“There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.” #SørenKierkegaard, Works of Love (Kjerlighedens Gjerninger), 1847 #Quotation #Quote

My comment on #RichardMurphy’s blog + brief explanation of #neoliberalism - the #EconomicSystem that Reform, Tories, Blue Labour & FibDems support to the detriment of ordinary Brits. The Greens are looking for a new #EconomicModel. crippledqueeranglo-europeanranter.blogspot.com/2025/12/is-a...

#YearOfFoodLove 2025 #Waitrose & Partners Think I may have to cut back on the lemonade! Ha ha ha More than happy to support #DuchyOrganic comestibles.

We were due to visit the Austrian capital to join in with #EUROVISION. That visit is now cancelled as we cannot in good conscience be counted as supporting the immoral & wicked state of #Israel. We shall visit #Austria at some other time instead. www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...

Digusting and shameful! The killer of tens of thousands of #Palestinians, the warmongering, illegal-occupying, apartheid #StateOfIsrael has been permitted to enter #EUROVISION in #Vienna 2026 without a vote, allowed instead via technocratic rule-changes. www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...

The US National Security Strategy has declared that the EU as it exists is "undermining political liberty". The EU must be swept aside; the mission: "restoring Europe’s civilizational self-confidence and Western identity" No ambiguity. The US aim? Destroy the EU www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...

An updated version of a #poem with a photo ©️ & courtesy Pau Tendil Revueltas… #poetry crippledqueeranglo-europeanranter.blogspot.com/2025/12/horr...

A succint overview of the #StateOfPolitics in the #UK by #RichardMurphy, with useful commentary from readers following on. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/12...

Wondering whether the #OBR cock-up was deliberate, so that this news about #TrialByJury being massively curtailed would slide under the radar? #Justice #Jurisprudence #FairTrial www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

#PEM #LeonardJason #DSQPEM2 #Questionnaire #pwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #MECFS #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #CFS #PostViralFatigueSyndrome #PVFS #PostViralDisorder #ELCI #ELC Via Tom Kindlon's ME CFS & related page: News, Research and more on f/b. www.explorationpub.com/Journals/ent...

"Rachel Reeves has squandered the opportunity at this budget to set out a clear vision for the tax system" We recently set out how Reeves could approach tax reform to drive growth www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/... See our live blog www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/live-blog/au...

#MariahCarey‘s #AllIWantForChristmasIsYou gets the #JosepCastanyerAlonso classical treatment: six variations of the theme in the style of six famous composers. My fave is #5 à la #Rachmaninoff. Do you have a preference? Let me know below. youtu.be/yZi4Z1e5KO8?...

#Lifeshare is #Manchester‘s oldest #homelessness #charity. #Christmas-dinner + support for one this year costs £11.50. If you can make a donation, they work year-round. Additionally if one is a UK income-tax payer, one can add #GiftAid to increase the #donation. www.lifeshare.org.uk/christmas-20...

“A government serious about #inflation, #inequality, and #stability would tax the wealthy because doing so works economically, socially, and fiscally.” #RichardMurphy www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...

#Berghain by #Rosalía with #Björk & #YvesTumor is something very different. Released 25th Oct. it is a hit in several countries. The video is outstanding & a true #artwork. The new album #Luz may alter your opinion of her abilities, both as singer & songsmith. *bad-language youtu.be/htQBS2Ikz6c?...

Last year I ordered some gorgeous #decorations for the #ChristmasTree from Svenskt Tenn. Just repeat-ordered, so double # coloured-glass shell #ornaments. #SvensktTenn is #Swedish 🇸🇪; the designer is #British 🇬🇧; the manufacturer is #German 🇩🇪: very #European 🇪🇺! 💕 www.svenskttenn.com/gb/en/range/...

I have just completed and finalised my fourth annual hamper from Brindisa, specialists in #Spanish comestibles and beverages. If one signs up to their email, there is a #Brindisa 15% discount from your first order. 🇪🇸 brindisa.com

I have just made a donation to the #EU #RejoinRegister. Here is the link, if you would like to support their efforts to #rejoin. 🇪🇺 www.rejoinregister.org/donate?utm_c...

#UN high commissioner for #HumanRights, Volker Türk, told the #HumanRightsCouncil that #disabled people in the UK “will be disproportionately affected by planned cuts to health benefits.” www.bigissue.com/opinion/univ...

872,701 responsed to the #BBC’s research. There is no majority for trust in the Corporation’s independence. In fact there is a deficit of some 48 points. I am so relieved that I am not the only one disheartened by the BBC’s current political stance. Perhaps there maybe be hope for a better BBC…

My latest blog-post on the need for #intimacy. Warning: there is a section on sexual intimacy, but this can be skipped. Link to Blogger: crippledqueeranglo-europeanranter.blogspot.com/2025/08/inti...

Here's my latest blog-post, which I have been working on for several months, on my personal experience of #SexualFantasies and how they relate to my #asexuality & #demisexuality. crippledqueeranglo-europeanranter.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-qu...

Had a @HelloFreshUK voucher. Like 1:5 Brits, we suffer from food allergies/intolerances. Cannot check whether allergens might be contained within the ingredients supplied by #HelloFresh. One cannot specify dislikes/allergens, so one has to plough through every recipe to check. 😏

Acabo de mirar una película navideña. Es la tercera mirada mía. Es basada sobre la obra dramática de Shakespeare, "Much Ado About Nothing", "Mucho ruido y pocas nueces" ¡Es prácticamente la #PelículaDeNavidad perfecta! En mi opinión, por supuesto. #MuchAdoAboutChristmas www.imdb.com/title/tt1158...

