Let silly hacks go and work on their next bit of Westminster gossip. THIS is the main news from that conference. The clearest indication yet, right from the top.

This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥

Satan: 'This is the river of lava where you'll suffer for all eternity.' Me: 'We're underground, so this is magma, not lava.' Satan: 'You do know THAT'S why you're here, don't you?' 🤷

It's all so supine and pathologically risk averse. A government trying to survive day to day, too scared to take the kindness of big decisive action which would repair the country and win an election. An unbelievable wasted opportunity.

The right wing elite are ruthless in protecting their own and getting what they want. They wanted Johnson. (And what a disaster that was for us). Now they want Farage. (Would be an off the scale catastrophe for the country). Time we woke up to the betrayal. www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...

This kid is brilliant. Voice of a generation.

#hiking goals 2026 Dolomites Alta via 1. A scramble up crib goch + 3 highest peaks in Snowdonia and the 3 highest peaks in the Lake District. & am aiming to total 350 miles hiked and spend 15 nights under canvas, including nights in 5 national parks.

Will UK Chancellor redistribute? End two-child benefit cap, cost £3bn-£3.6bn. Abolish VAT on domestic fuel, cost £2.5bn. Increase income tax personal allowance by £1000, cost £8.4bn. Taxing capital gains at same rate as wages, generates £14bn+ more in NIC. Another world is possible.

I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.

There were 93 homicides in London last year: population 9 million In New York - population 8.5 million - there were 391. London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago. And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing

My Celtic roots and Wessex homeland mean I'm closer to the original Britons and English than most, and i say we should stay focussed on our true enemy who is not brown. It's those Scandinavian pricks, and possibly the Italians. Do not allow the U.S dark money men misdirect your righteous hatred.

#hiking youtu.be/hvAerVTaerQ?... hiking highlights of 2024 on my new 360 camera

#hiking #backpacking Plans for next year:The Tour Du Mont Blanc with my 8 yr old son,+plenty of training in the Brecon Beacons, The Ridgeway, a Pewsey/Wansdyke/Avebury/Ridgeway loop and short hikes in western Oz.+testing all my new hiking gear & new drone & cam youtube.com/@manandboy75

Incredible Boxing day #hiking today, way above the low clouds in the Brecon Beacons (Bannau Brycheiniog.) went from the upper neuadd reservoir, up Craig y Fan Ddu and Fan Y Big, with incredible views over Cribyn, Pen y fan and Corn Du.Blue skies and not a breath of wind.All our warm gear not needed

8 months later. They've got worse if anything.

Possibly my favourite/most difficult ever #hiking trip yesterday on the Murchison river gorge loop, in Kalbarri national park in Western Australia. 5.8 miles in a stunning canyon, with some hairy scrambles/climbing and 38 degree heat to contend with. It's a very special place.

The most incredible day snorkelling with turtles and Manta Rays on Ningaloo reef today. Bucket list stuff, but very glad the Tiger shark waited till we were back on the boat before it came to say hi

Incredible overnight #hiking through Wiltshire around Warminster with my new rucksack/tent/sleeping pad/quilt/shoes (all performed brilliantly). It's some very special country

Listen to this! It's great...We are very proud of it. I only wish Steve was still with us to see it released and out in the wild. open.spotify.com/track/4bSWJ5...

incredible #hiking on the North Wessex Downs today near Oare/Huish. Such a beautiful place. Getting miles/elevation into the legs, in preparation for our long treks this summer. If you have any spare cash,please consider donating here: www.justgiving.com/page/brendon...

youtu.be/8PWAGV-Px7Y Stop what you're doing! The new Man&Boy YouTube video just dropped! etc #hiking #outdoors #australia

Australia's best kept secret? An Epic road trip - 3 weeks and 3500 miles in WA part 1 - Perth to Exmouth. #australia #travel #westernaustralia #roadtrip youtu.be/rbu7K1xVzVs?...

Last video from our trip to Western Australia. youtu.be/LMkwBLyHyJA?... #roadtrip# Australia #Travel

A beautiful day to be #hiking along the Ridgeway. 8 miles from Mongewell to Nuffield along Grim's Ditch ancient earthworks and back. Getting some miles and elevation into the legs and getting my boy used to the rucksack for our big hikes in the summer. www.justgiving.com/page/brendon...

