[Boiler]

Might have to question your use of "interesting" there.

Neither interesting, nor correct. Yer actual fire service refer to what you and I call fire engines as "Fire Appliances"*.

*source: my partner's father who served 40 years with North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service.

I did in fact come very close to writing "fire appliances" (which two of my relatives would expect me to have used - one serving, one retired) but thought I'd get labelled even more of a nerd...

[Bones McCoy]

I assume the practical difference (precise terminology aside) is that an appliance carries a water supply, while a mobile pumb has to go hunting for a hydrant before it can start squirting.

[Boiler]

Following a tweet posted earlier "for light relief" - why is Fabricant trending, or is it his shithead comment from earlier in the day?

[Boiler]

Oh.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Following a tweet posted earlier "for light relief" - why is Fabricant trending, or is it his shithead comment from earlier in the day?

[Boiler]

Yeah, saw that... sadly.

I also saw this:

[Spoonman]

The Tories of 2022 really have became the UKIP of the early & mid 2010's haven't they?
Edit: Tubby Issacs got there 1st in the Johnson thread.

[Bones McCoy]

The coordinated announcements around the case smack of institutional rank closing.

[The All New KevS]

And thankfully it's the army who will be usually first to explain why military juntas are really bad things. Namely, one they're in power, they're very hard to get rid of.

The Royal Navy has had to explain why mariners aren’t up for for drowning children into the sea with sonic weapons.

See also when some loon calls for the return of National Service. The first people to cry "Are you mad?!" is normally the army.

[Nigredo]

And thankfully it's the army who will be usually first to explain why military juntas are really bad things. Namely, one they're in power, they're very hard to get rid of.

The Royal Navy has had to explain why mariners aren’t up for for drowning children into the sea with sonic weapons.

See also when some loon calls for the return of National Service. The first people to cry "Are you mad?!" is normally the army.

Yep, they get enough thicko planks signing up voluntarily that they don't need more forced upon them.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Welsh Tory Leader erases the Commonwealth.

[RedSparrows]

Not to be one of the endless Well Ackshirley types, but buying the time for your enemies to fuck up isn't quite what he means, one suspects.

[Youngian]

Welsh Tory Leader erases the Commonwealth.

Britain did nothing of the sort

[zuriblue]

[davidjay]

Welsh Tory Leader erases the Commonwealth.

Britain did nothing of the sort

I know it, you know it...

[Tubby Isaacs]

David Davis has fallen back down to earth.

[Bones McCoy]

I never did trust that ghoul.

[Youngian]

Where did Johnson find this odious sycophant? A Primark Dan Hannan who’s not all the thing.

[Andy McDandy]

Merchant banker turned London councillor and one of Johnson's City Hall gang. A crony, bluntly.

[davidjay]

Sorry to repeat it, but that's been Johnson's tactic all along - get the idea into the public psyche that they're all the same, they're all as bad as each other so what's the fuss all about?