Making the news today....

[Mick Dempsey]

Something thats been on my mind…

 

That ad for Nationwide, where the rich banker takes a call from his spoilt little bitch of a daughter in Antibes asking for money to fly home..

Then the Romesh Ranganathan lookalike tells him it’s not a scam etc.

The last ad in the séries showed her gloating about her mother (his ex wife) getting reamed out by her yoga teacher, basically calling her real dad (and his employer) breadheads, you know the one.

Anyway, let the ungrateful bitch hitch home, or pick grapes to earn enough for a coach back across the Channel.

 

 

 

Edited Saturday at 16:14 by Mick Dempsey

[Josey Wales]

Something that's been on my mind.....

That Dominic West who was Jimmy McNulty in 'The Wire' is having to do those ads!

[Oldfeller]

I wonder why you never see starmer and zippy from rainbow at the same time?

[Johnsond]

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For those whom seem to think this is somehow ok. The first version and its powers will never be enough.

[Mark J]

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Opinion: We’re blind to malicious AI until it hits. We can still open our eyes to stopping it

 

[Mark J]

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"We don’t need to be reminded of where we live, that’s what a football strip is for"

 

A Word To The Wise To Master Yaxley-Lennon & His Chums, From The Geordie Faithful

Ye can keep yer racist hate

well away from Gallowgate,

ye were outnumbered, outsung

by a full ten to one.

Tek ya boneheaded thugs,

sorry excuses for men

find yersels some other mugs

an dinnat cum back agen.

For despite all yer desperate

invitations to a brawl,

this toon is made from love, son

and that stuff conquers all.

[Steven P]

Only saw a snippet on the news the other night, but Yaxleys chums were slinking away very quietly, all the bravado they have shown recently all vanished when faced with a handful of Geordies telling them a few home truths.

 

A similar thing happened in Glasgow the other week too.

[BillQ]

On 26/09/2025 at 09:01, Johnsond said:

So all of us who live here legally already with NI numbers and multiple forms of Verifiable ID, being mandated to carry digital identification will stop those crossing the channel “illegally”   🤔🤔

Care to explain how you see this actually working

Tell you what DJ I try to avoid talking to fools but changing the topic slightly post up your NI number, passport, FAC/shotty licence numbers, DOB and mother's maiden name. 

[BillQ]

On 27/09/2025 at 09:02, JLA1990 said:

I’m trying to understand how it will do anything different than the NI number and anti fraud checks already in place. At best it’s a red herring to make it look like something’s being done, at worst it’s another way of mandating something which will later be exploited (legislation/law already in place will make it easier to impose future control/restrictions. 
 

Eager to learn - am I missing something? 

Possibly, my mother got scammed and we got all kinds of letters etc to her address for unpaid card bills and applications for things that weren't in her name etc etc.

Online,  biometric and backed up by paper or plastic and what's the problem, no chicken little and sky falling on your head scenarios.