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I have! I was watching them working on the canal :)

And there’s your ‘but’ again!

Stroud is like full of moon phase whole foods, well-being folk and (apparently) the Reform backlash thereto, isn’t it? Nothing to be ashamed of at all.

I just learned what the word is. By jiminy, that’s an odd one. I think there is bafflement and outrage throughout the (non-US?) Wordlesphere today. That lass in Wordle Towers is pushing the envelope.

The setback will do me no harm, friend. With failure comes learning, and with learning growth.

(No, I don’t really believe that either!)

You seem very insistent on the ‘but’ part, Bettina. Do Green victories only really count if entire Working Men’s Clubs go eco-friendly? Is it the Stroud ‘therapy’ thing? 💚

I always enjoyed “Coffee? Tea? … Me?”

In the reflection off his shades that’s either a pair of Lycra legs or else a squat little swamp-goblin taking his picture.

‘Brexit means Brexit’ graffiti in Goole, Yorkshire, England.

A message to the Country from the Right Little Rebels of #Goole ‘Pro Brexit Resistance’, no less.

a cartoon character is flying through the air in front of a large letter a Alt: a cartoon character is flying through the air in front of a large letter a

It’s only a game.

A Friend once swiped the last custard cream from right in front of me once.

But seriously. Quakers are, above all, non-violence itself.

A footman has been in touch requesting he get his teeth done before the visit.

Sniffy congratulations?👃🎉

Sigh. Gonna publish my own rhyming dictionary with this bunch of boo-boo.

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Letter titled “Pro-Europe group has nothing to hide,” published in the Hull Daily Mail (5 March 2026). Peter Packham, Chair of Leeds for Europe, rejects claims of bias and argues pro-EU groups are open, grassroots and member-funded.

Chair @leedsblue67.bsky.social responds in Hull Daily Mail (5 March) to claims that #LeedsForEurope and other #RejoinEU groups are “biased”.

If you’re looking for real misinformation about #Brexit, Peter suggests examining parts of the press and certain opaque “think tanks”.

#UKPolitics #Yorkshire

A very healthy response to Nature 😀

That clip perfectly illustrates the speed with which the ‘innocent puppy-dog-eyed victim’ persona gives way to the ‘angry bastard’ one. Farage is dangerous and frightening—just how his followers like him.

It is. And what’s more disturbing are the many Brits urging the government to kick them harder.

Migration is part of what makes this country great.

We're not an island of strangers - we're an island of neighbours.

The Green Party will always support fair & managed migration.

Read these words from 100 years ago about immigrants in Britain – and see how history is chillingly repeating itself | George Monbiot Shabana Mahmood’s new rights clampdown looks outlandish until we remember that this kind of hardline action is part of our country’s fabric, says George Monbiot

The precedent is eerily, chillingly precise. What the current Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is doing to immigrants and refugees today is almost a carbon copy of what Sir William Joynson-Hicks was doing 100 years ago. And that's not a good thing. My column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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It is obvious he is itching to nuke someone before his day is done.

Es muß etwas geschehen!

Alex, come on. You have your opinion, that’s fine. I have mine. There’s no debating them, is there? It’s probably a right brain thing. There’s affect here. Feelings, hunches about people. Chemicals. You know? 🙂

Nah 🙂

Seriously, though. ‘Snake oil’ is a colloquial expression for deceptive or misleading, worthless offers. Personally I find Polanski frank and sincere, so nah. Perhaps you mean to suggest he’s naive or untested and making promises he wouldn’t know how to keep?

Maybe, but then why try *anything* new?

This has never been tried AFAIK.
I say let’s give it a try. Oil is oil. It’s powered automotive economies for decades.

… based on experience. Any yet, still, they have never experienced being you.

The best others can do with ‘interventions’ may be to offer information or options, even ‘advice’.

History’s full of adults who knew what was best for their kids.

“A good hiding’s what you need!”

“Comb your hair!”

What’s ‘good for you’ may not be what someone else thinks is good for you—but what do you know about what’s good for someone else?

What’s ‘good for you’ at one moment you may decide at a later time is not—but how are you going to know the future? Others may intervene with advice…

Unsettling for several reasons.

Among them: I believe we humans always have our own reasons for doing the voluntary things we do, in that moment. Before intervening (for their own reasons) adults should think twice. It *may* be helpful to explore.

Miele was mentioned, I think. I misheard something as ‘Neil’. Do you have a Miele?