National Hero Horatio Nelson dies of his wounds 21st October 1805, after his defeat of France (led by Villeneuve) at the Battle of Trafalgar.

Horatio Nelson lost his right eye in Corsica in 1794, right arm by amputation in 1797 Tenerife, abdominal hernia in St Vincent 1797, hit by shrapnel in 1798 in the Nile,

I was thinking about this earlier and honestly, there must be hundreds of things we put up with in this country just because that's how it's always been.

I'm not even talking about the big obvious stuff like politics or the cost of living. I mean the little everyday things that make you wonder why nobody seems to question them.

I'm curious what people from different parts of the UK have to say about this too.

I’m confused… after the recent video of the reform dudes… there’s literally a guy saying cut the kings head off, and he’s literally a politician pushing shit for a certain agenda focused on taking over the country for a certain purpose. And others with a plan of getting into government and training insurgency for use on the general public. If a premeditated group effort like this occurred anywhere else it would be a terrorist regime. Does treason mean nothing anymore in the UK? Why tf is nothing happening?

is anyone shocked?

I think it’s incredible

I'm working hard to learn English so I can speak like a native
Moreover, I'm fascinated by the fact that this global language spoken all over the world has its roots on a small island

How do you guys feel about this?

An Islamic terrorist who belonged to Al-Qaeda and later Isis has been spotted shopping at King Charles’ local Co-op.

Mohammed Yaseen was free to walk the streets near Windsor Castle after he was allowed to stay in Britain on human rights grounds.

Yaseen was part of the Al Qaeda group that beheaded Briton Ken Bigley before joining a unit in Isis that carried out stonings, beheadings and mass executions.

He was released from prison last week after serving just six months of a two-year sentence for illegally entering the country on a small boat, following a near five-year prison term in Germany for his Isis membership.

The Foreign Office has raised concerns he could face ‘mistreatment’ if he were returned to Iraq because of his terrorist past, the Mail on Sunday reports.

Experts have said Yaseen could cost the taxpayer £85,000 as the Home Office pays for his stay in accomodation and his food allowance.

Chris Philp, Shadow Home Secretary, said: ‘We are paying through the nose to feed, clothe and house individuals who pose a clear threat. If Andy Burnham took this seriously, he would deport this man at once.’

A court in Germany heard in 2020 that Yaseen was involved in bomb attacks that killed US troops in Iraq.

He also served as a security guard for Isis, including during at least two mass executions where the victims included children.

Yaseen was intercepted last December by Border Force. He gave officials a false name before routine biometric checks revealed his true identity.

At his trial at Winchester Crown Court, prosecutor Steven Molloy said Yaseen had a ‘deeper and lengthy involvement in terrorism and Islamic extremist ideology’.

It is understood that Yaseen was cleared to walk around town with an ankle tag and observe a 6pm to 6am curfew.

However these restrictions did not stop him going to Windsor Great Park or to the castle.

Yaseen grew up in western Iraq and became a member of Islamic State of Iraq, a franchise of Al Qaeda, aged just 16.

So recently spent some time with my cousin, similar age and it’s sort of that thing where you can’t really avoid him due to family and all that.

But my gosh, everytime I spend time with him I literally feel exhausted and drained and constantly feel as though I have to defend a position - even if he asks me something like an opinion. Also, you can say something about yourself or share an event or an experience and it won’t be questions about that but more like ‘ohhhh yeah, but yeah omg I had the same thing’ and automatically the conversation will be turned onto him.

So he’s been the sort of person who always likes to be right, always the centre of the conversation and even if I am with him and a friend for example, he will literally give his opinion on absolutely everything and speak from a place of authority even if someone else is objectively more qualified to give an opinion on something. I’m beginning to also think he doesn’t respect my point of view or even me because he will just speak over me. For example, me and a friend and my cousin were all together and my friend asked me about something and was asking advice on something that I had recently done so I was telling him. My cousin hasn’t done this thing and he piped up and went on a monologue of what he should do etc etc and was almost butting in and speaking over me.

I kid you not, I often feel as though I could say something as obvious as ‘the sky is blue’ and he would furrow his brow and say something to the opposite effect.

In terms of character traits I think sometimes it can come from insecurity but I think with him it comes from a place of arrogance and an over inflated sense of self because he gives this air of ‘I don’t need to ask anyone, I’m always right’ and he will literally debate every little simple conversation. When I give up my free time I like to spend it with people who energise me and uplift me and not people who leave me feeling depleted.

