"I once said I was given £5 million for my security, then a few days later said it was a reward for Brexit"

What it looks like when someone throws a Yellow Wagtail at you... 😳😱😅🐦 #birds 🐦

#MusicChallenge #MayMusicChallenge Day 14: A folk song Roy Harper - 'When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease' www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy-W...

A cause for national shame. This is the Rainbow Map for LGBTI+ rights across Europe. Until 2015, the UK was top. We've now collapsed down the rankings - and are the worst in Western Europe. We're now near Albania.

When I attended the ILGA conference last year there was a closed session with the Human Rights Commissioner for the problem cases: Hungary, Albania and the UK. I think this map flatters the UK and we are worse than it shows.

#MusicChallenge #DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 14: the title track of an album Tried to make it a bit more of a challenge, so went for band & title track of an album being the same. Motorhead? Black Sabbath? Nope ... 'Bad Company' by Bad Company off the self-titled LP www.youtube.com/watch?v=45wp...

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 14: a musical artist who has also acted in a film Two for one: David Bowie & Mick Jagger - 'Dancing In The Street' Bowie in 'The Hunger', 'Labyrinth', etc. Jagger in 'Performance', 'Ned Kelly', etc. www.youtube.com/watch?v=opRR...

#LookAndSee 399 #MusicChallenge Chris Rea - 'Le Mans' www.youtube.com/watch?v=y31F...

The USA has blocked 5 players from Iraq's team from coming to the World Cup. Including one who plays in the English Football League. Boycott the World Cup.

New Reform tag line? "Stop the small spacecraft" Kieran Lay's speech about UAPs (UFOs) led to some raised eyebrows... not least from Doncaster Council leader Guy Aston. (Funnily enough I know Guy Aston from many years ago, so this was a coffee/keyboard moment 😂) www.instagram.com/reels/DYP0FG...

#ReliefWednesday Ardashir I receives the ring of power from Ahura Mazda. Ardashir I, also known as Ardashir the Unifier (180–242 AD), was the founder of the Persian Sasanian Empire. He was also Ardashir V of the Kings of Persis, until he founded the new empire. #History #Art

#ReliefWednesday #Actors masks from the theatre at Perge, Antalya, #Turkey. The (Roman) Perge Theatre was built between 70 AD and the middle of the 2nd century AD, 📸 of the masks my own. #Archaeology #History

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 13: a song about an historical event Massive Wagons - 'Buck'. A lesser known song of theirs, the track tells the real-life story of Lancashire killer Buck Ruxton, who murdered his wife and maid in the 1930s www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJVR...

#MusicChallenge #DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 13: a song with a Q, X or Z in the title A great opening track on their debut album Garbage - 'Supervixen' www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOeR...

#LookAndSee 398 #MusicChallenge Marillion - 'Assassing' www.youtube.com/watch?v=28gZ...

"Hands up if you've been accused of taking £1 million to thow an election and nobody doubts it for a second because it's just so you"

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 12: a song with a male name in the title Janis Joplin - 'Me and Bobby McGee' www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Cg-...

#MusicChallenge #DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 12: a song with night or day in the title Rush - 'Fly By Night / In The Mood' from the live album All The World's A Stage www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVAd...

Invoice for buying up Britain. @theobserveruk.bsky.social

What are those "stronger ties", Keir? Will we rejoin the single market? Or the EU? Or just eat more word salad?

Could Farage be forced into a by-election? Two investigations into his undeclared £5m gift. The Electoral Commission Parliamentary Standards Commissioner If as result, he is suspended from the Commons for 10+sitting days, petition signed by 10% of constituents can trigger Recall and a by-election.

#LookAndSee 397 #MusicChallenge Posting a second one as I had a nagging feeling that I knew another one and it just came to me "And I raise my head and stare Into the eyes of a stranger I've always known that the mirror never lies" Queensrÿche - Eyes Of A Stranger www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4du...

