Recovering former Parish Councillor now living in Lincolnshire. Functioning #coffee addict, keen interest in public affairs, defence and heritage. š³ļøāš
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Brownfield sites are often forgotten spaces, but they hold huge potential. Adopting a brownfield-first approach can deliver the homes people need, while minimising the harm to the environment.š” https://www.cpre.org.uk/explainer/five-reasons-why-we-love-brownfield-land/
Old Soviet joke for today: A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves. After a long time of this, the owner says āCan I help you find something?ā āIām looking for the obituaries.ā āThe obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.ā āNot the one Iām looking for.ā
Her grace and favour ministerial flat? Convenient.
So where is her main residence now?
Having her name removed from deeds of her Manchester home so she wasnāt liable for the higher stamp duty surcharge applied to a second property amounts to the same thing.
Choose to believe what you like old sunshine.
Itās been widely reported and not denied. Apparently all legal but the optics arenāt great when youāre the minister about to come down hard on second home owners.
Yes she has, and thatās why her Stamp Duty charge was reduced significantly.
Switching her main residence from her constituency house to a seaside resort hundreds of miles away so she pays a reduced rate of tax seems pretty sneaky. Itās reminiscent of all those MPs flipping their main residence to get their mortgage payments refunded as per the expenses scandal 15 years ago
Iām not sure what your source is, but the facts suggest the opposite is true. A 2019 BMJ study found that states with more permissive gun laws experienced significantly higher rates of mass shootings. But Iām sure the source of your graph is unimpeachable.
Itās remarkable how quickly they all become toriesā¦
I donāt hate it. Got to be better than cheap render that ages far too quickly.
Reform UK: āFree speech! You canāt say anything these days!ā Also Reform UK: āYouāre banned from reporting on our council because we donāt like what you said.ā www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
An excellent point, significantly impeding the ability for people in those situations to have easy access to firearms would certainly help then wouldnāt it.
Banning the press by Nottinghamshire County Council leadership. Dictatorial and a dangerous precedent to set.
Itās almost 30 years since the Dunblane massacre. In Scotland. Where there is significant control over firearms. Itās not difficult.
Itās gun control thatās required not thoughts and prayers.
Iām sure all those thoughts and prayers will take the pain awayā¦š
FUCK YEAH SCIENCE arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Yesterday: Nigel Farage says Reform UK "will detain and deport absolutely anyone that comes via that route.. Yes, women and children" Today: Nigel Farage, "Deportation of illegal immigrants, we were not even discussing women and children at this stage. The news reports who said that were wrong"
And anotherā¦ Former Reform UK councillor officially expelled from party after internal investigation A Reform UK spokesman said that Cllr Smith's actions and behaviours had brought the party into 'disrepute' nliveradio.com/former-refor...
Crook councillor suspended by Reform UK amid criticism over alleged online posts www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2541918...
Make no mistake, Reform UK are unhinged and dangerous.
If you're young Or old Or a woman If you've got a disability Or, you've a SEND If you're LGBTQ+ Or you're from an ethnic minority If you need care Or you're in the forces And if you're in Northern Ireland Then Farage's plan to abolish human rights law is going to screw you
Farage is going to Washington to badmouth his own country and invite an alien power to help him more aggressively to become its PM - there's no other way of looking at it. #r4today
Anywhere but Clacton.
Poseidon aircraft flying from RAF Lossiemouth have been maintaining a 24-hour presence north of Norway. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/surge-in-ant...
Russiaās weaknesses grow more obvious each month and yet Trump seems blinkered and eager to approach settling Ukraine on Putinās terms. Utter insanity.
Wellā¦thatās a bit awkward.
Cartoonist: Lectrr
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I enjoy a tip run, does that make me old?
I find this very interesting; Saint George is not only the patron saint of England but also a symbol of Palestine, interfaith unity, resistance, healing, and courage. Some modern queer communities have embraced him as an icon of resilience and inclusive identity. In short, heās a very woke icon! š“ó §ó ¢ó „ó ®ó §ó æš“ó §ó ¢ó „ó ®ó §ó æš“ó §ó ¢ó „ó ®ó §ó æ
One opinion poll is not a good reason.
I shanāt hold my breathā¦
Reform UK ālooking after our own!? Donāt count on it. Homeless charity closes following funding dispute With Reform UK council www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...?
Britain is a Christian country, argues Rupert Lowe. I'd just like to remind him that Matthew 25:35 does not read 'I was a stranger, and ye told me to fuck off back to France.'
Reform councillor spreads fake news about Palestinian flag
Reform UK has no plan for asylum seekers or illegal immigration. Itās just a route to power. Reform UK would stand on the shoulders of the drowning to get elected.
Reform UKās new Councillor Francesca O'Brien has described her defection as "a gamble". Itās just a game to them, she doesnāt have principles, just a will to power, or else it wouldnāt be a gamble, it would be a principled standā¦ www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Opposition slam Reform UK 'shambles' after deputy leader exit
The economic situation in Britain is really positive. Every now and then one of the unpatriotic newspapers breaks rank and shares the news. But tomorrow will be another day of negativity no doubt. But this little genie is out of the bottle! Enjoy
Presumably he starts Uni soon anyway š§
There are so many racists frothing at the mouth saying theyāll now boycott The Bull. Sounds like the clientele is about to get much nicer all round! šš»
Eep, the tides are turning when the Tories lose their deposit š
Trumpās DC takeover is a move of staggering hypocrisy | Rebecca Solnit
Itāll require more land and itāll take more time to dig the grave, and cemetery land is at a premium. This added cost must come from somewhere. Unfair to expect other grieving families to have pay more to subsidise them. People refuse to accept that their life choices can have consequences.
