RANDOM THOUGHTS

Why am I never picked?

So, on Wednesday, Mr Farage, who is apparently an MP in his spare time, made a rare appearance in the House of Commons for PMQs, but joined some of his far right friends in the gallery rather than taking up the seat he is paid to sit in.

This was to encourage by friendly newspapers to ask question as to why he had done so.

He whined to them that he seemed to be overlooked for asking a question at PMQs.

But now we see this…

Probably too busy doing his many other jobs to bother with PMQs.

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Quid Pro Zhao?

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UK Fishing fund fiasco

As we have come to expect, the British Labour Party has treated Scotland unfairly. This time in its distribution of a fishing fund.

Scotland is to receive 8% of the money or £28 million; Wales £18 million and the north part of Ireland will get £10 million.

England will get over £300 million. This is in line with Barnett Formula funding.

The problem is that Barnett Formula is totally inappropriate for this funding. Scottish vessels make up about 40% of the UK fleet, and, being more efficient, they account for more than 60% of the UK’s fishing capacity, external and more than 60% of its seafood exports.

The fund is devolved so the Scottish government must make the decisions about how to allocate it.

Quite rightly MPs, even from English parties, are furious. Alistair Carmichael from the Northern Isles has pointed out that Shetland alone produces 9% of Britain’s fish, but the whole of Scotland will get less than 8% of the fund.

Labour MP Torcuil Crichton, who represents the Western Isles, questioned the “fairness” of the fund and called on the Department for Food and Rural Affairs to review it. Well he wouldn’t want to be too harsh on His Noble Sirness as I believe that there is payback for dissenters.

The fund was designed to provide compensation for the loss of the EU funding which we used to receive… and because the EU sent the money directly to the governments to distribute, we used to get 46% of THEIR funding.

Our Rural Affairs Secretary, Mairi Gougeon, described the funding allocation as “wholly unacceptable”.

She wrote to Angela Eagle the English minister responsible for the fund: “It is unjustified and nothing short of insulting to the Scottish fishing industry and our coastal communities.

“It also disproportionately benefits your own fishing sector in England – for whom you have retained over £300m, despite landing significantly smaller catches than Scotland.”

Eagle has defended the funding as fair.

You yes yet, fishermen?

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Current Currency

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You are kidding me, right?

I just can’t… Jeez.

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SCARY

Chris Murphy: "There's a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing & it was just destroyed without any conversation in the public, without any consent of Congress. It's absolutely illegal. That visual is powerful b/c you're watching destruction of the rule of law as those walls come down"

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-10-22T17:38:54.627Z

A demolition job that began Monday with the disappearance of the White House’s eastern entrance advanced Tuesday with the destruction of much of the East Wing, according to a photograph obtained by The Washington Post and two people who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the scene.

“They’re wrecking it,” said Martha Joynt Kumar, a political scientist and professor emeritus at Towson University in Maryland. “And these are changes that can’t be undone. They’re destroying that history forever.”

SCOTLAND’S GOT SO MUCH GOING FOR IT. YOU YES YET?

Lower energy prices Lower inflation We can do better #FreeScotland

Iris Cook (@montrose.bsky.social) 2025-10-20T10:00:53.496Z

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And the alternative to our government is:

I doubt the Labour government actually has a heart. If it does, it’s not beating much!

In fact, thanks to the Scottish government which, thank heavens, has no connection with Labour, child poverty is less in Scotland than in other parts of the “union”. This is thanks to the Scottish child payment.

Has anyone noticed 69,000 new jobs in Scotland due to Starmers Green Energy policy? And if so, can they let Munguin know where they are?

As for the fuel bills, they have gone up twice since Labour came to power. Britain’s electricity is among the most expensive in the world, according to the Daily Telegraph at 67% higher than France… remembering the irony that Electricité de France (EDF) which sells fuel in the UK, is wholly owned by the French government, so we are subsidising French electricity. Dites-nous merci, France.

Additionally Scotland pays amongst the highest charges in the UK. Something that Miliband refuses to address as it would increase the cost of electricity in his beloved south of England. And that would never do.

Read my lips, right enough, Sarwar!!

JUST FOR A LAUGH

    In the year 2030, this tin of Quality Street is £25, and a curly wurly can only be viewed under a microscope. Prime Minister Nigel Farage has sold the NHS to Burger King, which has shut down the medical bit and is focusing on the cafe by the front door. Bananas are only available on the black market. (Thanks, Hetty)

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    16. Seriously? Aren’t they supposed to run over it with a roller not a brick trowel… and how did she manage to do all that without getting single mark on her trousers?

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    SOPPY SUNDAY

    I’ve had the box office done out in mauve. Now how many tickets do you need?

    2. I need one ticket, and half price coz I’m very little. Does the café sell mealworms?

    3. Handsome little thing, aren’t I?

    4. So am I, but a lot of peoples don’t like little bats. Thankfully Munguin does.

    5. Good to see Munguin’s got a well stocked bar!

    6. Hana Highway waterfall in Hawaii.

    7. It’s a bit dreary where I am.

    8. We’re off for a swim in Munguin’s pool… hand in hand.

    9. A walk in the park, as they say.

    10. I’m not going outside. There’s a big dog in the pub, probably getting drunk.

    11. I’m looking after this little one for his mummy.

    12. Who’s a lucky bird, getting looked after? Can I get cuddles next?

    13. Cute wee café un Akureyri.

    14. Just having a rest here. Us lions need to lie a lot. That is why we is called lions!

    15. Someone got a first class ticket and a comfy bed!

    16. Bye then, we’re off to Iceland.

    17. I’m a quall, which is short for quality!!!

    18. Please Munguin, will you buy Tris this house?

    19. Are you two lions too?

    20. OK, you off now? Don’t forget to leave a tip… you should see the wages Munguin pays!

    OH THE GRAND OLD… UH, ER… MR SAXE COBURG GOTHA

    He had 10,000 girls

    It appears that after a discussion with Charlie, Air Miles has relinquished his titles, styles and all the other nonsense he had. And his ex wife is now, once again, Sarah Ferguson.

    So Inverness can breath again without the stench of a child trafficker wafting about. As can York and Killyleagh.

    According to the BBC, he did it voluntarily, but that is about as believable as most everything else you see, hear or read on the BBC.

    Of course they add that he vigorously denies all the allegations.

    In a statement, his not royal highness, Andy Airmiles says:

    “In discussion with the king, and my immediate and wider family, we have concluded the continued accusations about me distract from the work of His Majesty and the Royal Family.”

    Now this next bit is a corker.

    “I have decided, as I always have, to put my duty to my family and country first.”

    It’s all that being really honourable, that does it. What Airmiles has always done, in fact, is put himself first.

    “I stand by my decision five years ago to stand back from public life.

    “With His Majesty’s agreement, we feel I must now go a step further. I will therefore no longer use my title or the honours which have been conferred upon me. As I have said previously, I vigorously deny the accusations against me.”

    So Epstein is dead, Andy has lost all his titles… now for Trump…