#LookAndSee 397 #MusicChallenge "Cause I look in the mirror, And it throws back the question And I whisper in words, That beg an answer Tell me ..." Deacon Blue - Fergus Sings The Blues www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2Zc...

Musée d’Orsay in Paris opens a gallery dedicated to still-unclaimed works believed to have been looted by Nazis from their Jewish owners in WWII: https://cnn.it/3QQ3wQR

After 12 years, the EU flag is back on Hungary’s Parliament building — the new Speaker’s very first decision. A happy Schuman Day indeed.

Good morning everyone have a magical day There’s a drive in you that’s incredible You will get through anything because you know how to keep going when everything turns to shit An unbelievable gift to have ❤️❤️❤️💙❤️❤️❤️

The Bridewell Liverpool @bridewell.bsky.social Another complete on the mission to paint all 285 Liverpool pubs Reposts appreciated #liverpoolartscene #Liverpoolpubs #lancashireartistoftheyear #GaryNortn

#LookAndSee 395 #MusicChallenge Blackfoot - 'Highway Song' youtu.be/PbNrJWgG_24?...

Merseyside Reform UK election candidate who called the Holocaust a "hoax" and "propaganda" has been elected in the local elections. Disgusting people www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

now thats an anecdote with a punch, from Gillian Tett www.ft.com/content/c0ae...

Groundhog Day. How utterly depressing that these dismal people get to fail us all over again. Big hand to the media for their starring role in this hellcycle of corruption, dishonesty and betrayal.

Absolutely this 👇

#LookAndSee 394 #MusicChallenge "I'm the night, I'm the night I'm the dark and the light With eyes that see inside you" Rainbow - 'Man on the Silver Mountain' www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORnv...

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 8: a duet between two pop artists Ozzy Osbourne & Elton John - 'Ordinary Man' www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBF7...

#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge May 8: a song with Road, Street or Avenue in the title Magnum - 'Lost On The Road To Eternity' www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbhB...

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 8: Favourite band of the 2010s Again, very difficult to choose, but with the Black Crowes looking dead in the water, Rich Robinson put this wonderful band together. The Magpie Salute - 'Send Me An Omen' www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEhk...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Outstanding by the good people of Inverclyde 👏

If you repost this you might give Farage and his Deformers heart attacks! Oh, go on then - you know you want to !

Unearthed reports reveal that RFK Jr. fired every full-time CDC cruise ship sanitation inspector ahead of the Hantavirus cruise ship outbreak. www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-cru...

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekRforReflections

#MatthewsMonthofMusic #MusicChallenge 2026-0507 #Prompt #Book Marillion - 'Grendel' Grendel is a character, usually depicted as a monster or giant, from the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2jb...

Tomorrow marks the 100th birthday of one of our greatest ever naturalists, Sir David Attenborough. To celebrate, we’re offering free entry into our visitor centres at Montrose Basin and Loch of the Lowes. How better to mark such a special day than by spending it immersed nature? #DavidAttenborough

🔴 NEW - Nigel Farage has accepted £2 million since becoming an MP @desmog.com’s analysis, published by The Guardian, shows that the Reform leader has raked in millions on top of the £5 million handed to him by Harborne

Americans: "Iranians are religious radicals." Also the White House faith advisor leading a mass exorcism:🤪🤪🤪

#MusicChallenge #LookAndSee (393) "Rain on me come pouring down Clean the dirt off this old town Tell the sun to come around Show his face on Hope Street" Levellers - Hope St. (feat. Billy Bragg) www.youtube.com/watch?v=26U1...

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 7: favourite band of the 2000s Very hard to choose one, but based on the strength of their debut album ... Velvet Revolver - 'Fall To Pieces' www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Jhs...

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 7: a track where rhythm drops out entirely for dramatic effect The Damn Truth - 'Look Innocent' The rhythm drops several times during this song, with maybe the one around 3:30 being the best www.youtube.com/watch?v=b89B...