Just finished Any Questions, up against Richard Tice. I knew there would be plenty of BS on climate, but he spouted rubbish on *every* subject. Even claimed that the EU is not our biggest trading partner, but the US. In fact, we have 3x more trade with the EU. He believes whatever he wants to.

For clarification...

The Epstein cover-up is starting to crack, but Pam Bondi is still stonewalling. This is the biggest scandal in modern history, and it's being buried. Congress: Do your job. Demand the full release NOW. Who's with us? Tell your reps:

Siena Cathedral yesterday- it is quite a sight to behold!

Budapest by night ……

The Singer sowing machine collection continues to grow.

There are watch makers, and there are watch makers - and then there is H Moser & Cie. Omega gave us the Dark side of the moon, but this looks like the first burst of the sun. No one does a watch face like H Moser. That is why their strap line is “very rare”. High horology at its very best.

The UK Government has been branded 'fundamentally undemocratic' after flatly refusing to engage with a Holyrood committee report on a route to a second independence referendum

I pictured a rainbow …. I saw the crescent, you saw …..

This is a big one. A newly uncovered document has revealed the existence of a mystery Epstein investigation. It was spearheaded by the DEA and involved drug trafficking and money laundering. Epstein was one of 15 targets. The other 14 names are redacted. I've got questions.

By 1899, The Singer Sowing Machine Factory in Clydebank was the biggest factory in the world. 1855 saw the launch of the Singer 27 sowing machine with its “Sphynx” decal & it is likely that this was the most popular and significant mass produced piece of machinery ever made. It clothed millions!

Everyone should watch this and judge both the incident and the public statements from Government officials for themselves. www.facebook.com/share/v/1MAJ...

OK Sherlock - Guess Where?😉🇮🇹

I feel it is appropriate, if not vital, to post this far and wide this morning. youtu.be/n-kODkdNSgs

A very merry, peaceful and joyous Christmas to one and all. Fill yer boots with love, happiness,kindness and care for one another. How do you change the world? With one random act of kindness at a time. 🫶

I doubt anyone who reads this can afford one of these, but watching the video costs nothing and leaves you with a sense of wonder at the artistry and craftsmanship. youtu.be/bR3q_Ef5K7g

The Employment Rights Bill has passed and will become law. As the voice of the working classes, I voted against this bill because I know the last thing people want is sick pay, paternity leave or protection from dismissal, harassment and exploitative zero hour contracts.

Guys relaxing with guitars back in the day!

"Trump ran as the person who was going to smash this veneer of secrecy that surrounded elite Americans and the ways that they behaved in private," says NYT journalist Mark Landler. "He now looks like he's the handmaiden of those people" www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/trum...

Here is the weather forecast …..

Europe has tabled a counter proposal to the US-Russia draft peace plan for Ukraine news.sky.com/story/in-ful...

I look forward to Willie Collum trying to explain this one especially when Cheating Beaton has changed his story twice over his decision !

Good Morning If you look out your window this morning and don’t see a stupid world full of excrement - it means that your windows are filthy and need washing! Thankyou.

Nursing home magnate Joseph Schwartz was sentenced in April to three years for defrauding the government of $38 million. Seven months later, President Trump pardoned him, but the White House denies a lobbying tie.

The UK is about to give the US an extra £3bn a year. The NHS 'can't afford' to pay doctors £500m a year more. But it will give the USA 6x as much for nothing.

This is not a “peace deal”. It’s a 28-point surrender plan drafted and leaked to US media by Russia, and Trump treated it like it was his own. Rubio admitted as much to senators. This is shaping up to be a train wreck.

As a culchie, I know culchies. Here’s my definitive guide to culchie culture, aka culchure

Christmas approaches in Cortona.

Thousands of attorneys have left the Trump Justice Department this year. We talked to 60 about what alarmed them most.

‘Deeply ashamed’ Larry Summers steps back from public life over Epstein links

Brexit: the only war we declared on ourselves and still lost.

So - summing up last night’s performance ..

Knock yourself out with the Modena City Ramblers!😁

So - this is how it is!

Yesterday I came across three nuns sitting on a wall - and immediately started signing in my head - “Three nuns, sitting on a wall, sitting on a wall, sitting on a wall … “😁

I wander around Tuscany and Umbria, wine glass in hand, like a limping Steptoe with decrepit knees because …… it sure beats working for a living! And the scenery is quite nice.

No matter which way you look at it, the best thing you can say about Trump is that …. It is the noise that is made by gas escaping from between the arse cheeks of a 17 stone, 80 year old, world champion bean eater who has just overdosed on Irn Bru and Mars Bars!!

Must be flush with cash …. I’ll get my coat ….😉

Saying nothing but I will lay a pound to a penny that at some point in the future some complete eejit will quite deliberately roll up their left sleeve and this photo will instantly spring to mind! You have been warned!😉😂

For everyone rushing to airports & train stations to travel hundreds of miles to get to a meeting - can I suggest some light reading for the journey? If you don’t finish the whole book then you have succeeded in getting the gist!😉 Especially true if the meeting is with someone you don’t like! 😁

NEW: We need to talk about Russia. So, yes, that's why we need to talk about Nigel Farage. My personal newsletter on the story behind the story. Brexit, Trump, Russia & now...Nathan Gill. open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

Yeah …. Well …

This is fascism.

Brilliant, bizarre and humorous short starring #PeterSellers #DickEmery #GrahamStark #RaymondFrancis in... 🔎 THE SUPER SECRET SERVICE (1953) 8am comedy #TPTVsubtitles

Once again Moray's part-time MSP fails to stand up & represent his constituency by choosing to miss an important debate & vote on a housing bill. We need to stipulate that politicians cannot have a second job. £72k should be more than enough in today's climate. www.thenational.scot/news/2551686...

A must watch on a regular basis.