"Labour has gone utterly bonkers" Just constantly repeating the nonsensical line you're given multiple times doesn't instill any sense.

Happy 60th birthday to Thunderbirds. The best TV series of all time! A week older than I am.

+++ 'THUNDERBIRDS' - first aired 60 years ago, on this day, the 30th of September 1965 +++ #Thunderbirds #OTD

@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social: "Nigel Farage wants an insurance-based system for the NHS." "That's a system that would check your pockets before your pulse."

In 2008, West Yorkshire authorities renamed Tickle Cock Bridge, Tittle Cott. The original name was reinstated after a group of elderly residents protested. One said ‘I feel we should never alter names and Tickle Cock has a very clear message behind it’.

Don't forget why there's a by-election next week in #Corby. It's due to their Councillor Robert Bloom's resignation following the news that he shouted the ‘n’ word repeatedly at a black family who live close by to him. www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/people/...

“Farage and others had marched through a quiet Sussex village very late at night shouting Hitler-youth songs" www.channel4.com/news/nigel-f...

"The truth is that on a rapidly heating planet, a pragmatic approach means we are playing Russian roulette with all six barrels loaded. The only question is just how big a mess we will make when we pull the trigger" In case you missed it www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Cool. "Solar-powered ‘artificial plant’ purifies radioactive soil by 95% in 20 days" interestingengineering.com/innovation/a...

A reminder that today is Michaelmas, on which day in parts of Ireland rent could be paid in geese. If you’re due to pay rent this month, please consider setting a very irritated goose on your landlord in lieu of payment, in the name of upholding important Irish traditions.

"A 3D printable bio-active glass could be used to repair bone damage and help them grow back, a study suggests." www.newsweek.com/scientists-c...

We went to the Kirkby Green Light Railway in Lincolnshire today for their last running session of the season. It's a lovely little railway run by volunteers with all proceeds to charity. They'll be opening again to the public at Easter.

This is wrong, but let's apply the same high bars that people wanting to come here have to meet to the flagshaggers. How many of them could pass these? High level of English. No criminal record. Not received benefits. Contributed to society. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Imagine the Trump-inspired country Farage wants for Britain. No NHS, huge insurance bills, people denied care. That’s Trump’s America. Don’t let it become Farage’s Britain.

I'm no great fan of Keir Starmer. But this is disgusting. Simply, he did *not* say that. Get this "newspaper" for (an overpriced) 56p? It's not a newspaper. It's a Nazi-style propaganda sheet. And the editor can't see the truth because his tongue is firmly wedged up Nigel Farage's backside... 🤮

Some really welcome news from Moldova. The lesson, once again: When broadly moderate, liberal voters grasp the magnitude of the danger and unite, they win - and win big. ~AA www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A "Work guarantee" for young people... I reality it's going to force people into unsuitable jobs. Force disabled folk into jobs with no support or accommodations. And how are you going to get employers to guarantee employment? This "Work sets you free" attitude is so dangerous

Doing Putin’s bidding? That is Trump’s America, don’t let it become Farage’s Britain. We need a new inquiry by the Intelligence and Security Committee into Reform and Farage's links to Russia.

Reform UK take donation from Greybull, the Private Equity who killed British Steel. www.forbes.com/sites/france...

I've just got home from a hospital appointment. Almost everyone was from a different background to me - nurses, doctors, an African lady, cleaning. Every one of them was of greater worth to society than Nigel Farage could ever dream of being - not that I imagine he dreams of being a good citizen 🤮

Farage is applying for a job. That job is Prime Minister. The only thing on his CV is Brexit. He campaigned for it for 27 years. So his only real track record is making everyone poorer & damaging the NHS. If you hire Nigel & Reform, you must want this company (UK) to fail.

I wonder if this guy is related to "Boris Johnson" who introduced "voter id" as Prime Minister in 2023 ... off the back of some crazy US conspiracy theories ... and in the process, made digital ID pretty much inevitable.

Beneath the hawthorn A chaffinch has left An empty space Where once his song Danced in the unfinished light. #naturewriting #naturepoetry #birds

To mark this weekend's 200th anniversary celebrations of the Stockton & Darlington Railway (S&DR) here's a reminder of a brilliant #postboxtopper in Yarm #railway #PostboxSaturday #locomotive @folkloresociety.bsky.social

Imagine if the Government devoted this much money and focus on getting waiting times down, or fixing care, instead of pursuing Labour’s decades long obsession with ID cards and state control. We will fight this mandatory scheme tooth and nail - just as we successfully did against Blair’s ID cards.

