Wonder what percentage of women voted for him? You know, like real women.
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Wonder what percentage of women voted for him? You know, like real women.
Before (2012) / After (2025) the pedestrianization of the former expressway on the right bank of the Seine. Photo 2012 by Mbzt on Wikimedia Commons.
If the U.S. military isn't going to release details on the justification for killing 11 civilians in a civilian boat who weren't posing a threat to anyone, then we have to conclude the "justification" is: the U.S. military is willing to kill civilians to give Trump social media content.
Ohhhh, awesome...a chance for "insider" disruption!
Bad Enoch...
It appears to be what they want, along with banning "chem trails". Perhaps once 50%+ of the population is dying horribly, including children and beloved grandparents, something will be done?
How the f*** is Nigel Farage allowed to sit in front of the American Congress? How is calling for economic sanctions on your own country to bully its leaders into submission, not treason?
Fash Farage.
Curiously, the main organizers of the highly influential MAGA conference where JD Vance debuted his "America is a people" speech last year don't live in the US—they live in West Bank settlements. This year's conference is happening now. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Don Pedo.
Democrat @raskin.house.gov excoriates Nigel Farage for banning journalists from Reform UK events: "I'm asking you a direct question. Why do you ban journalists who oppose your views from coming to your events? Why did you tell local government not to do interviews with your local newspaper?"
“Dress however you please. Call yourself whatever you like. Sleep with any consenting adult who'll have you. Live your best life in peace and security. But to force women out of their jobs for stating that sex is real?" One of the most famous quotes of the current era that spawned a hate fest.
Do you know what a woman is?
Interesting Fact: Trump’s British chum Nigel Farage is known by his KGB handlers as Agent Kuntski.
Ripped Farage to shreds there very eloquently.
Rep. Jamie Raskin tears into Nigel Farage as a "far-right pro-Putin politician" and a "Donald Trump sycophant and wannabe".
People will wait til they're open again if they're that desperate. Wouldn't it be better for them to actually donate to a refugee charity helping those Palestinians who've managed to flee????
Let's hope Lammy has been on the phone to Vance to update him on the truth of the matter.
If my garden were bigger I'd be out more regularly...mum 'rescued' quite a few 'broken' stems from Alton Towers gardens back in the old days before the massive amusement park was built.
Lavender can be cut back to the woody part of the stems and rosemary I'd do by about one third although my neighbour's hasn't grown much this year due to lack of water. I pruned it after winter flowers had finished, back in March.
I carry some small sealable plastic bags with me and sometimes small scissors especially to put cuttings in, or those bits that "fall off" when you're walking past them in a fancy garden or garden centre...you know how it is...
We've had quite a bit of gentle rain on and off this past few days which has softened up the ground nicely so I'm confident most will in fact sink into the ground. All my plants outdoors have perked up no end, including a rose that was really suffering.
I just about had time to take cuttings from 2 coleus at my friends, and another shrub whose name I don't know but I like it before we got rained off. Everything's in little glasses now on the kitchen windowsill. She also gave me a very dark red cherry tomato, fab flavour, so I've taken seeds out.
I witnessed THE most torrential downpour at 13.15hrs today whilst at friend's. We literally couldn't see a metre out the windows. Lots of lightening and it's still raining now. Massive puddles at the side of the road and streams running accross so some aquaplaning on the way home. Van's clean tho.
Oh I'm pretty sure he will be on their radar...they're well aware of the dangers of the rising filth of the far right both in Europe and in the UK not to mention the US.
In the old days before social media I was involved in various campaigns for women, Greenpeace, save the Whale etc. We flyposted like our lives depended on it, paper memes if you like. We sprayed symbols. Little music bands do it now. Big posters still attract a LOT of attention but aren't cheap.
Farage is becoming a clear and present danger to national security and UK's international trade interests. Time to suspend his citizenship pending full investigation.
If I can instantly think up a riposte like this and I'm not a journalist, just a retired nurse, then why isn't anyone else mentioning it?
Hunt wasn't forced to resign nor offered to after his failure to disclose 7 luxury flats with income a short while ago...funny that...
From the latest edition of Private Eye. It's a shame the government is unable to communicate this (or any) message.
Compared with Hunt's (silent C) failure to disclose 7 luxury flats/income a few years ago about which most media paid little/no attention (incl Guardian) it's peanuts.
I think that psychologically because I believe in it, it works quite well!
When will "journos" ask him what a woman is and what protections they should retain in society?
I did read somewhere once that it does actually have some ingredient that is genuinely supposed to help you get to sleep. That's good enough for me! And price? I'm worth it!
When press hysteria tips over into a parody of itself but with zero insight and reflection.
Is it a universal thing to talk to cats in that special special kind of voice? I find myself doing it automatically...have they "trained" us to be like this? I suspect so. Anyway Baby the Fluffy Black is happily eating in the shelter of the greenhouse. He does feel less thin now over the spine.
