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Warmish Weather Set to Blast Britain

Posted on August 8, 2023

Britain is bracing itself for two days of warmish weather to hit our shores. In scenes that some forecasters are predicting will be a bit like August, people have been advised to wear a T-shirt and take their jackets off. Hotter than Finland The normal temperatures and dry conditions are set to blast into Britain on Wednesday and Thursday before it becomes dreary and miserable again on Friday. With temperatures set to be warmer than ...

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UK Weather Trapped in A Jet Stream of August Heatwave Lies

Posted on July 29, 2023

What a crap summer. Okay, June was hot, but in late spring, April and May were cold. July is a write-off and so is much of August. Britain is stuck under a conveyor belt of low-pressure systems that isn’t going to shift. Rao and August Heatwave Twaddle When I have been out with the dog recently, I often hear people talking of a heatwave in August. I wonder where they get this misinformation from. Then I see all sorts of nonsense on ...

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Cricket – It’s Pretty Shit Really

Posted on July 24, 2023

In a way, it was fittingly English that the most exciting Test Match in years should end up ruined. There were England, on the cusp of something special, then it rained. Not just for a few hours but nearly two days. Rain Wrecks Once in Century Opportunity England were, without doubt, in the ascendancy. Having reduced the deficit to 1-2 in the series, they were dominant over a tired and listless looking Australia. The stage was set for a ...

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The World’s on Fire and We Don’t Care!

Posted on July 18, 2023

I started following a thread about Sunday's tennis final yesterday. It focussed on how outrageous Novak Djokovic's behaviour was when he smashed his tennis racquet into the net post. People were absolutely seething that the hallowed centre court was being abused in such a manner. The End of the World From where I was sat, I saw a bloke approaching the end of his time as, 'The Goat', boiling over at the realisation a new man was in town. ...

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The Sun Versus the BBC

Posted on July 13, 2023

A friend of mine who now lives in Australia sent me a message last night. "I’m just listening to Five Live now. It obviously gets no coverage here as no one would know who Hugh Edwards is. But yes, so weird that the Sun is trying to take a moral high ground when it’s lived off smut for years. And just totally about Murdoch trying to whip up a storm against the BBC. I don’t understand why people are ever against public broadcasting. I ...

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