This year I’m doing something different - I’m only going to talk about this one appeal. Please donate at the link here if you possibly can, or share this to beat the far right vigilante groups 👉 www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...

HOT OFF THE PRESS: Time for Change is here! Sick of the constant demonisation of migrants? Want to see an alternative plan? Our new report by @zoejardiniere.bsky.social outlines 9 steps to a system that delivers dignity for all. Read it here: www.anothereurope.org/time-for-cha...

Eminent lawyer Michael Mansfield KC tells the Byline Podcast that police should "look again" at the former Prime Minister's handling of the pandemic www.bylinesupplement.com/p/met-police...

It's always the ones you most expect... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The bloody neighbours have gone out and left John Cage’s 4’33 on full blast again.

ON THE BLOG: Prince Andrew and the future of the monarchy Last month, the royal family announced that Prince Andrew was to have his title and honours removed. Robert Hazell explains what has changed, how it was done, what might still happen, and what this could mean for the monarchy as a whole.

What if, instead of racing animals, we simply do not?

Spike Milligan’s version was almost clairvoyant: The grand old Duke of York went to town with his trousers down And when they were up they were up And when they were down they were down And when they were only half way up he was arrested.

Laugh!!

Le soleil brille!

Tragically hilarious

I’m told it’s rose day. Here are some of mine. #rosewednesday

It’s ‘International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia & Transphobia’, or as I call it, ‘Being A Decent Human Being Day’. Observe it by questioning media, who call the right of LGBTQ ppl to exist ‘a debate’. Persecution, violence, rape & murder are not a debate, they’re crimes. #IDAHOBIT

Amen.

Vertical gardening

Bluesky

More of the creeping thyme pathway, from the other direction, as we grow snowdrift, russettings (in the middle) and creeping red thymes under the pergola 🌱🇬🇧 #flowers #herbs #bloomscrolling

MARIA RESSA 11-16-24 'Hold the line': Americans should learn from the Philippines’ experience. Trump’s conduct is straight out of the same strongman playbook that others have used, & his presidential victory is part of a recent global trend of illiberal leaders being elected democratically.

When Farage reads this, he will have a meltdown. 👇

It’s time to revise the term “A week’s a long time in politics”

Seeing as everyone is writing Brexit anniversary pieces, I thought I'd give it a go. Brexit for 🇪🇺 didn't begin in. 2020 or even 2016. Brexit began during the financial crisis, with UK blackmail. A 🧵

“The relationship between intelligence and rationality is only a weak correlation. There’s something beyond intelligence that you need to have in order to be rational,” argues John Vercaeke. | https://buff.ly/3WnlDNQ Tap to join him, alongside Frank Furedi and Isabel Milla. #philosophy #cogpsyc

Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"

"Your sacred cities are made a wasteland ... Jerusalem a desolation". As the world's flagship democracy prepares to kneel before Donald Trump, here's some music by William Byrd: a composer who knew what it was to see the things in which he most believed laid waste. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWAy...