One of my very favourite parts of the country and this is just beautiful.

"He so exactly reminds me of the Farage that said those things back then." Peter Ettedgui says he has to switch off the TV when the Reform leader is on because of how much it reminds him of his schooldays.

‘People are thanking me.” Peter Ettedgui says he’s been ‘totally surprised’ by the reaction to him accusing Nigel Farage of racism in his schooldays.

“Is the person who said these things a fit person to be our prime minister?" Peter Ettedgui tells @mrjamesob.bsky.social why he ‘didn’t hesitate’ to go public with his accusations against his former classmate Nigel Farage.

There are many positives that take root when you plant trees. Woodlands help our health and wellbeing, enhance biodiversity and improve water and air quality. We can also see economic benefits from the green jobs it supports and creates.

🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history 75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men Is this what democracy looks like? New on Democracy for Sale democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...

The Alleyway Isleworth: watercolour

Morning Light In The Kitchen St Margarets: acrylic on canvas

Destiny https://www.wikiart.org/en/john-william-waterhouse/destiny-1900

Human cost of the Post Office scandal. Sub-postmaster passed away from a heart attack at the age of 58 without receiving full compensation. A "constant cycle of stress" created by false prosecutions of many. Lives destroyed. No one charged.

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🎄 It’s Day 5 of our #Shropshire advent calendar, and here is a magnificent steam locomotive pulling into the snow-covered station at Hampton Loade on the Severn Valley Railway. A bitterly cold day, but the cakes and hot drinks on sale helped keep me warm! ⛄️

This is an entirely preventable attack on our democracy. A £9m donation from a man based on the other side of the world is illegitimate interference that will distort and unbalance our political system. I'm deeply disturbed by Labour's failure to insulate UK democracy. www.ft.com/content/db73...

Reform UK have accepted £9 million from foreign-based businessman Christopher Harborne. Here's what Reform Deputy Leader Richard Tice thought in 2018 about George Soros donating to UK groups: "He doesn't live here. He doesn't pay taxes here. What right has he got to interfere with our democracy?"

Sheila Averbuch from Wallyford, Edinburgh is a finalist in our Gardens of the Year competition – but is this your People’s Choice pick? 💚🌱 Swipe to see more, then head to the link to vote for your People's Choice winner: https://bit.ly/43Cfjps

✨Happy International Volunteer Day!✨ Volunteer with us at the VG&M - whether you have a minute or more. Write a review, help with Family Film sessions, or support visitor feedback. Get involved: https://orlo.uk/YHLbE #InternationalVolunteerday #VGM #liverpool #livuni

“This is one of the most shameful episodes in American foreign policy, and the entire Republican Party is complicit in its perpetuation.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...

Peter will be joining me on air at 11.45.

Holocaust survivors call on Nigel Farage to apologise over alleged antisemitic comments

We are delighted to see the GCSE in Natural History highlighted in the just-published government’s Environment Improvement Plan. Never has it been more important than to teach the next generation about the natural world. We protect what we love, we love what we know and we know what we are taught.

You may have missed it, but Germany has been having a state visit to the UK this week. It has been marked with new initiatives on culture, sport and young people. It includes: + A new UK-Germany Creative Industries Prize to spark innovation and bring growth and opportunity 1/2

The government has pledged to stop children growing up in B&Bs and to make childcare more accessible for families on Universal Credit . The wide-ranging measures will lift 550,000 children out of poverty marking "the biggest reduction since records began". Better with Labour. 👍

Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 5 ‘Snowstorm in a Pennine Valley’ Artist: SR Badmin

A frosty pre dawn on the #LongMynd #ChurchStretton #Shropshire this morning.

Daisy Cooper is absolutely right, Brexit is the reason for the small boat problem, and finally the message is being received by the majority of us. Farage and Johnson are responsible. bsky.app/profile/impl...

Appalling man cornered by his own past tries Trump tactics on British media Farage turns on broadcasters over racism allegations as number of claims hits 28 Reform leader suggests he would boycott BBC, saying he has had letter from Dulwich pupils defending him www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Best Start Family Hubs You may have missed that the Labour government is setting up these new hubs - a rebranded & modernised version of Sure Start! The latest announcement is that from April they will act as a one-stop-shop for SEND support, & speech & language services! Great stuff from Labour!

Morning light - Shropshire Hills

So the Daily Mail owner's wife has just given £50,000 to Nigel Farage's Reform UK

Important new defence agreement between the UK and Norway - bolstering Nordic defence, including a joint fleet that also comes with a huge order for the British defence industry:

'Factory' Ink. Varnish on Paper #SixTownsSketchbook Barewall : www.barewall.co.uk/products/ips...

'House (at the Top of the Hill)' Mixed media on Collage Private Collection Exhibition of Print .. congleton.nub.news/whats-on/art...

Edge (Marks on Maps)' Bitumen Private Collection An exhibition of print .. congleton.nub.news/whats-on/art...

'Entry (back of Foley's Oatcakes)' Oil Paint on Paper Private Collection An exhibition of print .. congleton.nub.news/whats-on/art...

Forest II (Marrks on Maps)' Bitumen Private Collection An exhibition of print .. congleton.nub.news/whats-on/art...

Day 4 of #ArtAdventCalendar "Fieldfare" Hand embroidery thread painting artwork www.emilytull.co.uk/store/p263/f... #birds #WildlifeArt #embroidery

Mist leaving Tavistock yesterday morning, and #Dartmoor in the background, #Devon.#photography The large grey building is the old mount ironworks building,

The government's plans to train more teachers are working. The numbers training this year, 32k, is the highest since the pandemic. It is 11% higher than last year. For the first time ever the target for trainees in STEM subjects has been exceeded, with over 6700 in training, a 21% increase. 1/2

Well done Emma Barnett on #r4today exposing the blatant antisemitism of Richard Tice, MP (and deputy leader of Reform) - he called the Jewish man abused at school by Nigel Farage with the foulest of antisemitic language a liar and said it was “lefty twaddle”… A new low for Farage, Tice, and Reform…

Because, you see, buying influence is only a worry if a Labour peer donates a couple of "freebie" outfits to close friends. When a man, whose business is literally DARK MONEY, single-handedly rescues a near-bankrupt far-right party, leading in the polls, he's doing it because he believes in Nige.

Farage and Johnson supporter, Harborne, also has a 12% stake in this company which is being investigated for facilitating Putin's Russia to evade sanctions and launder money. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Massive difference in the way that mental health review is being described by the charities involved and by the press….

This is the point where the anti-Reeves stories tip into madness. Criticise her performance all you like but what the hell is this?

NEW BLOGPOST Abolishing trial by jury: why is the government overlooking the obvious? thesecretbarrister.com/2025/12/02/a...

All time classic quote from George: I don’t need time to think. #TheArchers

Beautiful everyday Ladybird things ‘Party shoes’ (1954) Artist: H Woolley

The Justice Secretary (and Deputy PM) has given a statement in Parliament on 'Criminal Court Reform'. The first video clip sees him set out the background and action already taken. 1/8

I’m sure the self-proclaimed ‘most transparent White House in history’ won’t mind a thorough investigation into the second strike. Sen Mark Kelly: “You do not execute survivors who are clinging onto a side of a ship.”

Key aide to Nigel Farage was frontman for Premier League billionaire’s betting syndicate, lawsuit claims

We're celebrating 12 Days of Medieval Illuminations. Today, 11 medieval suns. Don't you love their shining faces?