Compromise: we do airlift the tax-shirking “expats” 🙄 out of Dubai, but we charge them a fortune, and they have to wear clown costumes and land at Luton.

The Representation of the People Bill contains clauses to extend the franchise, make voter registration simpler, tackle dodgy money and reassess the unnecessary voter ID scheme. We've written briefings for all the main issues that you can find here: buff.ly/r40HviM

Reuse Carrot Pulp In Your Baked Goods And Taste The Magic - shorturl.at/ZnnuL -

Latin Name for Carrots: A Practical Guide to Botanical Nomenclature - Daucus Carota - shame the authors cannot show that correct name in the opening image! @WellnessHub

Ever thought of starting a gardening club for your kids at school? 🌱 VegPlotter.com offers a free teacher/school account to help get your kids growing! Jump into gardening and learn together. Find out more here: vegplotter.com/schools #SchoolGardening #VegPlotter

13 Plants That Can Survive An Unexpected Freeze, including carrots🥕🥕 Read More: www.housedigest.com/2101990/what...

Hershey blasted by Reese’s family over core ingredient changes - www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2026...

Nearly All Of The Carrots Sold In The US Come From California www.mashed.com/2096995/stat...

Sometimes I think about how much happier & better off things would be if Kamala had won & then I smack myself in the face for ever believing America would elect a woman as President.

Adam Lonitzer, 1582 - a German botanist, noted for his 1577 revised version of Eucharius Rösslin's herbal, wrote Kreuterbuch including - "Pastenachen Mören Pastinaca sativa, & sylvestris". Picture compliments of the Smithsonian Digital Collection - Moren = carrot in old German

Today's carrot reference from an ancient manuscript - 1487 - The Garden of Health - Wilde Moren - Wild Carrot Augsburg, Germany.Printed by Hamsen Schönsperger.

The tourism industry in the #USA has less tourists from #Canada. Now a clear decline from #Europe as well. Visa and immigration restrictions with invasive demands of access to #SocialMedia by #Trump are to blame The #WorldCup he hijacked will also be hit #FIFA #Soccer www.forbes.com/sites/suzann...

Just a bit of fun on this dreary cornyjokeco.com/carrot-jokes/

Post-Brexit sales of British farm products to EU fall by 37% NFU warn it could take years to restore Brexit losses despite efforts to smooth negotiations on farming and other elements of UK-EU reset So much for the promises that Brexit would benefit farmers. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Beta-Carotene in Carrots: A Complete Guide - wellness.alibaba.com/nutrition/be...

As the government’s upcoming Elections Bill is set to expand the franchise for all elections to 16, here is why voting isn’t like drinking and smoking.

The 2024 election was the most disproportional in British history. 16.6 million people ended up with an MP they didn't vote for. The Elections Bill could change this – but only if we demand fair votes now. buff.ly/liRmLTs

Happy Carrot Cake Day - February 3rd is the perfect excuse to enjoy a slice (or two!) and celebrate the growers behind the crops that make it possible. From field to fork, great farming makes great treats. 🥕

As the Electoral Commission noted, “We do not think that capacity constraints are a legitimate reason for delaying long planned elections” buff.ly/GLXYNG8

Everything you need to know about… the Carrot - www.funkidslive.com/learn/crew/e...

“Eat Carrots, Live Better” campaign to launch - FreshPlaza - www.freshplaza.com/north-americ...

A perverse warning. We’re so conditioned to price hikes, if your car insurance renewal doesn’t rise you’ll probably go ‘yay’. But… This is just the intro to scores of tricks from this week’s The Martin Lewis Money Show Live on cutting Car & Home Insurance costs.

The more the House of Lords leans into obstruction as a tactic, the clearer the case becomes for a second chamber that is modern, democratic, and accountable. electoral-reform.org.uk/lords-a-dela...

The Onion and Carrot Conference will be returning to Leicester Tigers Conference Centre - Thursday 26 November 2026

So basically Reform UK is now Rishi Sunak's Cabinet, just led by Nigel Farage.

The oldest cat flap in the world? C14th Exeter Cathedral

The brick spiral staircase inside the tower of the Moot Hall in Maldon (1420 AD), England Quite an engineering feat!

🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

BlueSky has lost the plot. I was age verified over 6 months ago. Now they want me to verify my age again! I am not prepared to give a photo or credit card details to a company which is potentially liable to be hacked.

Anyone ever had an email reply from BlueSky customer service? @support.bsky.team @safety.bsky.app

@adrianneb.bsky.social Remember this? the Loretta Chapel, Santa Fe 1878. The staircase has two 360 degree turns and no visible means of support. It is said that the staircase was built without nails—only wooden pegs. An act of God! shorturl.at/YeTXW

@bsky.app @safety.bsky.app Trying to access chats and I am asked to verify my age, which I did 5 month ago. So I tried - The email you send for this DOES NOT WORK Sheesh! Fix it or I leave!

For centuries, a “gossip” was a woman who attended another woman's delivery. The word was a corruption of “god-sib” or “god-sibling,” meaning “sister in the Lord.” The gossips offered support to mother & midwife. Only later did it become derogatory. More info: www.historyextra.com/period/gener...

Carrot Wreath, £10 in UK Home Bargains, $2 in Cleveland USA! Welcome to rip off Britain

When Saudi Arabia failed to hit the White House on 9/11, trump completed by destroying the East Wing 🙁

US President Trump says “We are now the only Country in the World that uses Mail-In Voting. All others gave it up because of the MASSIVE VOTER FRAUD ENCOUNTERED.” - nonsense! Canada, the UK, Germany, Australia, Switzerland. and More have postal voting.

Someone is Blueskys hierarchy decided to include a warning about nudity/sexual content on a genuine piece of C16th art by a follower of Da Vinci - a nude version of the Mona Lisa. You cannot see now as I have withdrawn it. I will not have my posts independently vetoed!

Join Barbara Monks, an experienced food teacher with an expertise in food science, gives valuable advice for food teachers on embedding food science in their lessons! foodafactoflife.org.uk/professional... pic.x.com/OVloa3TPgO

This new war is not only illegal, reckless and deeply corrupt, it is the latest in a series of increasingly desperate distractions from the EPSTEIN Files. #ImpeachAndConvict47NOW

Trump becomes the first US president to bоmb seven countries in one year. All have oil reserves. The countries targeted by US strikes under Trump in 2025 are: Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia, Syria, Nigeria, and Venezuela.

So in 2026, the USPS will no longer process mail as it comes in. It will process mail when they feel like it. So they can deliver a letter or a package a month later. The Convicted FElon is doing this to prevent mail-in voting without outlawing it. He doesn't want the Democrats to win the Midterms.

Scientists turn carrot waste into protein people prefer www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

Bayeux Tapestry goes on loan to the British Museum in 2026. Carrots depicted (of course!!). The veg in the artwork are interpreted by historians as parsnips or the white/purple-red wild ancestors of the modern carrot, common root veg at the time.

The Vegetable Seller - 1560's strong evidence to link the work to the Antwerp born painter, Joachim Beuckelaer (ca. 1535–1575).

@WillemdePrater The Lean Kitchen by Jan Steen oil on panel between 1650 and 1655. Carrots on the floor.

Parsnips vs Carrots: How Each Root Vegetable Supports Your Health - www.health.com/parsnips-vs-...

Pieter de Hooch - Woman Peeling Vegetables in the Back Room of a Dutch House circa 1657 Louvre Museum - another example of carrots in art @Goudriaan2 @emswifthook

The Health Benefits of Carrots—and the Best Ways to Eat Them - shorturl.at/PvJFr 🥕