IMO the fact that this agreement commits Netflix to nothing demonstrates their lack of confidence in the endurance of the Sussex brand whilst giving the Duke and Duchess a face saving line to take when it all goes a bit quiet.
Absolutely not! But hypocrisy comes easy to MAGA nuts.
Loire castles affected by climate change. #ClimateHeritage
Vance, if you donāt like how we do things, you can Foxtrot Oscar quite frankly.
Half of Englandās small towns are transport deserts. Without reliable buses, rural communities face isolation and lost opportunities. Weāre urging the government to act now, with guaranteed service levels and fair funding. bit.ly/45gMrEo
Maybe if all his offspring show up.
And no one in Cabinet has concerns that the water 10 million people, including London, will be in the hands of a nation they view as a āthreat to our economic securityā? I give up.
Ministers line up administrators for Thames Water Since 1989 Ā£10.4bn paid in dividends, Ā£13.68bn in interest payments. No new reservoirs. Dumps sewage in rivers. Hardly any new shareholder money. Shares worthless, Lenders ready to take a haircut. Need permanent nationalisation, not temporary.
Oh dear Jaymey McIvor Bankrupt Firm of Reform UKās Waste-Busting Local Government Chief Owes Taxpayer Ā£36,000 Do you support the taxpayer picking up this tab, Reform UK? bylinetimes.com/2025/08/12/b...
Surely anything that full of š© has to be MAGA.
Just 1.5% of Universal Credit claimants are refugees Someone should let Nigel Farage and his lot know. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/jus...
Has anyone seen her car crash interview? What an embarrassment.
This Trump supporter is trying to justify a do-over census. But which administration was in power in 2020 again?!
Someone forgot to take down this webpage: www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/v...
This woman is a Reform UK Councillor. Why has Nigel Farage not taken action?
*Cough* bullshit *cough* Reform UK-led council claims it has saved millions in first 100 days www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Basically Luke Campbell the Reform UK Mayor of Hull spat his dummy out because he wanted to book first class train tickets and hire a consultant. How very DOGE. Olympian-turned Reform UK mayor wages war on staff 'blocking' his agenda www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
Reform UKās Councillor Mackenzie Ritson on Rossendale Borough Council has had a bit of a Facebook meltdown, claiming āthe establishment are trying to silence meā. The truth? He got an email from the council reminding him of the Council code of conduct saying: You canāt make shit up in the chamber.
It is 100 days since Reform took control of ten councils. In that time they have taken down one flag, refused diversity training, put a 19 year old in charge of a Ā£2bn council and created a 'DOLGE' group that made false claims and achieved fuck all.
On August 8th, 2025, the Project 23470 tugboat Kapitan Ushakov began listing sharply to starboard while undergoing final outfitting near the pier of the Baltic Shipyard in St. Petersburg. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/new-russian-...
Rupert Lowe wrongly accuses charity rowers of being 'illegal migrants' www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Their hypocrisy knows no bounds.
Lee Anderson slams MPs who invest in solar, forgetting that the Reform deputy leader does leftfootforward.org/2025/08/lee-...
Criminal record: the sentencing of George Cottrell (Nigel Farage's 'right hand man' that he describes as āLike a son to me') and what happened next: open.substack.com/pub/thestate...
The rich must be incentivised; the poor must be disciplined. The political economy of the super-elite in one headline.
She praises Trump, despite all thatās known about his past and how he continues to conduct himself; enough said.
Community cohesion doesnāt win votes for Reform UKā¦ Nigel Farage should do his bit to keep the peace www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
Tell me when they use credible evidenceā¦
And yet bizarrely his followers (because itās a cult) wonāt care.
Reform UK have been caught lying again to a pub to put a stall outside it. This time they said they were a charity raising awareness and fundraising. When the lie was rumbled they were told to pack up.
Nigel Farage accused of spreading āunevidenced fearsā about asylum seekers www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
She needs to keep away from open windowsā¦
Thereās never an iceberg around when you need one.
Splendid. Too callow to be an effective leader, whatever possessed them?!
King of tacky strikes again.
Why would anyone go to the expense of travelling to the US these days?
Credulous, irresponsible fools.
šŗ BREAKING: Stella Rimington, first female head of MI5, dies aged 90
We believe the countryside isnāt just a backdrop; itās a vital partner in health, nature and climate resilience. Weāre working to ensure our landscapes continue to enrich lives for generations to come.š Read more: www.cpre.org.uk/opinions/hop... #NatureRecovery #NationalLandscape
The coward came back then? What happened? Did his followers not fancy paying for yet another luxury exile?
Ukrainian drones have destroyed an infrastructure building at Archeda railway station in Volgograd. Itās cut power along the rail supply line. #explodey
England water regulator examines Ā£1.3m paid to Yorkshire Water CEO via offshore parent company. Did OFWAT not know/ask? What was govt doing whilst YW circumvented exec bonus rules? These cat-and-mouse games will continue until water is nationalised. Empower customers to vote on exec pay.
UK govt is wrong on the cost of bringing England's water back into public ownership. Its Ā£100bn number has no economic/legal basis. The cost of public ownership is "closer to zero". Companies are bankrupt, their shareholders and lenders have already extracted billions.
Her pseudo-patriotic attitude is really quite vile; when youāre too toxic for Reform makes you wonder how bad Restore will be.
The utter hypocrisy of this creatures is disgraceful.
Well imagine my surprise š
Reform UK's new lawless campaign. The case file they won't talk about... Joseph Farage, Nigel Farage's Nephew.
Donāt tell us āstill working out what your job isā? Northampton āreliefā road still closed nine weeks after it was supposed to open ā Reform-led council remain silent www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/politic...
Who?!
When that Brexit downgrade really hits home.
Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
