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A View From the Chez Lounge – England off to a Rare Flier!
A Rarely Enjoyable England Opening Act When I woke up this morning, I was trying to remember the last time I enjoyed the opening game of an England World Cup campaign quite so much. Okay, the 6-2 hiding we handed out to Iran in 2022 was pretty entertaining, but Iran are no Croatia. Beating them felt a bit like beating my four-year-old granddaughter in a ...
Two-Tier Policing: Britain’s Favourite Evidence-Free Conspiracy
If you’ve spent any time on social media recently, you’ve probably seen the phrase “two-tier policing” being thrown around like confetti at a wedding. The claim is simple: the police supposedly treat certain groups more favourably than others based on race, religion, or politics. It’s a serious accusation. The trouble is that nobody seems able to ...
The Great 1985 Heatwave That Never Was
Like many people, I occasionally find myself wandering through social media's vast landscape of misinformation, nostalgia and confidently incorrect graphics. I find it strangely enjoyable. Recently I came across a particularly impressive specimen. The image showed two weather forecasts side by side. In the first, supposedly set in 1985, a smiling weather presen...
May Heatwave Brings Out Record Number of Wack Jobs
Britain’s hottest May weather on record has officially triggered an unprecedented outbreak of conspiracy theorists, arriving roughly four to six weeks earlier than the traditional peak season for absolute twaddle. As temperatures soared to 35c in parts of the UK, social media rapidly filled with people insisting that “it’s called summer”, urging everyone ...
What on Earth Is a Lethaby?
Thanks to the recent national outbreak of people loudly banging on about “heritage,” “traditional values,” and “our proud Christian roots” usually while standing in a queue for an Indian meal or shouting abuse at a Deliveroo cyclist, I found myself wondering whether I should probably learn something about my own surname. Not because I’ve suddenly ...