I’m committed to building a greener, fairer and more thriving local community - which means cleaner rivers, free from sewage, waste and pollution. That’s why I was delighted to visit Wey Kayak Club over the weekend to support this year’s 'Big Paddle Cleanup' (running from 23 May to 7 June).

‘While Shrew watched Crow creating the most beautiful carved feather, he remembered gathering the softest of feathers to tickle his babies and soothe their tears away’. The Gift Gatherers Creatures in the May collection this Saturday 8pm

The fourth Reform councillor suspended, expelled or forced to resign since being elected on...Thursday

Farage: "We've just won an election"

Three new Reform councillors (and counting) gone already

"You boy - are the media still pretending it's OK that someone who wants to be Prime Minister covered up a £5 million gift?"

“Cumulus”, 10x8 inch acrylic on panel. Listed soon in Small Originals at jeanietomanek.com Trying to feel lighter?

Shebana Mahmood telling Starmer to consider his position is about as tone deaf as you can get. Her appointment is one of his errors. She seems to be competing with Patel and Braverman for the prize for most obnoxious anti-immigrant child of immigrants 🙄.

I was quite looking forward to the King's Speech on Wednesday, but I now get the sense it will be like watching a very elaborate dress rehearsal for the next Labour leader, rather than a legislative agenda that might actually be implemented

Storm at Sea #AIart #Midjourney8

Children in the slums of Cumberland Street, Dublin, 1940s, photo by Czech photo‑journalist Paul Popper.

11/5/26 - nocturn

Mount Maud, 1938 by Rita Angus, New Zealand painter known for her portraits and landscapes #WomensArt

This is the cover of "Girls Who Became Famous" (originally titled Lives of Girls Who Became Famous), a popular biographical collection by Sarah Knowles Bolton, first published in 1886.

The mosaic house, Brooklyn, NY, created by owner artist Susan Gardner #WomensArt

William Shenstone said this in the 1700s. Fits our times rather well.

Oh no it's Monday again! The weekends go so quickly 😩 Have an amazing day and week ahead everyone from Bonnie 🐾❤️🐶 #westie #dogsofbluesky

Reform after the election results 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿☕️🫖

New idea. Next time we publish a report on a politician, I’ll keep the politician’s name blanked out for a week, and let everyone take positions before they find out who it is.

Dog learning the spatula trick....

Georgia O'Keeffe, Lavender Iris, 1952

Reform hate women

Our Dortmund Brexitometer questions translated into English🇬🇧🤝🇩🇪🇪🇺 1. Was Brexit good for the EU? 2.Would you welcome the UK back into the EU ? 3.Do you think the EU has been good for Europe. 4.Do you feel positive about the future of the EU? 5.Do you think the Euro has been good for your country?

Reform UK have now confirmed that Glenn Gibbins has still NOT been suspended. Sickening racism from one of Reform’s Sunderland councillors and they can’t even get their act together to throw him out.

Morning all. Photograph by Ian Berry. Sunderland 1974.

Newly elected Reform UK councillor Glenn Gibbins, who said Nigerians should be “melted down” to “fill in the pot holes!!” HAS NOT been suspended by the Farage-led party, though he is being “investigated” days after winning his Hylton Castle Ward seat in Sunderland. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is the end result of Shabana Mahmood’s nasty immigration policies… more votes for Reform and so, more racism scaring and dividing our communities. Not sure how Labour can justify this, politically or morally. It’s so far from what we’d all hoped. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Byker and St Peters Working Men's Social Club, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1973, photo by Homer Sykes.

Monday

Bees rely heavily on the #bluebell flowers’ nectar in the late #spring. 'Bluebell' by artist Liza Adamczewski, aka the accidental ecologist from Pembrokeshire #womensart

Excellent. Richard Tice spent all of the Sunday rounds deflecting questions and defending this pile of crusty wanksocks, only for him to be sacked a few hours later.

This story needs way more attention. Farage and his acolytes have repeatedly claimed his home was "firebombed", to justify the £5m secret donation given to the Reform leader by crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne But the police report of the incident is a burglary. There's no record of arson

If Streeting is the answer, Labour hasn't understood the question.

The enchanted forests of Finland-based artist Ulla Thynell

Another damn day with him breathing

@sunderlandlolly.bsky.social BBC News - Sunderland Reform UK councillor suspended over alleged racist posts - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Dear Sunderland Reform Voters! 👋 Did you know that a Farage Reform govt intends to scrap the NHS? The private health care system he wants to introduce would cost you £10,000s, like the US, where getting ill can bankrupt you. #ReformUK #Labour #GreenParty #Newcastle #SAFC #NUFC

If Labour is going to spend the next few months arguing about who should be PM, they should at least agree on one thing: these damaging red lines on Europe have to go. A customs union is vital to grow our economy and to tackle the cost-of-living crisis.

Context

3 Reform councillors quit just yesterday More than 60 councillors have left Reform over the past year. They tell us why www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Did they ever get round to replacing the lead water pipes in Sunderland? Sunderland can proudly boast one reform councillor, David Barker, who is a domestic abuser & another, Glenn Gibbins, who made some abhorrent comments about Nigerians.

How about a criminal investigation and a permanent ban from public life for taking bribes and lying to the electorate? A wrist slap for breaching a code, a suspension and by-election is more prize than punishment for tantrum-prone Farage who’s barely an MP anyway. observer.co.uk/news/politic...

Happy sleepy Sunday everyone from Bonnie 😴 💤 have a wonderful day 🐾🐶❤️ #westie #dogsofbluesky

DO NOT STOP TALKING ABOUT THE EPSTEIN FILES

Reform starting as they mean to go on.

Morning, Sunderland. Meet one of your new councillors. "In now deleted posts, Gibbins ranted on social media that he ‘carnt [sic] believe amount of Nigerians in town’ and they ‘should melt them all down and fill in the pot holes’." What happened to Reform's " metro.co.uk/2026/05/09/r...

'Hare and Bluebells' linocut by printmaker Mariann Johansen-Ellis #womensart #Spring