Absolutely heatbreaking experiences and awful stories www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

What??? They devastated our beloved Chilterns for this?!? 🤦‍♀️

Ah, the annual festival of "you aren't even allowed to say Easter Egg anymore" is upon us. Fortunately, the imperious Emma Monk has it all ready covered for you.

Feeling sorry for myself as the anaesthetic wears off and the pain killers are yet to fully kick in. #dentalsurgery 😥

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Wow. Sadiq Khan asks Keir Starmer to not only “rejoin the EU Customs Union and the Single Market this Parliament”, but also to “fight the next general election with a clear manifesto commitment: a vote for Labour means we would rejoin the European Union”, without a second #Brexit referendum 👏

To anyone who used to follow me on Instagram (until the end of Jan when I was hacked and got kicked off my Meta)… you can now follow me again at my new account: instagram.com/Sam.ChilternGardenDesign. Hope to see you there!

Richard Tice: evading his tax so you have to pay more.

i feel like if i was tasked with not starting a war and bringing back US manufacturing jobs, i could have done a better job than this

If Mandelson was deemed fit to be both a member of the Lords and Privy Council, yet we are being told he is not fit to be ambassador, is there not a problem with the vetting for the 2 institutions he was already a member of? Do they all need revetting in light of this?

Not overall winner in either category but still got a couple of awards at today’s APL Awards for garden design.

‘Is it official Conservative policy that Britain should always submit to the whims of a venal narcissist surrounded by kleptocrats, sycophants and ultranationalist maniacs?’ Great line, Raf!

There’s going to be a premium on the price of reverse ferrets at this rate. Meanwhile Trump is probably cornering the market in them eh @mrjamesob.bsky.social ?

@ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social @zoegrunewald.bsky.social @stellacreasy.bsky.social I'm intrigued as to what happens when a woman becomes Home Secretary - who is the en vogue tailor who they all go to to get angular fitted powersuits suitable for Princesses of Darkness?

This is an absolutely huge jump in oil prices. It's also why Europe needs to get off fossil fuels asap (beyond climate change impact). We can't be beholden to this.

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez on Iran: “Spain is against this disaster. Because we understand that governments are here to improve people's lives, to provide solutions to problems, not to make people's lives worse. 1/2

My local phone repair shop has a pretty 🤨name. Anyone else got a candidate for ‘most unsuitable shop name’?

Harsh but fair: ‘A Labour source said: “A slow handclap for those self-appointed strategic geniuses who ridicule Labour values and think we can afford to sacrifice our core vote by mimicking the performative cruelty of Suella Braverman. ‘ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Lucifer has a point

The Rightists currently trying to goad Starmer into joining the military attack on Iran will be the first (and loudest) to moan about displaced Iranians coming over here.

JFC

In any case, £40 growth over 5 years is simply not enough. ‼️The government must focus on driving up living standards so families who have been struggling for years start to feel better off. Action across all aspects of government to bring down people's costs and boost their incomes is needed.

Polling holds too much sway over our democracy and governance. But the G&D by-election does show that Reform’s dominance is inflated by foreign/rightwing interests, irresponsible media support and Farage’s ego. If progressives can win despite all that, then hatred really is overpriced. Hope can win.

Rising ocean temps blamed for massive die-off of marine life. "Researchers examined the year-to-year change of 33,000 [fish] populations in the northern hemisphere.... They found the drop in biomass from chronic heating to be as high as 19.8% in a single year." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Who knew?

@nikkershaw.bsky.social Happy Birthday mate! Hope it’s a good one!

In recognition of today; quote post with something #Green you've photographed

Hard to imagine this isnt an early April Fool’s ‘a universe created by a flying spaghetti monster with noodly appendages.’ www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

From 2013

Last day of winter today. Been ill with cold for the entire month of February. On our way home from the snowy alps hoping to return to Spring, and to full health. One can dream, eh?

Perfect, no notes.

Another beautiful day in paradise that is the 3 Valleys. Good 40km snowboarding across to my old stomping ground of Courchevel, blasting down Les Creux and down to 1650.

“Rarely has a British political party unveiled a programme that combines cruelty with impracticality on such an extravagant scale.” Chilling on Reform’s increasingly confident fascism. High on viciousness and greed. Very low on wisdom. A ruinous combination. www.independent.co.uk/voices/zia-y...

Beautiful blue skies day in the Alps today with stunning views across the mountains and to Mknt Blanc

If only Peter Mandelson had a friend he could email for advice on a day like this.

Fine first day in the mountains. Getta load of this sunshine and crisp white snow! #valthorens #3valleys

An important reminder

@nataliehaynes.bsky.social loved your comments about the Olympic snowboarding commentary, on Strong Message Here. My favourite from Ed Leigh: ‘He’s put jam on his shoes and invited his trousers down to tea’! 🤷‍♀️

Not exactly news i was saying this a year ago! www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Board of Peace - Season 1

Dear media, Farage has assembled a team of spokespeople; he HAS NOT appointed a 'Shadow Cabinet'. Stop regurgitating his bullshit and call it out, instead.

This may have been missed today. More than 150,000 adults with disabilities should have at least £400 a year extra to help with living costs under changes announced by the government

Will anyone be asking about his CV and experience as an economist?

Gold in the Mixed Boardercross! Fantastic work, Hugh Nightingale and Charlotte Bankes! Great for Team GB and for snowboarding as a whole! 👏🏂🏅

Excuse me. How is this legal?!? www.theguardian.com/business/202...

@lewisgoodall.com @newsagents.bsky.social incredibly powerful and moving interview with Natalie Fleet MP yesterday. More people like her in Parliament and we’d be a lot better off as a country.

⛔️ UPDATE: All The Men Arrested So Far In #Epstein Scandal:

Loving the snowboarding at the Winter Olympics. The grace, speed and skill of the athletes is topped with risk and reward, but it’s the commentary from Ed Leigh and Tim Warwood that brings it alive.

🚨Do. not. use. individual's. actions to. attack. whole. groups.🚨 Not unless you want to take the blame for every person in your social demographic. Bad people exist in every group. That's not an excuse to use the actions of individuals to target those groups, particularly already marginalised groups