I got this at the knitting & stitching show at Alexandra Palace a few years ago from a pottery stall. It was the best mug I’ve ever had. The colour, handle, thickness & size were just perfect. Sadly I smashed it. I’ve never managed to find another & can’t trace the potter. I think about it often.

I just signed the campaign calling to say NO chlorinated chicken on our supermarket shelves! This seems to have heading our way for years. It’s disgusting.

When he was chasing a headline, Nigel Farage said he’d scrap the two child limit. Now Labour’s actually doing it, he’s going to vote against. You’re a fraud Nigel Farage.

Anger as Kent County Council confirms plan to sell former Folkestone Library building in Grace Hill www.kentonline.co.uk/folkestone/n...

US seizes Russian oil tanker with Britain’s help- The Times and The Sunday Times. US “will always be there for Nato, even if they won’t be there for us” says Trump. Man is an idiot with no knowledge of history. We shouldn’t be supporting this tyrant. I’m nauseated by our grovelling.

Reform UK won’t say ‘private’ when talking about the NHS. Richard Tice is calling it ‘independent’: "Instead of giving £26bn to the already bloated wasteful NHS, we proposed easing pressure on the health service by incentivising those who can afford to pay more to go independent with a tax break."

MAGA Rep Launches Savage Attack on Trump’s Epstein Coverup - The Daily Beast. So, how old are Bennet, Hickenlooper and Hurst?

Third of Reform UK’s council leaders have expressed vaccine-sceptic views

Putin gets the last word with Trump — again - The Times and The Sunday Times. “Sensing the threat that the Ukrainian president could start to appear reasonable…” you bloody what? Reasonable to this pair of gangsters, one of whom has invaded your country? What a load of rubbish.

Infuriating NEWS... The damage Trump is doing is irreversible... Just destroyed native protected land that was home to wildlife AND outrage as he damaged sacred Indigenous Burial Grounds Irreversible Damage

‘We refuse to be forced out of our second home’ - The Times and The Sunday Times. Triumphant story about freeloading.

I just signed the massive public invoice of £3.4 billion to GSK - will you sign too?

Reform UK used this graphic during the Local Elections to criticise Councils. Now the councils they control are raising Council Tax by the same or more. Reform UK lie their way in to power. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Trump to speak at World Cup draw upon receiving Fifa Peace Prize - The Athletic. The consolation prize.

Crypto investor donates record £9m to Reform UK - BBC News. He doesn’t even live in the UK. How is this legal?

Listening to “mem’ries” by Telly Savalas for a laugh seems to have added about 11 years to my age on Spotify.

Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April - The Guardian. This is plain mean. So people are going to have to show their birth certificate to join the WI? Will all members have to do this? What harm does a trans woman joining the WI do?

The Princess of Wales rewears a favourite Alexander McQueen coat dress to welcome the German president to London - Tatler. Oh no!!!! 😱

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025.... Oh when I was doing my mental health nurse training we were told about political classification of mental illnesses by the USSR. I don’t think it’s a good idea for politicians to classify mental illnesses.

We've created a simple tool so you can find out whether your local NHS trust is using Palantir's software and asking them to resist Wes Streeting's push to sign up for it. goodlaw.social/zr8w

“Perhaps the ‘sunlit uplands’ were in the EU all this time…”

This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 30,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week. Please sign and share 🙏 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

How much does the royal family really cost the British public? - The Times and The Sunday Times. Blimey they are making fools of us. What a ridiculous country we are.

I tried ‘blood cleaning’, the latest wellness fad - The Times and The Sunday Times. @merseyskeptics.org.uk what do you make of this, then??

"This was the bedroom. If we had been sleeping here, we would have been crushed." Russian drone strike hit the top floor of the building in one of Kyiv's residential complexes, destroying an apartment. 📹: Radio Liberty

Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break - CNN. Glad to hear we aren’t assisting the US in murder.

Andrew may gain a royal title after all: order of the hyphen - The Times and The Sunday Times. Ridiculous article. Who cares?

www.rawstory.com/trump-267427.... Dogs are renowned for cracking.

Lincolnshire autumn colours and a cosy greyhound. #greyhounds

6 November 1942 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Valeria Heiman, was born in Satoraljaujhely to Géza and Sári. In May 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. --- Watch our webinar about deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/M42znxofU5Q

I’ve been wondering about whether I would consider voting Tory to keep reform idiots out. This could be a possibility in my area. I’m not sure I could bring myself to do it.

Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres to sell off land - The Guardian. I didn’t know there were still any LA funded care homes left! Used to visit them a lot as a CPN and they weren’t fancy but the care was good. Hope Lancs manage to keep them.

Farage sold Brexit as freedom and left Britain poorer. Now he wants to cut wages for young people while pretending it’s reform. The man who broke the economy shouldn’t be trusted to fix it.

🔴The UK Must Urgently Distance Itself From Elon Musk and Space X, Warns Parliamentary Report The UK’s infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could ‘politicise’ our reliance upon his companies, the report warns bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...

Beautiful views of Lincolnshire from Gonerby dog park. Newly opened. It’s lovely but very muddy at present. My greyhound does not like having dirty feet!

Don't believe the myth of young men flocking to Reform en masse (though complacency would also be foolish)

FFS Daily Mail No - the school classrooms were NOT used to teach “adult migrants” Your own article explains this TWICE - and yet your headline…?🙄 I covered this yesterday in a thread when it was just RW accounts lying on Twitter Now the DM are on it, let’s go again! 🧵 1/12

Sherwood Pines looking beautiful yesterday

If you're a member of the National Trust remember to vote for council members by midnight tonight. Use the Quick Vote option. Entryist pressure group Reform Trust is trying to seize control. Stop them Voting is quick and easy if your membership card is at hand secure.cesvotes.com/V3-3-0/nt25/...

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Love this, love my City. #HighParkStreet #Liverpool

Minority representation on TV causes outrage From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

Wonderful!!

Farage: epic grifter

Zelenskyy arrives in London for meeting with European leaders - The Guardian. What’s the rationale for not using Russian money? They damned well caused all of this carnage and destruction.