Reverend Jesse Jackson called on each of us to be heralds of change, to be messengers of hope; to step forward and say “Send me” wherever we have a chance to make an impact.
How fortunate we were that Jesse Jackson answered that call. What a great debt we owe to him.
We're back to divide and rule politics - if we ever left it! Who is your enemy? Who must you hate? And if we divide then we fail to notice who is exploiting us. With age I become more of a marxist - though I think Jesus has a similar analysis in the Gospels but that has been tainted over time.
Jellyfish have survived all 5 mass extinctions which goes to show the best way to succeed in this world is to not have a brain or heart
#DonaldsPoodle
Reform UK would hate this to be shared over and over.
So please do.
The next of our popular Clubroom Open Days is Saturday 28th March. Details below.
#modelrailways #highwycombe
Two things this am.
1) Trump can get in bin, and the abusive US relationship with it. Time to move on.
2) I am worried how little the attack on this girls' school is being probed. 165 kids killed in a pre-emptive strike, just a detail. Who is asking questions? Scary de-sensitization.
A bit late to the game but saw first #butterfly of the year - a Red Admiral basking in the sunshine
Hannah Spencer MP
"we are working to line the pockets of billionaires. We are being bled dry. And I don't think it's extreme or radical to think that hard work should get you a nice life. We have shown we don't have to accept being turned against each other at all."
Hannah Spencer MP
Rare and Sensitive Breeding Birds. Please avoid posting photos of rare and sensitive breeding birds and divulging their location and nest sites from 1st March to 31 July. #CornwallBirds #BirdsInCornwall #CBWPS #Bird #Birds #Birdwatching #ConnectWithNature #WildIsles #BritishWildlife #WildCornwall
poster o farcud coch yn hedfan dros reilffordd yr Wyddfa
Happy St David’s Day everyone. xx 🪶
This month's picture of the Month...
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I didn't get this either - a PM should have the ability to stand above a by-election loss - speaking in this way suggests he believes the threat and is scared
if there was indeed any 'family voting' (unlikely), i would bet money it was women being pressured to vote reform by their white husbands
Most people in England & Wales are not Christian, and it’s axiomatic to a free society that religious beliefs - or the lack of them - are irrelevant to civic participation. Britain is a pluralist, not a Christian, society; and this is one more reason to fight Reform UK.
An image of a Great Spotted Woodpecker perched on a branch. It is black and white with a red cap on the back of its head, which shows that it is male. It is facing left.
Thank you very much to Kate Ashbrook for sharing this blog post about her experience taking part in the Winter Bird Survey on Valentines Day of all days!: campaignerkate.wordp... @btobirds.bsky.social JNCC RSPB Science #Ornithology
Black and white photo of my hands holding a rosary, with an altar, candles and a cross in the background. Text: Offline for Lent. See you after Easter (April 5)
Friends, may God journey with you through these Lenten weeks;
Love lead you through the valley of division and hate.
Light guide you amidst hopelessness and despair.
Peace lift you out of regret, shame and pain.
May the Risen One of Easter bless you with new hope, new joy and new life. 🙏🏼
Wow.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, pioneering civil rights activist and racial 'pathfinder,' dies at 84
https://cnn.it/3ZCgLFQ
My parents were surprised to find I was left-handed as they and grandparents were all right-handed - but they weren't both grandfathers made to write right-handed - which we would think is preposterous today - but happened within the 20th century - we find it so easy to find difference divisive
The constituency I live in has a 30% rate of child poverty. The seventh highest in Scotland, with only Glasgow constituencies being higher.
I was one of the kids who grew up below the poverty line. Missing meals. Socially excluded from basic activities.
This is utter contempt from Reform.
Palestine Action have WON their judicial review in the High Court!
A massive victory for free speech, freedom of association and the right to protest.
A massive defeat for the draconian attempts by Keir Starmer's government to curtail our fundamental rights.
There is no LGB without the T. We rise together and we fall together.
Part of my speech in Parliament for LGBTQ+ History Month:
just billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe throwing out some serious made-up numbers on TV
Nice work, Gareth :)
*Reminder* Our next clubroom open day is this Saturday 14th, see below for details.
SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS COMPATIBILITY WITH CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP Professor Helen King (Oxford) to move: That this Synod affirm that there are no fundamental objections to being in a committed, faithful, intimate same-sex relationship, and that such a relationship can be entirely compatible with Christian discipleship
A real pleasure to be one of the first signatures of this motion. It needs a hundred signatures to be debated and I wouldn’t be surprised if it has that by the end of this week #Synod
You're invited to this free talk, Wed 18 Feb, 7.30pm, G44 Edith Morley Building, Uni of Reading (or via Zoom).
Ken & Linda Smith of woodpecker-network.org.uk on their research into the status of the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. New research techniques give some grounds for optimism.
#ornithology
Taking place on Anglia Ruskin Uni’s Chelmsford campus, our 2026 conference is just a few minutes’ walk from the train & bus station, & also has convenient free parking. Finding out about Essex’s key birds couldn’t be easier! More info & book your place at ebws.org.uk/2026conference
#essexbirding
Offering the mass this morning for #GeneralSynod as it meets, these were the words of the liturgy that struck me as particularly apt:
"renew us by your Spirit, inspire us with your love, and unite us in the body of your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord."
🙏⚓️🕯✝️ #CofEpeeps #Synod
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