There was a hint today that the Burnham bounce might be losing altitude, spotted wobbling slightly as it tried to navigate the nation’s expectations with all the grace of a shopping trolley with one dodgy wheel. Less than a month after the PM strolled into No. 10, a poll now shows his favourability has alreadyContinue reading “Bounce? More Like A Belly‑Flop”
Author Archives: Angela Lloyd
Drop It To 60 — Britain’s Earned It
Andy Burnham is facing fresh pressure after a new petition — now past 7,000 signatures — calls on him to slash the state pension age to 60, a move campaigners say would benefit millions. A petition by Denver Johnson is begging the DWP to drop the pension age to 60 and crank payments up toContinue reading “Drop It To 60 — Britain’s Earned It”
“Oi Mate, Charity Begins At Home”
Homeless Brits have told Andy Burnham “Oi mate, charity begins at home — try starting here” as yet another wave of Channel migrants arrived, prompting Burnham to look like a man who’s just realised he left the oven on and the budget spreadsheet open. The Sun spent three days chatting to rough sleepers across London,Continue reading ““Oi Mate, Charity Begins At Home””
TENT CITY FOR CANCER CARE: FAMILY FORCED OUTDOORS AS U.S. HEALTHCARE SAYS “PAY UP OR DIE
A family in Louisiana has been forced into literal outdoor survival because their daughter’s cancer is so aggressive, and the cost of keeping her alive is so extreme, that they’ve abandoned housing altogether. They are living in tents, in heat, storms, and instability, because the alternative is losing access to the only treatment showing anyContinue reading “TENT CITY FOR CANCER CARE: FAMILY FORCED OUTDOORS AS U.S. HEALTHCARE SAYS “PAY UP OR DIE”
Gen Z Didn’t Discover Life — They Just Rebranded It
Gen Z, we need to have a little chat about all this nonsense you keep “discovering”: butter like it’s a breakthrough, walking like it’s a lifestyle, boiling an egg like it’s a spiritual awakening, and now cash — waving a fiver around like you’ve unearthed a relic from Pompeii. You didn’t invent anything; you justContinue reading “Gen Z Didn’t Discover Life — They Just Rebranded It”
GREENSLEEVES
An ice‑cream van was silenced after one complaint, leaving the whole neighbourhood to melt in dignified, jingle‑free misery. Ice‑cream man Mark Edwards, who’s been happily jingling around Capel Farm in Tonyrefail for years, now finds himself silenced because one lone resident apparently decided the sound of childhood happiness was too much to bear. After oneContinue reading “GREENSLEEVES”
Do Better. Be Better. Life Always Humbles The Ones Who Think It Won’t
Imagine being so catastrophically dim you try to crowd‑source a genocide — that comment section is basically a support group for people who’ve never met a functioning neuron. The only reason these muppets target disabled people is because they’re too scared to pick on anyone who might actually stand up — they talk big online,Continue reading “Do Better. Be Better. Life Always Humbles The Ones Who Think It Won’t”
Mean Comments? Peak‑Performance Ignorance
When you’re a wheelchair user, ‘just get the next bus’ is adorable — as if the next bus isn’t busy auditioning for Where’s Wally?, the ramp isn’t on annual leave, and the driver isn’t about to announce it’s terminating three stops early for ‘reasons’. Going out in a wheelchair is like having a full‑time jobContinue reading “Mean Comments? Peak‑Performance Ignorance”
The NHS Isn’t Collapsing — It’s Evacuating, And The Last One Out Has To Calm The Printer
Six in ten GPs now admit they can’t give patients the care they deserve at least once a week, which is exactly what happens when doctors like Dr Tamara Keith are pulling 12‑hour shifts without lunch, holding the NHS together with sheer willpower, ibuprofen, and a receptionist called Carol who’s basically running a war zone.Continue reading “The NHS Isn’t Collapsing — It’s Evacuating, And The Last One Out Has To Calm The Printer”
Stupidity Didn’t Evolve — It Just Got Wi‑Fi
Our generation didn’t need a warning label; we’d bite into a toastie so hot it could strip paint, lose three layers of mouth lining, swear loudly, and STILL finish it because wasting food was a crime. Oh for God’s sake, consequences — YES, darling, we had them. We didn’t need a bloody warning label becauseContinue reading “Stupidity Didn’t Evolve — It Just Got Wi‑Fi”
THE MONTHLY MOSQUITO 