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Early career historic conservation specialist and urban design loiterer / recovering archaeological ceramics freelancer. Sustainable transport / coastal change / historic landscapes and hiding in corners and miry places.

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Historic England's response to the Proposed Reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and Other Changes to the Planning System - February 2026 historicengland.org.uk/content/docs...

07.03.2026 07:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Westminster Meeting House raided by Metropolitan Police again. Statement: โ€œFor Quakers, faith and action are inseparable. Peaceful protest, prayer and nonviolent action are integral parts of many Quakers' religious life.

Whilst we take the planning of criminal acts very seriously, we believe that this incident is a deliberate targeting of committed young people who want to make our country a more equitable place. This raid is part of a systematic stifling of dissent.

That this is the second time in a year that the police have raided our meeting house dramatically illuminates the broader trend in the UK of cracking down on those who disagree with the government. The right to protest is fundamental to our democracy. It's a key part of how people make their voices heard between elections.โ€ โ€“ Oliver Robertson, Head of Witness and Worship
Quakers in Britain, 5 March 2026

Westminster Meeting House raided by Metropolitan Police again. Statement: โ€œFor Quakers, faith and action are inseparable. Peaceful protest, prayer and nonviolent action are integral parts of many Quakers' religious life. Whilst we take the planning of criminal acts very seriously, we believe that this incident is a deliberate targeting of committed young people who want to make our country a more equitable place. This raid is part of a systematic stifling of dissent. That this is the second time in a year that the police have raided our meeting house dramatically illuminates the broader trend in the UK of cracking down on those who disagree with the government. The right to protest is fundamental to our democracy. It's a key part of how people make their voices heard between elections.โ€ โ€“ Oliver Robertson, Head of Witness and Worship Quakers in Britain, 5 March 2026

Yesterday evening, for the second time in a year, the Met Police raided Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrested a number of young nonviolent activists.

STATEMENT: www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

06.03.2026 10:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 499 ๐Ÿ” 333 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 26 ๐Ÿ“Œ 68

God itโ€™s exhausting.

19.02.2026 08:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The finale of #TheNightManger seems to be the BBC telling us all clear as day that the world is fucked, the oligarchs have won and decency is a dead ideal.

01.02.2026 22:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

As Warren Buffet says. You canโ€™t negotiate with a bad actor, you will always lose. We want our politicians and journalists to remain bounded by some truths and rules. In which case theyโ€™re doomed to fail against Farage.

29.01.2026 09:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A regional one with ICBM and a tantrumming toddler in charge.

19.01.2026 21:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Disturbingly first poll Iโ€™ve seen with the right on 50%

15.01.2026 18:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So thereโ€™s going to be lots of money going in to the LAs to provide the expertise to deliver right? Right?

19.12.2025 09:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No, no it doesnโ€™t.

19.12.2025 09:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Why is it never the racists fault?

21.11.2025 09:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1

Trickle-down economics was always a sham.

Nothing has ever trickled down.

25.09.2025 16:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 21025 ๐Ÿ” 7852 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 675 ๐Ÿ“Œ 343
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Balance the BBC The BBC is our national broadcaster, people expect and deserve balanced news coverage.

Please consider signing this petition calling on the BBC to balance their coverage of opposition parties. Currently, 60% of BBC coverage of opposition parties goes to Reform, which has 4 of the 250 opposition MPs. : www.libdems.org.uk/bbc?emci=e0b...

17.09.2025 05:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well done Zoe. If only the grown ups could sit down to fix the issue. Which is fixable. But instead the energy and oxygen is used up having to debate these maters with morons like Simon Clarke.

20.08.2025 18:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The upward redistribution of wealth over the past 50 years has shifted $80 trillion from the bottom 90% of Americans to the top 1%.ย 

Thatโ€™s $80 trillion that would have gone into the paychecks of the working class.

The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.

15.08.2025 23:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 14687 ๐Ÿ” 5212 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 416 ๐Ÿ“Œ 291

Or rather there a deep structural failings within the UK that means it fails to capitalise on the potential of its population. This about about failures to deliver a good level of basic education and investment in tertiary education and training. Not everything is Brexit.

15.08.2025 08:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

While would she. She wants Israel to be Netanyahu. Sheโ€™s been clear that those Jews who value Palestinian lives as equal to Jewish lives as being beyond the pale.

12.08.2025 20:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

45% of people ๐Ÿ™„

12.08.2025 18:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

All peachy, other than shitty bit in the middle.

05.08.2025 19:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If only weโ€™d all accepted add breaks were part of providing free to air coverage. Then we wouldnโ€™t be in the situation we are now with it behind a higher and higher paywall.

01.08.2025 21:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Announced day after Tour pto now be ยฃ35 pcm

01.08.2025 21:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not sure whom it is but itโ€™s obviously someone obnoxious enough I blocked a long time ago.

30.07.2025 19:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I remember dragging my mum here as a child. I canโ€™t remember if we had to pay or anything all I remember is it being empty. To be fair it could have been heaving, I wouldnโ€™t have noticed, I was absolutely hooked.

25.07.2025 18:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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WelshGov releases July 25 report on the first 18 months of the "award winning" default 20mph limit for urban and village roads. Speeds down, 26% fewer casualties and little change in journey times. Lives saved, liveability increased bit.ly/40rfUZl

18.07.2025 13:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 35 ๐Ÿ” 20 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

That is a good point. But as the French havenโ€™t had a winner on bastille day since 2017 or 18 so theyโ€™ll probably just shrug.

14.07.2025 19:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Erm ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช

14.07.2025 16:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

TNT would need to have people there instead of just screaming in a green studio in the Netherlands or whoever they are. I.e. theyโ€™d need actual journalists.

14.07.2025 10:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ffs, who is cutting onions at this time of day.

14.07.2025 10:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

ITV Cycling closers ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿงต

05.07.2025 16:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 31 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Seems itโ€™s just a 404 now

08.07.2025 10:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think pretending itโ€™s autobiographical whilst claiming they were the victim of some kind of unscrupulous business scam whilst fact being the criminals perhaps goes beyond embellishing.

07.07.2025 22:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0