I swear by Ovaltine. I'm a proper Ovalteeny...
It never gets old being above things. Beautiful. 💕
Following Graham Linehan's arrest, it's worth being TOTALLY clear. And if I get arrested too, so be it. - Women need safe spaces. - Children shouldn't be subjected to medical experimentation. - Lesbians aren't bigots for not shagging men. #LockMeUp #istandwithglinner
Labour would do well to start referring to the hotels as "Jenrick Hotels". That'd press home the point in one short simple sentence.
It’s a pile on by the right wing media intended to stir up division. No amount of social workers can counter that constant toxic message. It’s noteworthy that there were no demonstrations when the Tories were in government despite them commissioning these hotels.
I find ironing a very soothing thing to do and listen to the radio whilst doing it. I also do a lot of dressmaking so need a good reliable lightweight iron. I think I've found one at Argos, but the problem there is that I can't hold it, examine it closely and really see if it's going to be right.
Nothing is more important to me than keeping Londoners safe and it is encouraging that we have had the fewest number of homicides in London across June, July and August in years.
It was the wagon that collects heavy items like old fridges, freezers, beds etc. They're well used to negotiating our narrow streets, it's impressive!
The nice lady at Curry's "returns, repairs" desk accepted my explanation re the iron and instantly refunded me after asking if there was another one I'd like instead. Under the wet hedge in the carpark I thought I could hear a kitten mewling but couldn't find it. It may have been a baby bird...
Natalie Rowe (who wrote "Whipping Up A Storm") is slicing into Philp on twitter using her unique insider info. She used to run a high class escort agency which catered for many politicians and top business men. Her book is a great romp through all that, with photos!
The lorry is now reversing down our street, between parked cars on either side...I don't know how they do that...it's not one of my best driving skills. There's only about 8" clearance on each side...
Drat, I was going to walk up to Curry's with the new iron that's not fit for purpose but 1) it's raining quite hard again and 2) there's a stonking great lorry parked in the street, reason unknnown but I bet it's to dig up some bit of the pavement again.
We've had rain on and off this past 2 nights so no Northern Lights sightings for me either. One day I WILL get to see them!
Labour MP @alexsobel.co.uk, @appgfairelections.bsky.social chair: “The government has a duty to identify and mitigate serious risks to Britain. “These now include the possibility of an extreme party securing a majority government with the support of less than three in ten voters.”
Of course it is...follow the money as they say...who owns the media? Why are media owners hellbent on ousting Labour? What's in it for them? These are just some of the questions NO journalist is asking, why? Because there are almost NO journalists left in the country, bar one or two exceptions.
who are considered a humanitarian route but not refugees, brings the total to around 146,000 people, or up to 15% of total immigration.
Asylum, Ukrainian, and Resettled Arrivals: Combined, these groups represented about 125,000 people, or approximately 13% of total immigration. Humanitarian Routes: Including the British National (Overseas) visa holders from Hong Kong,
Between 2021 and 2024, number of people migrating to UK from non-EU countries increased along with a decreasing number of people migrating from EU countries, this meant they make up a much higher share of immigration than in past. Total Immigration 2024: Estimated 948,000 people migrated to UK.
"Between 2021 and 2024, the number of people migrating to the UK from non-EU countries increased and, along with a decreasing number of people migrating from EU countries, this has meant they make up a much higher share of immigration than in the past." House of Commons Library 15.8.25
Thousands of migrants arrive by plane every year to work here, even more than before brexit, predominantly from India and Nigeria.
He has recognised that there is concern re immigration, which is the truth of the matter, it's neither "validation" nor "scaremongering", it's simply recognising that hotels are a potential problem which is why there's a programme to close them down over time and deal with the backlog of cases.
Wait, what? You mean there isn't a simple explanation and it isn't all the government's fault? Surely not? @chrisgiles.ft.com on the UK's public finances www.ft.com/content/bd3d...
The press and their coverage of Farage is emboldening Reform.
The Soothingly Blue Ridge Mountains
That doesn't mean you speak for anyone but yourself, I'm not remotely interested in the polls 4 years from a GE. They've done a damn site more than useful, they've passed legislation which will make a huge difference to people's lives.
Aunt Lydia is not a feminist and neither are you. You're just grovelling to one of the most misogynistic and homophobic movements I have seen in my lifetime. Shame on you.
The problem is landlordism and the chronic shortage of housing. That which does go on the market and which may be just the thing for a young couple is snapped up by landlords. Some action has already been taken by Labour re this, and I'm sure there'll be more to come.
I wonder if coupledom is forming later because of the very high cost of renting somewhere of your own, then renting somewhere for a family should the coupling work out?
Crunchy Chicken Cutlets are #RecipeOfTheDay! The crunch is supplied by their cornflake-coating, and they are a longtime favourite on nigella.com, as you can see from the lovely comments underneath the recipe www.nigella.com/recipes/crun...