I have just watched a #ChristmasFilm. My third viewing. It is based on the play by Shakespeare, "Much Ado About Nothing". For myself, it is practically the perfect #ChristmasMovie. #MuchAdoAboutChristmas www.imdb.com/title/tt1158...

Here's my latest blog-post, which I have been working on for several months, on my personal experience of #SexualFantasies and how they relate to my #asexuality & #demisexuality. crippledqueeranglo-europeanranter.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-qu...

It's September so #ChristmasFilms are available. I found a gay #ChristmasMovie starring & co-written by #JonathanBennett, #TheHolidaySitter. Zero angst but lots of laughs & heart-touching moments. If in the UK you can stream for free via #ITVX - link in comments. www.imdb.com/title/tt2229...

Very honoured to have been painted by an artist chum (who wishes to remain anonymous but has given permission to share the artwork). They have made me look rather sexy, for which many thanks. 🥹 From my LH-side I am painted naked in pink hues. I am holding a small bottle and am watering a plant. 🪴

I needed something light & frothy to buck me up. I chose #Bros because it starred #LukeMacFarlane, a regular in the #ChristmasFilms I so adore. Personally, I found it quite thought-provoking as well as laugh-out-loud funny, thanks mostly to the lead #BillyEichner. www.channel4.com/programmes/b...

My latest blog-post on the need for #intimacy. Warning: there is a section on sexual intimacy, but this can be skipped. Link to Blogger: crippledqueeranglo-europeanranter.blogspot.com/2025/08/inti...

Who knew that #MARINA, the Welsh singer & poët, is a #pwME i.e. suffers from ME/CFS. #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ME #MEcfs #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #CFS #CFSme Link to #People magazine: people.com/singer-marin...

I have added link to #BritishRedCross: donate.redcross.org.uk/appeal/gaza-... Follow the link and give to their Gaza Appeal if able & willing. Cheers! British Red Cross is an affiliate of #RedCross / #RedCrescent agencies. Other charities are also running appeals.

#UKGov still in breach of #UNCRPD (under which we are still on annual-report), has made no head-way in ameliorating its failures, but instead has decided to make matters very much worse. Without #DisabilityRights there is #DisabilityDiscrimination. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72... *

Relevant to #pwME, #LongCovid and #ChronicIllness. Thanks @criquaer.bsky.social and www.equity.org.uk/news/2025

I think this applies to #ME/CFS and #LongCovid advocacy too…

“#Opinion is the lowest form of human #knowledge. It requires no #accountability, no #understanding. The highest form of knowledge is #empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another’s world. It requires profound purpose larger than the self.” #Plato in ‘Phaedrus’

Unlawful #UKGov #PIP Law! The legal opinion says: “there can be no doubt that the reforms are regressive in #HumanRights terms. Therefore, in accordance with the principle of non-retrogression, they are presumed to be prohibited under #UNCRPD, #ICESCR and #UNCRC.” www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/we...

The #UnitedNations is not ignoring the treatment of #Disabled folk in UK. On 7.7.25 they sent a letter to #UKGov about ongoing serious failings to ensure #DisabilityRights and to protect people with #disabilities. The linked doc highlights breaches of #UNCRPD. tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/...

“Pension benefits for the wealthy are, on average, more than maximum #PIP payments a year” #RichardMurphy www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/06...

“The callousness of the #Labour government has been exposed. Its own backbenchers have rightly hammered it.” #RichardMurphy Without #DisabilityRights there is #DisabilityDiscrimination which permits #DisabilityHate and ultimately #DisabilityDeath. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/07...

#EUROVISION #Israel #Gaza #Genocide #Hypocrisy #VotingIrregularities www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

#EUROVISION #Israel #Gaza #Genocide #Hypocrisy #VotingIrregularities www.euronews.com/culture/2025...

In the Summer of 1978 a seminal music album was released, entitled “Classic Rock“ and performed by the #LondonSymphonyOrchestra aka #LSO. Andrew Pryce Jackman orchestrated & arranged the majority of the tracks, including my fave #TheRollingStones’ “Paint it Black”. youtu.be/ECbCJJa7Q-M?...

This is obscene. The disability minister literally stepping over a disabled woman who had passed out during a meeting about PIP cuts. And no answers to their very valid points. Disgusting #takingthepip

📢 We've compiled a page of information on issues affecting Access to Work customers and new applicants, and details on how we can help. There are also actions you can take to fight the proposed changes to Access to Work. Read now and help #ProtectAtW disabilityarts.online/resources/gu...

The founders son has #Dyslexia : It is not only an issue of being underdiagnosed/misdiagnosed but a serious lack of educators who specialize in reading "disabilities" - especially dyslexia - is a major problem!!! Diagnosis can be useless if you don't have qualified #teachers. ❤️🧠❤️ #learningdisability

‚One major takeaway? Long COVID doesn’t just affect the body—it’s shaking up entire societies. From job losses to long-term disability to collapsing into a heap halfway through the school run, the social and economic impact is massive. And mostly ignored.‘ #LongCovid

#DisabilityBenefits cuts lie exposed in an excellent way by Professor Tim Wilson 👇🏼 @alexballingermp.bsky.social #UC #PIP #WCA #LCWRA #ESA #MentalHealth #ChronicIllness #LongCovid #ChronicPain #MECFS #Carers #MultipleSclerosis #DisabilityRights #Halesowen #WelfareNotWarfare youtu.be/RS2Ae0PYwx0