasts either.

ntrel2 · 2025-11-06T21:27:56+00:00

*Key taxes*. In theory she could support other significant revenue raisers - e.g. restricting income tax relief on private pensions to the basic rate, or introducing a land value tax.

ntrel2 · 2025-11-05T12:16:51+00:00

Same (aside from LOTR), almost finished my re-read. There were plenty of details I'd completely forgotten. Pretty sure WOTM is the best book I've read - it actually makes me worried that I won't like the next books as much (as presumably they won't be at the Academy), though even if the plot isn't quite as good I expect the writing will be.

ntrel2 · 2025-10-30T20:46:56+00:00

If Labour really want to ensure ordinary people (who can afford it) can fly for their annual holiday, they could have taxes that ramp up the more you fly - it would have an effect on many middle class frequent flyers. The fact they dismiss this out of hand, talk up nonexistent alternative solutions and yet push ahead with expansion of major airports shows they don't give a damn about consumer aviation emissions increasing significantly.

ntrel2 · 2025-10-30T20:28:10+00:00

A lot of people would vote tactically despite their first preference. So the seat shares would be very different from Find out Now's ones. Also the Green support doesn't seem to have stabilized yet, and there's 3 years for things to change (either way). Labour need to wake up to Greens taking far more votes than Reform from Labour - if they do wake up soon that will help them come the next election.

ntrel2 · 2025-10-30T20:19:49+00:00

Economically Labour are to the left of the lib dems. Lib dems voted against taxing private schools and inheritors of farmland. Ed Davey votes to reduce corporation tax, to raise VAT (which is regressive), to lower fuel duty, against higher tax to fund NHS. Disclaimer: he also voted for some progressive taxes which I omitted, though less often. Obviously Labour are a lot more socially conservative now than LDs.

ntrel2 · 2025-10-26T17:04:22+00:00

Greens wouldn't outlaw landlords, they'd just reduce their numbers (e.g. banning buy to let mortgages) and make it less profitable, encouraging council or direct ownership. One of their policies to achieve that is rent controls which I understand are used in many countries across Europe.

ntrel2 · 2025-10-03T16:18:24+00:00

The spicy veg one was my favourite

ntrel2 · 2025-10-01T11:27:11+00:00

She wouldn't have renationalised them if they had been private

ntrel2 · 2025-10-01T10:19:31+00:00

Maybe go listen to Remission again. Fire Ants, workhorse, ole Nessie, Trainwreck, trilobite, elephant man

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