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National Garden Scheme achieves new record: £3,875,596 donated to UK Nursing & Health Charities...read more on thedirt.news #gardensforgood #opengardens #NGS #nationalgardenscheme thedirt.news/national-gar...

And honestly I don't give a fuck if it's popular or not. It's going to make a lot of kids' lives better. That's the point of government. Not an opinion poll.

Given the PM loves a flag-waving presser about something patriotic, i don't get why govt is not now in full 'launch an inquiry on foreign interference in UK politics' given this week we've had Nathan Gill jailed over Russian bribes, Chinese spies again, & this www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Fantastic comment on the cricket et al Substack which I’m hoping may be premature and laughed at in the coming couple of months : England are like a test cricket cover band - entertaining but not the real thing.

If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?

🚨 Labour MPs are calling for a minister-led review of the government’s use of X, warning it poses growing risks to democracy and public safety @politicshome.bsky.social understands a review is currently being carried out by officials, but without ministerial oversight

No, they really didn’t. The opposite. The BBC smiled, in a gentile way, and told him to bugger off. You have to imagine the letter being read by Charles Dance.

Water power... Cromford Mills, #Derbyshire

Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round

EU investing €546 billion for high speed rail by 2040 E.g. Lisbon to Warsaw, from 38 hours today to 12 hours Pricing to compete with low cost flights Reduce emissions by 80% Jokes on them, they don't have Brexit sovereignty 🤷‍♂️

Took the cats out for a walk with my brother and accidentally created a 90s Britpop album cover

Just nice to see an American progressive leader who is unafraid and victorious. Really no more to it than that. What a beautiful fucking sight.

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...

Sedum Seboldii at the front contrasting with a magnificent Mahonia behind which is still covered in bees! 🇬🇧🌱

"When I was a kid, we didn't have smartphones. We had to come up with our own extremist views"

It's that moment again for National Trust members to vote to keep the entryists out. Quick and easy to vote and please do so by 31st of October Quick Vote link keeps the AstroTurfers out. Then share. Thank you. secure.cesvotes.com/V3-3-0/nt25/...

King Charles who loves killing foxes, birds, and badgers has been made Patron of the RSPCA. King Charles used his power to block a ban on Fox Hunting and to make sure it is the joke ban we currently have. RT if the RSPCA should remove him.

Fantastic autumn colours at Chatsworth House today. 🇬🇧🌱

It is a travesty that Peter Svidler GM, a former candidate to the chess world crown, still in Top 50 at the age of 49, self-confessed "cricket tragic" and proud Russian who spoke out against the invasion of Ukraine, should have under 2,000 followers on this platform.

Having illustrated the problem of X ignoring its legal duties, I want to build an effective coalition for intervention. If you are or know people on X receiving racist abuse, rape threats, I would welcome receipts of one rejected attempt to report to the platform an indefensible case

This pink border is where our hideous oil tank used to be before we got our heat pump. The dahlia is Fascination underplanted with Persecaria Red Rragon with Salvia Cerro Petosi and a pink cosmos in the background. 🇬🇧🌱

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

Just got a haircut, and my lovely barber, a Turkish guy who employs 6 people, and has a wife who's an IVF technician, is shutting up shop and moving to another country because his Indefinite Leave to Remain is under threat by these venal, stupid, posturing politicians, left and right.

like to think that Lecornu didn't actually want to be PM and just wanted to see what it was like to form a government for fun, cf.

Extraordinary events in the US - a civil war brewing which the UK media seem to have missed

We’re delighted to welcome Dr Richard Claxton as the new CEO of @ngsopengardens.bsky.social Richard worked as a GP for many years and has long championed nature-based therapies for patients. #UKGardening 🌱 #NationalGardenScheme #OpenGardens

"You can't say India was in trouble. I was yet to bat." Amanjot Kaur's new one-liner dropped. #CWC25

spurs have not been good tonight. but it’s the mark of a great side that *even* when you don’t play well, you can still grind out a point against a tiny Narnian fishing village

I now have a "Steel in the stockyard Iron in the soul We'll conjure up a ship where there used to be a hole And I don't know what we'll do if this yard gets sold For the only life we've known is in the shipyard" earworm.

The final Offscript and Onside podcast, with the iconic Maggie Alphonsi. Catch her extraordinary journey to the top and our thoughts on how England need to approach the World Cup final tomorrow. Pl. Repost if you want. youtu.be/JpgEBIriK20?...

Salvias looking fantastic at the moment. 🇬🇧🌱

Sadiq Khan condemns Nigel Farage's threat to deport hundreds of thousands of Londoners with settled status. “They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city. “Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.”

Everything about this headline is hilarious. And the YouTube views are a reflection of how wildly the right has overblown the number of people paying attention.

Seeing a lot of people say Trump deleted this post. He didn’t, he just edited it to include Lindsey Halligan’s full name. The post is still up on Truth Social.

There's always a tweet......

Scarborough beach getting some banksy inspired sand art. By Fred Brown.

I was stumbling through trying to explain the criminal court to my six year old last night because I have jury duty, but it turned out she already knew it all because she just read an issue of Beano where Dennis and Gnasher were on trial

😂😂😂😂

New setter in the Guardian today. Serenos. 1d - best clue I’ve seen for ages - brilliant.

Cowards. Shameless, morally bankrupt cowards.

PSA: A "Major Terrorist Organization" (MTO) is not a thing. The Immigration and Nationality Act *delegates* power to the State Department to designate *FOREIGN* terrorist organizations (FTOs) based on certain criteria. It doesn't apply to domestic orgs. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!

*Unless it is Cameron being replaced by May, May being replaced by Johnson, Johnson being replaced by Truss, or Truss being replaced by Sunak. It is only if Starmer goes. Absolute. Charlton. Hypocrite. Imbecile.

One of these rich dudes invested in a food company with all proceeds going to kids in need. The other started Sundance Institute, boosting the lives of countless artists. Hey modern rich dudes, don't be a typical greedy AI crypto-prick, be like these two.

We must unite against those who seek to divide us.

We have until 30th of November to raise £1.2 million and connect 1000 acres of nature-rich space. 🌱 Wildlife and rare species are at stake. Donate now to help us save Middleton Moor. https://pulse.ly/hnrwstrbnn

We opened for the National Garden Scheme at the weekend and despite some challenging weather we welcomed over 100 people to the garden and raised over £1000 for nursing charities.🇬🇧🌱

4 days to go until our garden opening for the NGS in Derbyshire. This is Salvia Ulinigosa - Bog Sage - delicate and chaotic! And picking up the blue sky in the background. 🇬🇧🌱

I have posted about this before but this amazing Salvia really knocks me out! When we open for the National Garden Scheme on the weekend of the 13th September it will be the star amongst the many salvias and dahlias on display-along with a thriving Kitchen Garden and some roses making a comeback.🇬🇧🌱

I have posted about this before but this amazing Salvia really knocks me out! When we open for the National Garden Scheme on the weekend of the 13th September it will be the star amongst the many salvias and dahlias on display - along with a thriving Kiychen Garden and some roses making a comeback.