Are the gammon still whining about the EU interfering in are country then? or are they too busy painting roundabouts.

Not everything that pops up on Space Karen’s hellsite is a bag of shite.

The resignations of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness must be an opportunity for the BBC to turn a new leaf, rebuild trust and resist those like Nigel Farage who want to destroy it We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.

Keir Starmer needs to wake up and fix our broken voting system before the next election, or he risks letting Nigel Farage into Number 10. We will keep fighting for fair votes to make sure every voice is heard.

My Granddad was a Regimental Sergeant Major in the Royal Artillery in WW2. He fought in north Africa and Italy and used to wear a poppy and watch the broadcast from the Cenotaph, quietly and alone, on Remembrance Sunday. But he would be appalled by the ostentatious tackiness of poppymas.

Rachel Reeves is trying to repair the damage that George Osborne did! George Osborne should shut his gob!

@remembrancewatch.bsky.social The power of remembrancing on the way to the bingo.

Notable in today's YouGov that the centre/left bloc - Lab/Green/LD/SNP are on 54%. With Reform/Tories on 43%. That's the biggest differential in a long time. I think useful to track blocs given instability between parties at the moment.

Nigel Farage, whose party recently put a teenager with zero work experience of any kind, in charge of running an entire county, is currently giving a speech railing against "unqualified" politicians being put in charge of Government departments

Gorgeous afternoon for a spot of treebathing.

Proof, were it needed, that The Telegraph really hasn’t got the faintest idea how “commoners” actually live.

Amid all the fuss, remember that for much of the 1960s and 1970s, "the Spare" Andrew Windsor was just one unfortunate incident away from being the next king. Hopefully, this appalling saga will lead to a proper national debate on our hereditary monarchy. Long, long overdue.

Utterly, utterly shameful. Sends a far more powerful message than any #grooming inquiry ever could. #PrinceAndrew

Anyone else wondering how the officials of a private company masquerading as a political party can accuse anyone else of dishonesty?

A room in an HMO in Wakefield perhaps?

Going dark. Bleurgh.

At this time of year there are fewer hours of daylight than hours of night, and no amount of buggering about with the clocks is going to change that.

So, I see all the trots have emerged from under their rocks to gloat about Labour losing Caerphilly. But real progressives are celebrating the defeat of Reform, caring less about who beat them and more about the fact that somebody did. 1/

Bravo Caerphilly. You turned out in droves to show us how to mobilise a progressive alliance to beat Reform.

@remembrancewatch.bsky.social Take a trip to Chesterfield, and you too can remembrance the fallen beneath the boarded up windows of a disused building.

Good. And after he’s been hauled before MPs, he should be hauled before a jury.

Sadly, there's a lot to be said for Marina Hyde's analysis here. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Good explainer here on how free movement allowed our economy to breathe without any of the prejudice and cruelty now masquerading as an immigration policy. We threw away real control to put in place the most incoherently ruinous system imaginable. www.thelondoneconomic.com/opinion/peop...

(Prince) Andrew needs to be fully investigated by the Metropolitan Police. Repost if you agree.

“Peequal”? Oh do fuck right off! If you want to talk about equality, recognise that women are not men, do not have the same biology as men, and just build us more bogs! And anyone who describes standing up for a piss as ‘gamechanging’….. good grief.

The West Wing shows how it should be done. The brilliant Baron Noir, which we started watching again last night, shows how it is done. And with a corking soundtrack too.

Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…

Well!

For much of the 1960s and 1970s, Prince Andrew was second in line to the throne and could - had tragedy struck - have become king three years ago. Those who oppose a republic on the not entirely convincing grounds of "I don't want a President Farage/Blair etc" might do well to contemplate that one.

Oh dear. Predictable replies this morning from those who refuse to understand the objective reality (like it or not, and I don’t particularly), that politics is often a case of chosing the least worst option. And others, who can’t grasp that Starmer won an election: Not a magic wand and fairy dust!

Saturday morning. Mists and mellow fruitfulness beckon. But I might just pass on Mr Kiplings over-processed, nasty little cakes.

Let’s not conflate issues here. The issue is not anti-semitism. Neither is it the fact that Israel is a genocidal state. The issue is that Maccabi Tel Aviv fans have a track record for hooliganism and violence. The issue is public safety.

This needs shouting from the rooftops. The Labour victory was, mostly, a result of the split on the Right. The split on the Right won't exist in 2029. Vote for the party that defeats Reform. In most seats, it's Labour. In others it will be LD, Green, SNP, Plaid..

Reform candidate visibly squirms as he's confronted by a local family in Caerphilly.

If you are watching the Reform Party controlled Councils with their endless mishaps, resignations, fallouts, scandals, mismanagement and sheer comedic idiocy, but still thinking of making these clowns a national government, representing the UK on the global stage, you are literally insane.

So apply to re-join then! It’s not bleedin’ rocket science! The gammon have moved on. Not in a good direction for sure, but they have moved on. There is no political case to appease them on Europe these days.

Fine. As long as people in are country, Britian, who think there is too many immigrunts, are subject to the same requirements.

Don’t disagree with a word of this…. But what about a wealth tax for the super rich too? What about a crackdown on the corporate tax avoiders too? What about making the bloody royals cough up for their own coronations too? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Brexit is Farage and his fellow Brexiters' shitstorm to own. He/they can't be allowed to just pivot from heckle to heckle and bad idea to worse - while blaming everyone else - without consequences. So the suggestion that Labour are going to amplify that truth is to be welcomed.

The chocolate coated brussel sprouts have been prepared for Halloween. They work a treat (pun intended). Especially when thrown with sufficient force. And with a bit of luck there’ll be a few left over to see off the carol singers too.

Lunch: Dauphinoise made with the last of the charlottes, remoulade made with the first of the celariac, and one of the last butterhead lettuces.

Sensible chap that Gordon Brown.

Reminder if you are a @nationaltrust.org.uk member, to find your ballot form and vote before the end of this month. If you don't have time to identify the opaquely funded entryists who are trying to wreck many decades of vital work, there is a handy slate of candidates you can rely on.

It is NOT the same old shit. It is not perfect shit but it is an improvement on the pre July 2024 shit. If the Tories had won the election, the 2025 shit would have been even worse than the July 2024 shit.

Gorgeous afternoon for just titting about in our little garden, cheered by the sunshire and little pops of blue.

I’d rather spend £85 on prosecco and pringles to be frank, but I’m not eligible for an NHS Covid booster, so there you go. Worth a read: christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...

I’ve been saying this for ten years now but possibly not often enough: Ask Them What They Think The Words They’re Using Mean. And then ask them to name the ‘problematic’ people. We had ‘sovereignty’, ‘laws’ & ‘unelected bureaucrats’. The US now has ‘Antifa’, the ‘radical left’ & ‘insurrection’. Ask!

The English degree that would equip you with the capacity to spell Britain correctly? Yeah?

Twelve Jobs Nigel has earned over £1 million in additional income since the general election. To understand the scale of it, since the July 2024 election he's earned roughly £100k more as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion than Starmer gets as PM. www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Grubbing about under the trees for these makes me feel like a little kid again.