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Luciana Berger, "Nigel Farage's £5m gift was connected to his work of delivering Brexit, and that is political activity" Danny Kruger, "No.. It was unrelated to any serviced rendered or services to be delivered" Nigel Farage, "It was given as a reward for campaigning for Brexit for 27 years"

George Barris’ last photo of MARILYN MONROE — born 100yrs ago today — taken on Santa Monica beach just 3 weeks before her passing.

Wow. That got awkward fast, even considering the participants.

Is it a bird, is it a plane, is it a font? The frankly weird memorial font by flamboyant Art Nouveau sculptor Alfred Gilbert who also designed the fountain & statue of Eros in Piccadilly Circus and the Alexandra Monument in London. Longbridge Deverill #Wiltshire #FontsonFriday

WTF is wrong with American journalists? Not one of them has responded to him telling them they are terrible reporters with the obvious reply: "You're a fucking terrible President, so we're even."

Why is Nigel Farage immune to scandals that would destroy his rivals? | Jonathan Freedland

"Early Morning Road" - my oil painting

Had to work until she was 68, never saw a cent from her invention. None of the billionaires are inventors they are all the crooks that stole from the inventors.

May 2021. Guardian letters. Seems a lifetime ago. But I discovered this in my camera roll and it gave me a chuckle.

Cathy Newman, "Controversy about Peter Mandelson trying to introduce Keir Starmer to the boss of Palantir, Peter Thiel. He's a friend of Nigel Farage" Danny Kruger, "I think it would be quite appropriate for him to make introductions like that"

Refukker Farage voted against new worker rights laws, will scrap many existing worker rights and will cut the minimum wage for young people. Unionised 'patriotic working class' folk who would vote for the Refukkers are idiots.

I’ve worked in several Carnegie libraries #Libraries

Deadlock broken: Cllr Katie Thornburrow becomes Cambridge City Council leader as Labour forms minority administration #Cambridge

The progressive policies compass and mainstream support include PR. Neal Lawson set up Compass and is heavily involved in Mainstream and has been campaigning for PR for years, hence the cross party nature of Compass.

We're gathering at The Cockpit just before the critical Makerfield by-election. Join us for an open and in-depth discussion about hope with Neal Lawson, Ben Anderson, Peter Jukes, Hardeep Matharu, James Bloodworth, Josiah Mortimer and Adam Bienkov. 8 June 👉 www.thecockpit.org.uk/show/the_lur...

The arts & creative industries are far more important for UK economy than fishing, yet the latter is the focus of a sentimentalised 'ghost dance' cult disproportionate to its economic significance.

Interesting Bloomberg exclusive. “Vladimir Putin has been told by senior Russian officials that the war in Ukraine is becoming unaffordable, the most serious sign of internal division in Moscow since the full-scale invasion began.” Pity the poor people who told him that.

“tradition is nothing more than what everyone can agree on. If you change ownership of the institutions then you change ownership of the facts…. If you say one thing is another thing & you say it enough times, then it must be so, and if you keep saying it over & over people accept it as true”

Nov 1979: Zeon Watch ad from DG Leisure Centres (+Zeon No.58 Solar Rechargeable LCD Watch with Alarm and Chronograph; Zeon No.57 Countdown Worldtime Chrono Alarm; Zeon No.56 LCD ALARM CHRONOGRAPH; Zeon No.91 Front Button Chrono Alarm; Zeon No.103 LCD CHRONOGRAPH, and more)

Michael Davies who died two years ago was an inspirational teacher. #Israel #Palestine www.theguardian.com/education/20...

“Iran really wants to make a deal.” Problem is, Iran holds all the cards now, and the stupidest president to ever occupy the Oval Office will never get a better deal than the one he tore up.

ICYMI: Chair of the Labour Party Anna Turley MP has reported allegations of hostile state activity by Russia to the National Cyber Security Centre and the Metropolitan Police for independent investigation, after Reform UK failed to clarify whether they had done so.

Abolish Sure Start, discontinue area-based regeneration, underfund education (especially FE), close libraries, cut youth services to the bone and surprise, surprise, you end up with a massive NEETs problem. It's almost as if it was predictable.

This powerful mosaic shows a lion dragging off a stag it’s slain. The lion’s tail has been cropped by the right edge of the mosaic, which may mean the hunting centrepiece was commissioned & made elsewhere, & then cut to size to fit in a pre-planned design 🕰️c180AD 🏛️Verulanium Museum 📷me #MosaicMonday

Don't they just! 📚 #BookSky

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When will our leaders listen ? Part 2.

#Sculpture David Attenborough 😱😂😂😂

The remains of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre (now the RSC) after the disastrous fire of 1926 #Architecture #Theatres

New sketchbook this week and enjoyed revisiting this picture….. from November last

#AirTravel #ClimateChange This is shocking & proves that air travel is too cheap!!

Saint Julien church in Domfront #Normandy Erected in 1924 in reinforced concrete. Neo-Byzantine style. Shape seems very original. Architect Albert Guilbert. #Churches #Architecture

Dinner time #France

Farage has not been seen in Parliament for 11 weeks. 11 weeks. Imagine the state of the country if that frog faced cunt becomes PM.

Pulling up weeds, the same June activity in the 15th Century Labours of the Months sequence of misericords at Great Malvern Priory, Worcestershire. The expression on the man's face suggests the strain required to get those long roots out!

A tray with tea things, a pussycat and a jardinière made out of an old washstand, oil on canvas (sold in a gallery exhibition when I had such things)

The press are all over Nicola Sturgeon, who was investigated and released without charge. So glad all I did was take £5 million to become an MP, £1m to throw an election, make a couple of dodgy house purchases and lie about Russia hacking my phone.

531 years ago, on the 1st of June 1495, Scottish monk John Cor is ordered by King James IV of Scotland to use 'eight bolls of malt to make aquavitae (whisky)' according to an entry in the Exchequer Rolls. It's the first mention of whisky in a Scottish source. #otd #history 🗃️

Their vetting procedure does not exist 🧐

The Dun Cow of Shropshire & Warwickshire: This faerie cow grazed near the stone circle at Mitchell’s Fold. It provided limitless milk until a greedy witch tried to milk it into a sieve; the cow fled to Warwickshire, where it was eventually killed by Guy of Warwick. #folklore

A Lady Godiva parade used to be held in the Warwickshire town of Southam on the 1st Monday in June. A man in a bull’s mask led the procession, followed by “Godiva,” a “Black Lady,” “Peeping Tom” sitting in a box with a window, and then children in fancy dress. All were on horseback.

. Book Recommendations . . . ?! I love this ! #BookSky 💙 📚 .

Tough interview for Sturgeon about the £400k by Keunssberg this morning. Where are the similar interviews with Farage about his £5m?

2016: Nigel Farage, "The idea that we should all give up our democracy, our independence, and hand it over to a group of unelected bureaucrats in Brussels" 2026: Instead, hand it over to an unelected bureaucrat in the UK cosplaying as a shadow home secretary

Every time I see a new VW id buzz I get so excited. Just look at this adorable retro futuristic minivan, and in the iconic two tone!