Considering that pre-Brexit the UK was contributing around £10b per year to the EU, then (depending on what it actuslly buys, of course) it's a bargain.

The antidote - https://www.dualit.com/products/4-slice-newgen - Dualit Classic: clockwork timer, physical switches, manual pop-up, repairable.

"The bats have left the bell tower,
The victims have been bled."

How fucking old are you people ?
(About the same amount as me, I guess).

70 is a good run

70 must seem impossibly far off to you !

"You wouldn't steal a handbag. You wouldn't steal a car. You wouldn't steal a baby. You wouldn't shoot a policeman. And then steal his helmet. You wouldn't go to the toilet in his helmet. And then send it to the policeman's grieving widow. And then steal it again! Downloading films is stealing. If you do it, you will face the consequences."

Everyone is stealing The Verge.

Also Gareth Williams, an MI6 analyst, who allegedly died after padlocking himself into a holdall. From the outside.

You can generally replace the word 'economy' with 'rich people's yachts' -

"Trump claims ‘a lot of people don’t see’ that America has ‘the greatest rich people's yachts right now’ .

Yep - still works.

The bosses of the UK's largest supermarkets warn the chancellor that they won't tolerate a drop in profits, so will pass higher taxes onto their customers.

Tesco made £3.1 billion profit in the last year.

https://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/Article/2025/04/10/tesco-profits-top-3-billion/

'Toast on Toast' read by Steven Toast.

See also "Safety not guaranteed".