In the late 17th century, the librarian of the Vatican wrote a treatise on how Jesus' foreskin ascended to become the rings of Saturn.

Nigel Farage is pushing Trump’s dangerous anti-science agenda in the UK. It’s irresponsible and wrong.

Are Reform UK just ignoring SEND families rather than formally cutting services - just pretending these kids don't exist? Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin was asked about this on TV, saying families were abusing the system. They are just trying to get the basics. www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/people/...

Old photo: In the north of the Isle of Skye, the spectacular Mealt Falls descend over 60m from Kilt Rock (Creag an Fheilidh) directly into the Sound of Raasay.

Thought for the day. How do Welsh people pronounce 'Llama'? 😀

Sky News and the BBC repeatedly mention the "migrant crisis" in doing so they are normalising and legitimising far right talking points. There is no "migrant crisis", there is only migrant hysteria, which the British media is feeding into instead of countering.

This captures much of the frustration of today.

It's not the boat people it's the yacht people that have got you feeling that the world is so messed up and unfair atm The different is the yacht people can buy politicians, media groups and social media platforms, and the boat people can't

New research shows that when mainstream parties take more anti-immigration positions, it leads to more support for the radical right, not less. We must reject the division. Reject the hatred. And build a coalition of progressive voices that represent all. https://bit.ly/4gFEUCW

Nigel Farage & Alex Phillips have been awfully quiet about Nathan Gill pleading guilty to eight counts of bribery relating to pro-Russia statements made in European parliament and articles. Just wanted to refresh their memories about how they were all a team through that period.

Rambling around no mooring, no beer Ansty. Hawthorn and the Oxford canal. The hedgerows are just starting to turn. Great to get into the fresh air, peace and boundless horizons. #Warwickshire #Nature #ukcanals

I expect the ID card thing will be dropped within about a week with Labour claiming "It was only ever a suggestion!" but until then, why not register your disapproval (if you disapprove). petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Einsteins theory has been proven.

Everyone: What's government doing about the cost of living crisis, the climate crisis, and the unfolding genocide in Gaza? Labour: "We will mandate people carry Brit cards". This government's priorities are painfully out of touch and increasingly authoritarian.

'What if I just don't do it?' Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy was challenged about plans for digital ID and told #BBCBreakfast 'we're not planning to go round fining people' but 'you will have a problem if you want to get a new job'

One interesting feature of Norman French is that it retained the hard C sound (found in words like cat). Over time in other parts of France this sound would evolve into more of a soft sound and be written as ch, which you can see in modern French "chateau"

Option 1: Stop selling arms to a genocidal regime, impose sanctions, and empower Palestinian self-rule. Option 2: Wheel out Tony (we can't believe we're writing this) Blair to govern the Gaza strip. Which one will the government go for do you think?

Keir Starmer's aides are reportedly telling him not to go to the COP30 climate conference, because Reform would attack him for it. Yes, they might. And he should wear it as a badge of honour. Standing up for humanity, for science and a habitable planet. Where's the hazard in that?

In 1879, ‘Punch’ predicted video calls: In this cartoon, parents ‘set up an electric camera obscura over their bedroom mantel-piece, and gladden their eyes with the sight of their Children at the Antipodes, and converse gaily with them through the wire’.

Accepting bribes from Putin's agents, to make pro-Russian statements in the European Parliament 🤮 And just remind me... Which other figure in Reform named Vladimir Putin when asked which political leader he most admired? Mark you, that was before Trump got re-elected. share.google/zOx2XCK3QuTN...

Keir Starmer wants to force everyone to have a digital ID. But the Liberal Democrats say that’s not the kind of country we should be. Instead, the government should focus on fixing real problems like the NHS and social care.

Just your annual reminder to raise a glass to Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov who on this date in 1983 saved ALL our lives when he decided to wait for evidence in stead of passing on the message that could have caused armageddon.

The Government is planning to roll out mandatory digital ID. It’s invasive and could mean millions of people unable to go about their daily lives. Right now it's just an idea - we need to stop it becoming a reality. Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...