Andy H

Charlotte is so brave here.

As I said earlier: it's very upsetting as a rape survivor to see my suffering weaponised to justify these authoritarian measures. Measures which won't do anything to end sexual violence, but risk great injustice – mostly to cut costs.

Truly unbelievable stuff. Just up there shamelessly lying his ass off

#SpringArrivalSpotlights are back, and we’re kicking off with Chiffchaffs!

Flitting back from Southern Europe & North Africa through March-April, their sweet 'chiff-chaff' song is the sound of spring.

Listen for them in parks and hedgerows.

Have you heard one calling near you?

Nobody is going to look at your AI generated images 60 years from now and say “wow!”

Noel Edmonds in brown bush hat and navy t shirt

86 today! Happy birthday Chuck Norris.

Turning 76, today, is former Everton forward Alan Whittle. The Bellefield youth product re-energised the Toffees’ tilt at the title in 1969/70, scoring 11 goals in 15 appearances. He later had spells at Crystal Palace and Orient plus abroad in Iran and Australia.

THESE ISLES: Owain Glyndŵr (c.1359-c.1416), Welsh nobleman and soldier, led a 15-year revolt in the early 15th century, the most serious attempt to end English rule in Wales, making him celebrated as a national hero. 1/8

I'm not sure I'd choose a holiday in Scotland.

On Saturday, March 7th Jello Biafra suffered a hemorrhagic stroke caused by high blood pressure.



As per Jello:

Fun Boy Three - The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum (Official Music Video) YouTube video by Chrysalis Records

Felt appropriate so why not?
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'Sir Tony Blair was advising President Trump on Wednesday on a “comprehensive plan” for the future of Gaza after the US leader’s call to transform it into a “riviera of the Middle East”.'

The Board of Peace is bombing Iran.

The Garden of Earthly Delights -V2

treated image of Tony Blair, Larry Ellison, Donald Trump, Rupert Murdoch and Benjamin Netanyahu with the caption: "As Tony Blair criticises Starmer for not joining Trump’s war, read Carole Cadwalladr on Blair, Big Tech and the Israel connection"

As the right wing press praises Tony Blair for his "rebuke" of Keir Starmer for not supporting Donald Trump's war on Iran ("We should have backed America from the very beginning."), time to re-up @carolecadwalla.bsky.social's investigation into the Tony Blair Institute

(mini 🧵)

Drown it? 🤷‍♂️

😂 sorry shouldn't laugh.

An Early Thorn moth resting, with wings held back like a butterfly, on a lichen covered branch

An Early Thorn moth resting on a lichen covered branch at night

Early Thorn moth caterpillar blending in with a plant stem

Happy #MothMonday! Looking like a butterfly at rest, the Early Thorn (Selenia dentaria) flies after dusk and is common and well distributed throughout the British Isles. 🦋

Look out for it this month!

📷: Bob Eade, Les Evans-Hill, Patrick Clement

#MothsMatter #TeamMoth

Reform UK under fire for sale of council's art works The sale of more than 360 art works shows 'utter contempt' for local history, it has been claimed

Reform UK under fire for selling Kent County Council's art works

www.kentlive.news/news/kent-ne...

SUN - NIL.
SEA - NIL.
SEX - NIL.

£40,000 Russian Bribe: Reform’s Shame Exposed YouTube video by Ben Goldsborough MP for South Norfolk

£40,000 in Russian bribes.

Reform’s former leader in Wales is now serving ten and a half years in prison.

Foreign interference in UK politics is not theory. It is fact. We must defend our democracy.

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Ant Middleton: Stop paying your TV license/tax people. Hit them where it hurts. Believe me, it works!

Man who was banned from being a director of a company for four years after failing to pay £1m+ in tax, leading to him selling his house and moving to a country that recently became a war zone, encourages his supporters to stop paying their tax, assuring them, "believe me, it works!"

Good morning , and thank you to Sheila Daglish for today's #FoxOfTheDay

Iran's FM condemns US attack on Qeshm's freshwater desalination plant, warns of grave consequences US President Donald Trump announced that Iran promised not to attack its neighbours anymore

Multiple news outlets are reporting a US attack on an Iranian #desalination plant.
If verified, this violates international law protecting #water systems during wars, and it sets a dangerous precedent, given intense dependence of Gulf countries on desalination.
timesofoman.com/article/1691...

Fact. The screwdriver that tightens the arms of spectacles is only available inside Christmas crackers. Opticians have to pull dozens of crackers to get the tools of their trade, and if you look out the back at Specsavers, you’ll find bins full of wire puzzles, hair bobbles and fortune telling fish.

BP’s new boss will take home at least £11.7m this year, more than double her predecessor Meg O’Neill will be first woman to serve as CEO of 117-year-oil firm when joining from Woodside Energy in April

BP’s new CEO to take home £11.7m this year, more than double her predecessor.

Daily pay > annual median pay of UK employee.

CEO pay at one company is a benchmark for another. Others will want more.

Govts, BOE, CBI and other neoliberals talk about wage inflation, but silence on fat-cattery.

How democratic is the UK? The UK has a crisis of democracy

Average real wage of UK workers barely moved since 2008.

Some bosses collect 1,110 times the average worker pay.

50 families have more wealth than bottom 50% of the population combined.

Super-rich buy political parties and lawmakers to advance their interests.

Did you vote for the above?

I have discovered a pile of Nigel droppings under my bed tonight.

God bless Rik Mayall 💔