I'm sure he'll miss his hobby farming and beer-swilling terribly if he goes...
trying to deflect on the fact it was THEIR efforts bigging up brexit pre referendum and after which caused it all. Labour can't afford to totally ignore it, but it's not going to be led by the nose by ReFUK and the gleefully complicit press every day when they have other jobs to do as well.
Bile/bigotry are there, it exists, people like that exist, we all know that and until brexit they were pretty much under the radar, then small boats took advantage of losing the controls EU had with UK on migrants, then traffickers swooped in to take advantage, then ReFUK/Tories started squealing
Apparently on the streets of Epping ordinary people are tying multi-coloured ribbons to railings to show their solidarity and togetherness in the face of knuckle-dragging hotel shouters.
"Britain has been multicultural for the last 2000 years. That's why we have the Roman alphabet, a Middle East religion, Arabic numerals, a Syrian patron saint, an aristocracy with French ancestry and a German royal family." David Osland
I think you're allowing yourself to be heavily influenced by UK very toxic ReFUK supporting divisive destructive billionnair owned press. What a crying shame you haven't bothered to read, look up what Labour's ACTUALLY done in 13mths.
Now, in a diverse nation like ours, and I CELEBRATE THAT these rules become even more important. Without them, we risk becoming an island of strangers, not a NATION THAT WALKS FORWARD TOGETHER." Kier Starmer, May 2025 for the EXTREMELY hard of understanding wilful cherry-picking shit stirrers.
"Nations depend on rules – fair rules. Sometimes they’re written down, often they’re not, but either way, they give shape to our values. They guide us towards our rights, of course, but also our responsibilities, the obligations we owe to one another.
"Now, in a diverse nation like ours, and I celebrate that, these rules become even more important. Without them, we risk becoming an island of strangers, not a nation that walks forward together." Starmer May 12th 2025 Part of ACTUAL quote, never mind the absurd cherry-picking knee-jerkery.
Jots this down to mention tomorrow....
The wonderful marvellous fabulous thing about being in a party that's unlikely to gain power, is that you can say absolutely anything at all, because it doesn't really matter. What exact "racism" is Starmer supposed to have done now? Something flaggy?
I remember reading a bit about them around the time Saddam Hussein was being deposed...
I retrieved the box from the bin and will be taking it back tomorrow. I kind of don't expect to get a refund but will practice bursting into tears beforehand, in case that helps.
Yeh, Vic Derbyshire is quietly deadly in her questioning.
The new iron, which wasn't the one I wanted as though there was one on display, they didn't have any in store and the totally disinterested girl couldn't say if/when more would be delivered and had no answer to me re why then was one still on display...anyway new iron 'sticks' at high temps. Crap.
Precisely....and the tone/slant of 'news' is not impartial, doesn't give equal voice to parties according to the number of MPs and tends to have very politically correct "humour" these days, stifling and turgid. Some exceptional programmes though too of course.
If I remember rightly, all the newly found script is going to be put up for the public to read/view for themselves but I've not looked yet.
Oh it does, and it's so good it's barely noticeable...except to those who don't watch too often.
Churchill benefited from an extremely sophisticated BBC propaganda machine around him and an acceptance in the day that drunkeness was acceptable. Alcoholics only have one master and that's alcohol. I have first-hand experience both when at work and within my family. It's not "puritan" it's reality.
If a known drunk were in charge of national security, it's everyone's concern...see Hegseth US.
Only because media make it so, or stupid people make it so, or stupid politicians make it so...the vast majority of people are sick to the back teeth with it when there's more pressing issues.
The Aussie press not holding back when it comes to its coverage of neo-Nazis.
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Autumn crocus? Is it colchicine? I have a few in flower now though they come up without leaves to begin with.
Old-style campaigning works best, ie BIG posters, flyposting and good memes.
"Rice stocks continued to leave India even as London was denying urgent requests from India’s viceroy for more than 1m tonnes of emergency wheat supplies in 1942-43. Churchill has been quoted as blaming the famine on the fact Indians were “breeding like rabbits”," Guardian, 29.3.2019
Oh yes I'm sure...a gifted orator and very cunning operator when it came to decision-making re the course of the war in Europe.
And he hated and deliberately starved millions of Indians, didn't want the public using the Underground to shelter in from bombing raids and was a chronic alcoholic.
I don't think many undecided voters make up their minds by browsing Bluesky. Sorry, I know that's a controversial thing to say, but I don't think millions of voters are hanging on our posts, especially not the sort of voters who don't pay attention to politics except a bit around election time.
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Two more items given away less than 24hrs after posting them up. It's been extraordinarily useful to be able to give things away so easily that I no longer want and which my local charity shop is unlikely to take. I just have one more item to photograph and put up, for now..still got cellar to sort.
And put yer tin hats on...