Wasn’t it Dean Acheson the American Secretary of State who said “The UK has lost an empire but failed to find a new role” Briefly many of us thought as a key member of the European Union we had found that new role!

A privilege to see the new Noah Baumbach film “Jay Kelly” with George Clooney in the best film I’ve seen him in for a long time.

Time to lick our wounds, reinvigorate the campaign by refreshing our tactics & broadening & renewing our base of support with passion & energy!

All my friends living in Blackheath & Greenwich are desperate to preserve the historic farmers market & oppose the plans to build even more tall ugly high-rise apartments.Please sign the petition!

Am I correct in thinking that during the 2017 Election the Conservatives were able to receive substantial donations from Russian sources but donated through someone who had dual nationality?

"Boris Johnson was branded a coward as it emerged he could face legal action over failures during the pandemic that led to 23,000 excess deaths. His actions during the pandemic amount to 'one of the gravest betrayals of the British public in modern history'." #CovidInquiry

This is the quality of discussion we desperately need.

In my last three years in Parliament I called for much more robust action on Russian influence in Parliament & on political parties & their influence on funding of election campaigns.MI5 informed me that the high profile Russians in London “had not broken any laws”

Who are the manufacturers of WET WIPES? Surely these ghastly polluting items should be banned immediately or their design radically transformed! We have known about these notorious polluting products for years who is lobbying for these people?

Let’s get better at working together all of us who dream of a more open & honest politics.

We must never forget Gert and every other victim of this inhumanity.

Wow love the game England brilliant against the All Blacks! Thank you for an amazing experience!

They’ve all gone into hiding with Cameron & Osborne those two naughty public school boys on work experience.#Honest Politics

Surely no sane or sensible human being would want to swap the BBC for global moguls owning & manipulating our local regional national & global news? Tory governments placed their people in senior BBC management and a Tory Newspaper stirred the pot.

Surely we must now ban all open fires and all wood burning stoves with a fine for persistence and a small level of compensation for lower income house-holds.

On my visit to JCB to see their inspirational investment in hydrogen powered equipment a young engineer whispered in my ear “none of us vote Tory here but we keep it quiet to humour the boss!”

True but deeply troubling.

The WHO is the same so dependent on finding friends & donors with access to lots of cash. This undermines effectiveness & deeply damages its reputation and independence.

This tragically runs through so many organisations my experience with the World Bank & its Global Road Safety Program so quickly it became dominated by big donors from auto,alcohol & oil corporates!

Bravo Bernie speaking truth to tyrants as usual! Keep going!

Mine does!

Let’s also honour them by providing their descendants today with great education skills-good jobs amazing homes & healthcare.That is what they also fought for!

He was the unifying force behind the birth of the European Union. His idea was to unite the French and German coal and steel industries after WWII. He is Jean Monnet. And today, on his birthday, we honour his role in building the EU as we know it today. 🔗 Learn more: link.europa.eu/VmwHpV

Where are our Jean Monnets today?

Will anyone in Parliament enquire about the imports of aircraft & other products from Russia? Contrary to the UK ban on trade with Putin’s brother!

My kind of campaigner Rosamund Kissi-Debra at the Royal Courts of Justice every day for the Diesel-gate trial the trial our media is too timid or too lazy to cover!

One of my contributions in Parliament was to inform the House that when I had my DNA checked I was surprised to learn I was 34% Irish with a substantial Scandinavian link at around 30% I urged the Speaker to support all MPs doing the same & sharing the information.

Today we are celebrating the Birthday of Lucy our daughter who is a wonderful woman wife mother poet & daughter she is incredible woman & we are so proud of her.

I find this in very poor taste from Holland.Why burn a Margaret Thatcher when there are so many real villains to choose from some of them very close by to Gosmer?

Hasn’t Rupert Murdoch always disliked the royal family? He would surely love an elected president chosen by him & his media empire.

Of course I'm worried about socialism. I mean, just imagine if Mamdani one day becomes President and nationalizes industry, imposes historic tax hikes, goes after the media, builds a secret national police force, militarizes the country, and sends people to camps.

Spec-Savers visit?

Quentin Letts unreliable!

Why do we need a new plastics plant merely to make Jim Ratcliffe wealthier?

It’s Chinese I’m told.

Those of us who fought desperately to remain in the European Union will never forget or forgive those who failed us in that brave fight.

The Netherlands are the Goodnewslands!

All the evidence says you are right!

Pennsylvania has an important Supreme Court race coming up on Tuesday, November 4. If you live in the Keystone State, or know someone who does, vote YES to retain three justices who will protect your fundamental rights and freedoms.

the news is hard to scroll through. everything is brutal and ugly and cruel. will try to do something to help someone today. and tomorrow. and again and again. will try to make myself a counter to my own nagging despair.

What a contrast the thoughtful measured thoughts of John Major & the looney-toons intervention of worlds weirdest Willy Wonka.

My heartfelt thanks to Ella-Kissi-Debra who is attending each & every session of the Diesel-Gate trial in the High Court London!

Hours before this he was bragging about how he supposedly aced a cognitive exam.

Eric is a Missouri congressman. He is quite literally dependent on the federal government for his paycheck, his housing, and his free healthcare. He’s a tax recipient.

But the great American public have democratically intuitively wisely called it TEB!

I’m no longer sure which cabinet ministers speak for which Department!

@adybee.bsky.social During Covid political differences in do many towns like Huddersfield we suspended political bickering met regularly as MPs local council leaders of all parties with public health & hospital teams so that we could save as many lives as possible.

Covid was terrible so many lives lost so much damage to every aspect of national wellbeing yet it was also a time in many communities of great neighbourhood support help & kindness. We shouldn’t forget this.

All families go through difficult sometimes tragic & turbulent times.Real friends gather round with kindness wisdom & support.