Westminster Politics

BOE should tell him to do one. Interest rates are nothing to do with him. The government set the inflation target, how its achieved is supposed to be feck all to do with them.
He’s a sly fecker. He’s trying to put pressure on Bailey to solve this problem with monetary policy. These feckers don’t care about people’s lives.
 
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Yeah, I'm not too interested in what he has to say about anything.
 
From his wiki:

As of May 2023, he writes a twice-weekly column for the Daily Mail about British affairs as observed from reading the news at home in Florida.

His favourite topic, ironically enough, is how nobody should ever be working from home!
 
From his wiki:

As of May 2023, he writes a twice-weekly column for the Daily Mail about British affairs as observed from reading the news at home in Florida.
So he reads someone else’s opinion and then writes his piece
 
I get proper beans for less but that’s an aside.

You probably usually pay 3.50-4.50 for that jar.

Nah those jars have been about £6 for a while now. I’d say they were £4.50 pre covid. I’m sure they will stick it down to £7 as a ‘member deal’ or something.

I bet you get more for your money buying actual coffee beans or ground now.
 
Nah those jars have been about £6 for a while now. I’d say they were £4.50 pre covid. I’m sure they will stick it down to £7 as a ‘member deal’ or something.

I bet you get more for your money buying actual coffee beans or ground now.

I haven’t bought instant in years so probably why my prices are out of date.

There’s a better deal even on ASDA’s overly bitter beans which will pour a better cup than any instant:

https://groceries.asda.com/product/...ial-colombian-fairtrade-coffee-beans/59511768
 
To misquote the great man, From bean to cup the Tories fiuck up.
 
I only know because the missus drinks it. I’m with you, ground coffee all the way. Ironically, you can get two bags for £6 from co op, which is perfectly acceptable coffee.

If you or your partner want to up things a little further, I'd say invest a little (under £50) in a coffee grinder and switch to whole bean. I believe burr grinders are the way to go and electric is a lot easier. You can adjust your grind according to the brewing method.
It's less of a step up from going instant to ground, but you'll be able to pick up the tasting notes more clearly, and if you drink it regularly it's a fairly small investment. Whole bean itself shouldn't cost any more than buying it as ground.
 
If you or your partner want to up things a little further, I'd say invest a little (under £50) in a coffee grinder and switch to whole bean. I believe burr grinders are the way to go and electric is a lot easier. You can adjust your grind according to the brewing method.
It's less of a step up from going instant to ground, but you'll be able to pick up the tasting notes more clearly, and if you drink it regularly it's a fairly small investment. Whole bean itself shouldn't cost any more than buying it as ground.

It doesn’t at all. I use a ceramic burr and my wife calls me a redneck because instead of manually grinding I use a grinder where the handle rivet broke and put it in my drill.

I mostly coarse grind and aeropress these days, but I also have a vacuum/syphon which produces the smoothest cup

Maybe there should be a coffee snob thread
 
I didn't want to start a new thread or whatever, but I tell you what shocked me today.

Somebody I work with today was asked if they could do an extra days work this week and was told he can't because between him and his mrs, they're not allowed to work over 24hours a week, or they'll lose some of their benefits.

So they have 2 children, so I get that they can't both work (Well they can, but ya know), but why is the bar set so low.... Surely it should be at least 35 hours between a couple, so a full weeks worth of work between them.
 
It doesn’t at all. I use a ceramic burr and my wife calls me a redneck because instead of manually grinding I use a grinder where the handle rivet broke and put it in my drill.

I mostly coarse grind and aeropress these days, but I also have a vacuum/syphon which produces the smoothest cup

Maybe there should be a coffee snob thread

I thought I'd clicked on a coffee thread on my phone!

Sorry for off topic.
 
Cabinet Office has until 4pm to give over the WhatsApps between Johnson and 40 people MPs and Contacts.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65752422

Apparently they told the Covid Enquiry that the diaries and messages were immaterial. Now the story has changed and they "dont have them".

Corruption!

It sounds like he knows he's in trouble from that article:

"Mr Johnson has since stopped cooperating with his government-appointed lawyers and is appointing his own. "
 
They have broken him.


Jesus christ.

I hated Liz Truss in her brief PM-ship because she just said the same thing to different questions just in a different order. Hearing it again from Sunak is tiresome.

He also didn't sound like the leader of the country and merely just a press sec/spokesperson for something instead. Is this really the best we've got?
 
Jesus christ.

I hated Liz Truss in her brief PM-ship because she just said the same thing to different questions just in a different order. Hearing it again from Sunak is tiresome.

He also didn't sound like the leader of the country and merely just a press sec/spokesperson for something instead. Is this really the best we've got?

He is, it's called the ERG Nat-C party.