The World According To Dan

Random photos, TV, politics and anything else that comes into view

Blogs I read

TMZ.com

TMZDC Staff Starts Today!!! - Our TMZDC staff is now ensconced in Washington, D.C. and open for business! Our 3 intrepid producers -- Charlie Cotton, Jacob Wasserman and Jakson Buhaj --...
Guido Fawkes

Ex-Politician Nicola Sturgeon Joins Embattled Refugee Charity - Ex-Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced she is joining asylum seeker charity Safe Passage International as chairman of its board of truste...
PoliticalBetting.com

A SNP majority shouldn’t be ruled out - If this result happens then Sir Keir Starmer has problems both politically and constitutional which could be beyond his skillset. Despite having a party le...
FAIL Blog

'Update: She booked the venue out from under us...': 31-year-old bride reluctantly accepts $25,000 gift from her future mother-in-law, who proceeds to hijack the wedding, hiring a "secret" wedding planner and secretly booking their desired venue - If a "gift" comes with strings attached, is it really a "gift" at all? Undeniably, having access to money and a comfortable living is one of the greatest ...
Iain Dale's Diary

What are the Prospects for the LibDems - The elections on 7th May could turn out to be seismic in their political consequences. They’re a mix of parliamentary elections in both Scotland and Wale...
Ben Charlton

Beating UKPC in court - In April 2025 I took UK Parking Control (UKPC) to court. They’re one of the private parking companies that are famous for aggressively pursuing consumers...
Awkward Family Photos

Bones, Hugs, & Harmony - “Me and my twin sister on Halloween. I was the skeleton and this picture sums us up perfectly. Another year, my sister was Esmerelda and I went as a frui...
Radiac's Diary

A Pretty Good Year - After the disaster that was 2023, my 2024 was pretty good, so I thought if I share the bad the least I can do is share the good! If my year had a theme, ...
FT.com Westminster

Markets latest: GameStop closes up 68% – as it happened - *All the latest as a wild week on Wall Street, which pitted Redditors against hedge funds, comes to a close.* Read more
There, I Fixed It.

Epic DIY Chainsaw Fails Video Compilation - It’s funny that you need a license to fish, hunt, own a gun, drive a car, and work as a manicurist a nail salon, but there’s no such requirement for owni...
Anna Raccoon

My campaign is bearing fruit. - Not sure if I can do this but I will do my best. The disease is progressing and today I have had my medication pushed up to 300 ml of Ketamine and 275ml of...
Chase Me Charlie

new look 6262, part 2 - So far it all seems to be going ok. I accidentally cut the back bodice piece a size smaller than I needed, but it still seems to fit alright so I’m not to...
Bagehot's Notebook

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Benedict Brogan

RIP Benny Green – the boy who brought black Britain to a generation of schoolkids - IT'S perhaps no surprise that the death of Terry Sue-Patt, the actor who played Benny Green in the BBC school drama Grange Hill, is one of the most-read it...
Cranmer

Canon Andrew White deserves a knighthood - He doesn't care about temporal honours, of course. You only have to hear the 'Vicar of Baghdad' preach, or take a few minutes to watch the above short fi...
Peace. Of. Analeigh.

It is a Sunday, and I wanted to find my disjointed thoughts in front of me. For me. - There was an old wicker bird cage, canary yellow, that sat on some unnecessary piece of furniture in a lovely, but unnecessary room we fittingly dubbed the...
Torah Club

A Simple Noahide - This is something I learnt during my die-trying seeking for conversion to Judaism. There is a beauty in Judaism that it does not require you to be Jewish...
Henry Porter

I'm off, but the struggle for civil liberties must go on | Henry Porter - With the new government promising to respect our civil liberties, I think now is a good time for me to bow out This is my last post for liberty central, a ...
The Carrie Prejean

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