I’ve realised these kind of people trigger me a lot and I feel so drained after I spend a prolonged period of time with him. I even remember feeling similar when I had an ex girlfriend who I almost debated every little thing with and in a romantic relationship, these kind of people are insufferable to be with and not conducive to a healthy environment.

I know people will say just stop spending time with him but due to family dynamics it’s not possible to stop completely but I definitely feel like If I see him, it needs to be in small chunks.

Why are people like this and has anyone had similar experiences and care to share!

Labour have just announced their plans to drill in the North Sea Jackdaw field effective within the month and whilst most of my friends and family agree it’s a good thing I thought it best to ask the rest of Britain what we think so I’m not stuck in an echo chamber.

Surely he has some skills and expertise from his time in the military. Is there a reason he can’t get a job with a defense contractor or something like that? Or any other job? Is there still some technicality somewhere (despite no longer being officially a royal) that prevents him from getting some useful remote job?

Fuck it, let’s bring back Tudor gowns and entirely too tight and pretentious ruff collars or make everyone insufferable wear uncomfortable clothes dowsed in arsenic. (Creative hilarious and even downright malicious answers welcome!)

I think the 3 most important macro issues affecting the long-term safety & quality of life of people in the UK are below.
Do you think this is correct? What do you think we can/should do about them?

1: Reducing our national debt and the cost of servicing it

Our national debt is above 100% of GDP and we pay a high cost to service it, eating into our budget every year.
If we don’t address this eventually we will end up like Argentina or Greece; degrading quality of life and accepting financial rules imposed on us for loans to keep us afloat

2: Becoming more self-reliant or stable in critical technology, resources or infrastructure

Geopolitics are changing and we can no longer rely on traditional allies, yet huge parts of our infrastructure rely on them (for energy, technology, equipment, military etc).
We need to address this to avoid being in a position where other countries hold power to turn off or choke our hospitals, factories, military, government etc

3: Addressing issues behind increasing wealth inequality

Asset owners are getting wealthier whilst people earning through labour are getting left behind.
We need to address this to protect the quality of life of the working class, unlock their potential and avoid social unrest

Obviously underneath this there are a lot of more specific issues - welfare spend, tax systems, migration, planning regulations etc, but I think decisions on them should focus on how they affect these 3 macro issues

They can be as fierce as dogs. They eat everything, not picky eaters. They are smart, and can be trained like dogs.

What is your favourite Tea Brand? For those living in the UK or abroad!

When Poland joined the EU in 2004 it seemed half the country moved here everytime you walked past a building site it was full of poles but now I very rarely meet any

Obviously we have left the EU but they had the right to remain but it seems the majority have gone home. I always defended Polish migration because they were hard workers imo

For me, Dad’s Army “The Deadly Attachment”, it isn’t just the best written episode of the series, but I think probably is probably the single tightest written thing in mainstream British TV, more than 50 years after it was released.

Welsh actor Philip Madoc’s performance as the U Boat captain is probably still how in much of the public’s mind how WW2 German officers are seen. Remember this was before Das Boot (1981) by nearly a decade.

Because the war seems so distant in the series as a whole, the few times they come into contact with the enemy, make it seem more powerful.

The fact it has “Don’t tell him Pike”, arguably the single most iconic line in British comedy history is the cherry on the top.

I'm Italian, born in 1992, and lately I've been thinking about how much life has changed in such a short time, when I was growing up, I'd knock on one friend's door, then another, then another. Before you knew it, there'd be ten of us heading to the football pitch with absolutely no idea what we'd be doing afterwards.

No WhatsApp groups, no checking everyone's location, no recording every stupid thing we did.

We had practically nothing, yet somehow we were never short of things to do.

Don't get me wrong, we did plenty of stupid stuff, and I'm sure nostalgia makes everything seem better than it actually was.

But sometimes I wonder whether all this technology has made life more convenient without necessarily making us happier.

We can contact practically anyone in the world within seconds, yet something about those spontaneous days feels increasingly distant.

I'd especially love to hear from people who grew up in Britain in the 60s, 70s or 80s.

Was life genuinely more carefree back then, or do we all just miss being young?

And how did you get into it?

I often wonder how so many jobs end up being filled, they seem so obscure that I can’t imagine the route getting there.

The coins for the pound have been redesigned and I want to hear your thoughtsoj it

My dad is adamant we have to unplug everything while a storm is going on.

I just got served a Paddy Power ad with Danny Dyer and Gemma Collins. First of all isn’t he above doing trade. And second of all gambling is a blight on society that has zero redeeming features. Really struggling to understand why he’d choose to do this.