CARE WORK IS HIGHLY SKILLED WORK and only paid so poorly because of the failure of successive governments to value it properly.

[explaining to a child why they are living in poverty] for every hundredth pint i drink i can get one free pint

Loving #TOTP 1983. Some good stuff, some banal claptrap. Just as I remember it. Happy days.

Whatever the question may be, this stuff is usually the answer. 😁

Sun setting earlier today at Besthorpe Nature Reserve.

Utter bastards! 🤬

Just putting this quotation out there. “One in five care workers are foreign nationals. I don’t know about you, but I don’t particularly want to wipe someone’s bum, and I’m very grateful for the people who do this work.”

Well that was some game today at the City Ground. Could’ve been any outcome and any score but wasn’t our day. Plenty of positives. As someone once said: fine margins. Onwards and upwards #NFFC

Have a closer look at this, Stephen. Jenrick was born in 1982 and is a Wolves fan. If he was in the away end the only times they played there after he was aged two were in League Cup ties in 1989 and 1996 and in the PL in 2003. Like everything else this shapeshifter says, I don't believe a word.

One thing making Trump so difficult to deal with is that it's impossible to separate his politics from his grotesque ego. He's obviously a hugely damaged, possibly deranged, person, but he articulates it through politics. I'm not sure that's ever been the case for the leader of a democracy before.

Well, this #coldwater on ITV is somewhat weird…

Some belters here on #totp 1982. Taking me right back. Bow Wow Wow - awesome. 🤩

Well @foodfunforest.com today is the day that I finally make it to Alchemilla! Drinks on the terrace and now downstairs to the restaurant. So far, so good!

It is people like Wallace who embed the stigmatisation of autistic individuals. Yes, I can miss social cues, but have amazingly never wandered round work with a sock on my cock. What he is accused of is not autistic behaviour, it's predatory behaviour. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Enjoyable Father’s Day so far. Walk in the sun with Mrs H and Lauren, lovely cards and a pint of Big Job later. Probably a wee nip of Johnnie Walker as well…Happy boy. 😁

1985 #TOTP taking me right back. Can’t beat a bit of music nostalgia…

Just been visiting my 96yo dad in his care home. His carers are overwhelmingly from Africa or South Asia. Most of them could earn more shelf stacking. It’s an immigrant that puts him to bed and gets him up. It’s an immigrant who feeds him. It’s an immigrant who cleans him. They are not ‘strangers’.

Evening all!

Colorful sunset.

Good morning!

For his own sake, I hope Starmer has an eye on Bluesky. He’s been absolutely slated today by his core support. God knows how he pivots and u-turns at this stage but he’s toast if he doesn’t. Such a wasted opportunity to make a real difference. The country needs him to perform and he’s failing.

“Despite all of these arrivals there are still 131,000 vacancies in care. The sector say there is no way they can fill these jobs with British workers” The care sector is already on its knees and the government knows it

Today was the day, Labour lost their core vote, make no mistake, Starmer is a walking talking Tory/Reformer. He isn't even in the centre anymore. A sheep in wolves clothing. He is done. What an absolute fuck up in their very first year of governance in 14 years. I am flabbergasted & tired.

100% this.

Atlantic sunset. I may post a few of these this week…

Take a bow, Mark Williams, outstanding performance! Hope you’ve run out of fuel now though - I’ve a few £ riding on Xintong! 😆#snooker

BBC2. Simon and Garfunkel. Relaxing and therapeutic. 😁

@martycricket.bsky.social another shout to get Dave over here from that hellhole!

Lovely day for it!

This just exemplifies the hostility and disregard this government is showing towards disabled individuals. Not only are they driving millions more people into poverty, they are also heightening the dismissive and disbelieving attitudes already far too prevalent against disabled people.

Vaccines don't cause autism. The earth isn't actually flat. Thats two science based facts that for some unnerving reason are still disputed... despite lots and lots of scientific evidence to support them. Please make it make sense.

Theakston Old Peculier. Wonderful stuff!

“Trump has always been a fan of Brexit because it weakened the EU and because an isolated Britain is vulnerable to economic colonisation” “Avoiding conflict should not be confused with significant leverage” Far from ‘freeing’ us, Brexit keeps us trapped and weak. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

🏳️‍🌈 Woke is natural. 🏳️‍🌈 Woke is human. 🏳️‍🌈 Woke means having empathy for people in need. 🏳️‍🌈 Woke means being awake to science and empirical evidence. 🏳️‍🌈 Woke means accepting that not everyone fits into an outdated binary mindset. 🏳️‍🌈 Woke means a rejection of all those who seek power or profit through hate.

If Andrew Neil couldn't see what millions of people could see clearly, based on the evidence of Trump's own words and deeds, why should he be taken seriously as a political commentator?

The welfare system is excruciating to navigate already. Hammering those with disabilities is sick. Not sure I can support this government much longer.

Tastes far better than it looks. Naturally hazy…..

Things you love to see: Derby, rock bottom. 😁😁 #NFFC

We’re not very good at this 50 over cricket are we? Perhaps we should play more domestically? #championstrophy

The Nottingham Forest Supporters Trust is Bluesky friendly. Bring it on 🌳 @thegaribaldies.bsky.social

Win tomorrow would be massive for #NFFC. Love to stay in that top 4 but are we equipped for champs league, should it happen…..?

If Carlsberg did Friday night football….. #NFFC

Not had a vindaloo for years. Wish me luck!

🙄 Britons know a little too much about Chris Philp's work ethic - it took him just 39 days as Liz Truss' Chief Secretary to the Treasury to crash our economy and send mortgage bills soaring.

A brilliant analysis of the epic Brexit failure. Scorn for the liars and solidarity for the rest of us. “We lost something intangible and yet priceless, something we might never get back: an idea of our country.” Heartbreaking, enraging and yet, still hopeful. iandunt.substack.com/p/brexit-fiv...

5 years. Not one good thing has happened as a result. Not one. We're weak, isolated, divided and poorer.