Done ✔️

Morning Mary. Still dark and raining here. Not much to get outside for, so an indoor day with time for a little family research.

Good night Mary - sweet dreams.

😂

Best of luck.

A message from our PM, Sir Keir Starmer: For me, patriotism is about pride. It's about serving an interest that is more than yourself. Rebuilding our public services. Growing our economy from the grassroots. Renewing our country. Until we can say with total conviction: Britain is built for all.

Reform says not paying VAT on sales was an error bit.ly/4nZQETT Party promises to pay anything owed after failing to register for VAT when income from ticket sales exceeded the threshold

So beautiful!

Never too early to think about gifts. Especially the ones for yourself (those are the best).

I wonder? @privateeyenews.bsky.social

Might just do that - eat up the leftovers too!

I had two English based cousins who had no idea of the evils of Brexit and voted for it. I could not convince them.

It’s on my visit list when I get back from France.

I wish! Morning Mary. Very windy here but friends coming to late lunch so something to look forward to.

That fur coat might come in handy if the weather turned.

I worked for Babcock & Wilcox in London when younger, before teaching. I translated a manual on tower cranes, hence my familiarity!

What a great story! Grues of course in French has both meanings too.

This machine kills fascists.

Three lots of cranes flying south over the house this evening - wonderful to see and hear. @hettiewagtail.bsky.social and @traumainformedcontent.com Do you see them too?

@rspb.bsky.social Just saw (and heard) the perfect V of cranes fly over the house

Hope it all went (or is still going) well Mary. Busy day for me & looking forward to a Nat.Archives lecture on Railway Ancestors. No sound on computer so spent frustrating time trying to sort it. As on wifi in 🇫🇷 could access solely on i-Phone 4G. Annoyed!!

Good luck!

A very unpleasant character.

Enjoy this Friday and then - weekend! Hope the knees hold out…

It’s a good read.

In PMQs, Kemi Badenoch asked Keir Starmer "what's the point of us having a lawyer rather than a leader" as PM if he "can't get the law right" on national security Starmer: "She's clearly not a lawyer or a leader. The problem for her is I do actually understand the law"

I fully concur

Hi Trevor - downloaded a sample of your book on Kindle - really enjoyed it so have now purchased the full story. 12 years older than you, not gay, a London child, I found nevertheless many similar experiences to those you describe. Congratulations on your publication.

Had to look up HWA - Historical Writers Association. Very good news and fingers crossed for you and this super book! 🤞

Enjoy your day Mr Em. We’re cutting a couple of trees, one of which is encroaching on the road and the other just getting too big. Still surrounded by beautiful countryside however!

Gosh you look so different!

Good morning Mary - up early to hang out washing. Pretty chilly but bright blue sky & max. 19° today. Neighbour helping us take down two trees which are getting too big. “Timber!!! “

Good morning Mary. Tea, a shower, breakfast with coffee, Wordle… no rush. Enjoy your day. Bright but chilly start here.

Me too.

It’s probably because my phone showed me as being in France!

These Netanyahu ghouls claim to speak not only for all Jewish people, but for the entire world. But by sucking up to Trump, they ensure that none of them will go on trial in The Hague any time soon.

In case you missed it ... Barnier has said many times over the years that the door is always open for us to rejoin the EU. We'd lose the rebate we used to have, of course. But anything would be better than continuing our isolation and decline with Brexit.

Corbyn paid lip service to being anti-Brexit and he shut out my views on remaining in the EU.

My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now. Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏

Unavailable! (NB from a pedant - its surroundings).

Appalling

BBC News, "In this world of rubble, they're finding many more dead Palestinians in areas the Israelis left"

This poll in The Times is still open. Go to —> compass.pressekompass.net/compasses/ti...

Husband thought it was rubbish - I loved it!

Can’t agree that Blair is evil. He made a huge mistake with the Iraq war but his time as PM brought welcome changes in GB and in Ireland.

Really admire #AliceRoberts but cannot stand anything involving #Rylan. So shan’t be watching.

Don’t call people ‘demented’ lightly. My dad died with dementia. It was traumatising. When I call Trump ‘demented’, it’s because I mean it. I think that everything I have seen and heard suggests an acute cognitive decline that goes way beyond his usual ignorant, dumb and narcissistic self.

With a dodgy knee my steps are unlikely to be graceful but I will glide along flat surfaces with enthusiasm today as the sun is shining. Bon courage for the week ahead Mr Em.

Good morning Mary - in shorts yesterday & today but cover up in the chilly evenings. Sunny days give a good feeling. Enjoy your day & stay warm.