In the news

Paywalled for me.

Weirdly googling that headline throws up a gruaniad result from three years ago:

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/may/09/city-planners-cycling-data-strava-tracking-app

This is like something from Brass Eye

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-50757383

WTF!?
The article doesn’t say but any idea why the first group of lawyers turned up? Seems odd.

They mistook the hospital for a paedophile in disguise.

Maybe the "sick mother" was involved in an accident that wasn't her fault?

Luckily clever enough to withhold her surname, otherwise someone might be able to identifier her!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-50760470

Is that purple aki ?

Purple rinse

In the future, there will be some movie about this whole catastrophe. They will probably use this little fact to help show the absurdity of a government with such obvious failings getting a landslide victory in elections:

Every major A&E misses wait target for first time

This graph tells a pretty clear story too:

But that's the forrins fault isn't it?

Once we start bulk re-patriation everything will get better.

5 on my Facebook feeds/groups are already self re-patriating.

Told a gammon he better not get a heart attack on the NHS on my tax money.

Just thinking about Tamara:

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/tamara-ecclestone-jewels-stolen-kensington-a4314126.html

What wealth gap problem?

Thank the lord for the trickle-down economy.

What happened with those people in Holland who were held sort of captive by some cult like belief that sunlight was harmful to them?

Isn't that Prince Harry?

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/12/23/local-authorities-defend-penis-shaped-ice-rink-siberia-a68716

It's that time of year again when the news is suddenly all about the royals 🙄

With zero scrutiny of, for example, whether catching a helicopter from London to Sandringham is sustainable.

Two solid hours of Philip getting into a land rover on a loop on both sky news and bbc news. Had to turn over to a repeat of a Scottish Parliament debate (I am wrapping presents in a hotel with no radio in Edinburgh)

Most tellies give you dab radio channels too these days no?

Got Wifi
https://radio.garden/listen/kexp-fm/2m0QRgcW

Not this one, hardly even gets the telly. All crackly. Can get radio on the laptop if I'm desperate.