Epic #hiking and wild camping in the New Forest this weekend.

So much history(hill forts,giant earthworks and burial mounds etc, spanning neolithic, iron age, bronze age. And early medieval) , incredible views (across Pewsey Vale to sth and towards Avebury and the Ridgeway to nth) and wildlife in abundance (hares, rabbits, fox, deer, and so many butterflies).

An incredible 3 days #hiking and #wildcamping up in the 'Wiltshire Alps' and along the Wansdyke. Was a real privilege to be out there.

youtu.be/xJd_QdgGpAM?... in which I get repeatedly lost as I wander aimlessly around Wiltshire. #hiking #backpacking

3 days #hiking and #wildcamping up on the #Ridgeway, Britain's oldest path,in use for 5000+ years. Neolithic, iron and bronze age, Roman, and medieval history everywhere you look &views forever over the countryside. share.google/BvioXYe6R1VG... donate to our 3 charities here if you can.4 days to go!

That's a wrap! 90 miles, over 7 days, with my 8 year old son, #hiking the #Ridgeway, from Avebury in Wilts, to Ivinghoe beacon in Bucks. An incredible journey in its own right, but here serving as the entree to our Tour Du Mont Blanc in 10 days. Donate here if you can share.google/U50Bah6dKB52...

Finished #hiking the Tour du Mont Blanc with my boy today.9 days, 3 countries, 80 miles, 7km of elevation gain. Gutted that is over, it's been a very special time. Donations gladly received here on the top three fundraisers share.google/lRkmWhdFtzis...

#hiking in #Utah did not disappoint. Hiked up the Lake blanche trail to the lake on Friday, then climbed up along the ridge to Sundial peak on Saturday, my first solo 10,000 footer, and then caught my first fish in lake Lillian on Sunday. What a weekend!

Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I've always felt that Johnson and Farage put self-interest over the national interest - hence their dallying with Putin and his oligarchs. But directly colluding with a foreign government to take down the BBC feels like an act of supreme treachery

Just absolutely classic BBC. You've just broadcast the most successful programme of the year, uniting Gen Z kids online and Boomers on broadcast in a return to appointment television. And instead of celebrating, your DG reigns due to a made-up right-wing scandal.

@crankyoldcrackpot.bsky.social I love this definition of HOPE!

@cateccles.bsky.social makes an excellent case for why the ECHR is fundamental to our rights. "Stand up and fight for the convention and our place. Let's be bold."

What if there was a consensus on the tax reforms the UK needs? What if it was backed by policy experts from think tanks across the political spectrum, from the Adam Smith Institute to the Resolution Foundation? The consensus is real. The question is: will anyone act on it?

Reeves considers cut to green levies to reduce cost of energy bills. Cut bills by cutting profiteering, change Ofgem's marginal pricing method, improve housing, nationalise energy. Fund green levies through general taxation. Take equity stake for govt subsidies. There must be no free cash.

Since mid 90s UK stats for all crime are down. Same for violent crime. Uk Homicide rate down significantly since the mid 00s, Knife crime is down below pre-covid levels. London's violent crime and homicide rates are down below most comparable American or European cities.For all the Elons out there

Of course it is. Mussolini and Hitler and Franco all blamed immigrants to seize power. The same old playbook is being used.

Daniel Hannan was born in Peru.

If it was a White guy stabbing people on a train all the people screaming about it now on Twitter would have never even said a thing. You are racists, you spread hate, it is you that are the danger.

▪️ If it's an immigrant... "See!" ▪️ If it's not an immigrant, but they're not white (or don't have a white British name)... "See! Next generation of immigrants!" ▪️ If it's a white guy with a British name... "See! See what these immigrants made good peaceful people do?!"

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/...

This is driving me insane, now. There's no way Labour is winning an election without improving public services and cost of living. If you think further cuts in public services to honour a daft election pledge is going to save either 'trust in politics politics' or Labour you need to get out more.

Drifting ever south-west on the political compass. 5-10 years ago I'd have been much closer to the middle, but this labour government have helped prove to me that I was wrong.

womp womp