Why the “Asylum seeker gets £2m house while pensioner starves on £6K a year” meme is total bollocks

There’s one of those “share this photo” memes doing the rounds on Facebook where someone has put a stock photo of someone with wrinkled hands holding some coins next to a Daily Mail story about a family from Somalia, and added some inflammatory text suggesting that all pensioners get £6K a year while asylum seekers… Continue reading Why the “Asylum seeker gets £2m house while pensioner starves on £6K a year” meme is total bollocks

Houses meme

Inspired by a post by oldbloke 1. Go to http://www.rightmove.co.uk (or some other property site of your choice) 2. Enter the first bit of your postcode, or the area where you live 3. Pick the most expensive house there that you’d like to buy if money was no object 4. Post a link to it… Continue reading Houses meme

My Life According To…

Pinched from pookee. I decided to do this twice because I’m really bored. Using only song names from ONE ARTIST, cleverly answer these questions. Pass it on to 20 people including me. You can’t use the band I used. Try not to repeat a song titles. It’s a lot harder than you think!