Of course the prime minister is posting on X about how bad the riot organised on X is. Fucking of course he is. An expression of complete subservience to the men in Silicon Valley and the White House who have instigated this moment.

When Pamela Griffin of Taylor, Texas, was growing up, the farmer who owned the land beside her family's told her father he would give his 87 acres for parkland so children could play on it. In 1999 he and his family made good on that promise, granting the land to a public trust on the condition […]

Another hero retires... #LFC

@WedaleBooks Pleased to have the opportunity to visit Wedale Bookshop during our holiday in Melrose (we called in their branch there as well). A few books purchased, lunch in the nearby Wild Hare cafe and a wander round Stow Old Kirk. What's not to like?

Labour MP for Southport predictably sides with the anti-cycling road lobby. Never anything positive, just get some soundbites fighting the "war on motorists". Never fail to disappoint, meanwhile just down the road in Formby, our Labour MP knocks on the door and literally accuses us of being […]

Well @brokenbottleboy is always good value but I love his latest piece on the completely fake “Farage banned from Desert Island Discs!” story. The sooner people realise that the Mail makes stuff up the better. https://brokenbottleboy.substack.com/?utm_campaign=pub&utm_medium=web

“Of all the players” 😂😂😂

RE: https://sfba.social/@revjss/116649005765746593 If there isn't an EV called the VW Burrito released soon, they're missing a trick.

Timelinefund plus BBesch.

My current reading and it’s making me very angry…

RE: https://mastodon.scot/@fionaorkneynews/116599829842487260 @debsadelight.bsky.social

Seen near Holborn Station, on the route of the Unite the Kingdom rally. The poster says it better than most speeches: When the scapegoats are gone, the borders are fortified, and the hatred has done its damage, the cost of living will still rise, the NHS […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

RE: https://banditsmotorcylediaries.wordpress.com/2026/05/08/the-silent-revolution-on-two-wheels/ I don't understand why I am seeing this post. Am I missing something obvious? 🤷🏻

The horror at what is being done to Palestinians comes from the same place as the horror at what is being done, yet again, to Jews. Does the government really want us to stop standing in solidarity with the victims of atrocities? If so, it will make the country less safe for everyone.

All of us have a duty to fight antisemitism wherever we see it, and confront anyone expressing antisemitic sentiments. If people in any movement express such sentiments, they should immediately be expelled, as many have already been. No excuses, no hesitation.

Keir Starmer's intention to restrict peaceful protest even further is punishment for crimes the great majority of protestors hate and reject. By suggesting that support for Palestinians is an attack on British Jews, he conflates British Jews with the state of Israel, which is wrong and dangerous.

Jews are not collectively responsible for Israeli government policy. People demonstrating peacefully for Palestine are not collectively responsible for the attacks on British Jews. Collective punishment for other people's crimes is not justice.

We must stand in solidarity with Jews being attacked by antisemitic criminals and terrorists: no ifs or buts. We must stand in solidarity with Palestinians being murdered by the Israeli government: no ifs or buts. These are not contradictory positions. They are consistent ones. 🧵1/5

#Starmer lied his way to power, with dark money. He ran a hierarchy of racism in the #LabourParty, purged Jewish members for anti-zionism, binged on freebies. In power, Starmer: ^ starved kids ^ froze grannies ^ endorsed cutting water to civilians ^ shared […] [Original post on mastodon.ie]

This story is completely insane. Beyond belief.

Plan to re-engage people in the democratic process. Make lobbyists issue manifestos and allow people to vote for them, so we can have some influence over the people who actually run the country.

"Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership" Hard to disagree? https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/762640

stolen from https://x.com/mgmkerry/status/2043318648060744181

Woolton Picture House in Liverpool has a week left to raise the rest of its target of £450K required to reopen its doors after 6 years. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq595148nygo Donations here: https://www.wooltoncinema.com/

RE: https://mastodon.scot/@UndisScot/116466179201556411 @debsadelight.bsky.social

Our longstanding Labour MP knocked on our door canvassing for local election in May. We're both longtime Labour voters, but my partner said she probably wouldn't support them this time. He immediately accused her of going to vote Reform. When she said she would never vote Reform and was likely […]

Note to Labour MPs who go canvassing.Don’t treat the ex Labour voter on whose door you knocked unsolicited like a four year old.Perhaps listen to them?Don’t turn back and say “well done for voting Reform” as you walk away. the bloody arrogance. Ask yourself why you’ll lose the next election instead

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My churchcrawling season has now officially started and I’m there for it…. Noun church crawler (informal) A person interested in church architecture, history and art, and visits churches in order to view the buildings for themselves, as opposed to visiting them for religious reasons.

I hope the nesting #Birds like their new moss dispenser. 😄 🐦🕊🪆 #gardening

RE: https://mastodon.scot/@UndisScot/116260212735527883 @debsadelight.bsky.social Maybe in range of Melrose?

I am in this greetings card and I don't like it. #80smusic #genx

Strange one this evening, two iPhones and two iPads all lost internet access whether on home broadband or mobile data. Realised that while this was going on, a Firestick on the same broadband was happily streaming a programme with no problems. Eventually pinned it down, pretty conclusively, to […]

#ai #disinformation #war #bigtech #farright #openai #google

There’s a campaign to put Sweep on the new £20 note and I’m totally there for it Sadly, Bagpuss is ahead at the moment. #NationalTreasure

Breakfast at the dive centre. Easier than when I am diving there 😀 #BikeTooter #scuba

The Onion is one of the things keeping me alive.

Last night there was an Extraordinary meeting of #Wirral Council to agree their opposition to the #peakcluster Carbon Capture and Storage (CCUS) project which plans to run a pipeline and associated infrastructure along the entire length of the peninsula. There was a large public protest outside […]

Not our usual garden birds…

Trump's admission that the U.S. had accidentally killed the Iranians he had lined up to replace Khamenei when they killed Khamenei is really something else. It's so ludicrous that you almost miss the fact that the Iranians he had lined up to replace Khamenei were all picked from within the […]

World gone mad? Go for a bike ride. 🙂 #Wirral #cycling

Our hogs were very active last night, trail camera took about 40 videos! Looking healthy 😍

Obscene.

An account in her own words, of a nurse’s ordeal when her ship was torpedoed in #WW1 Hidden in her records, she speaks to us across the years After spending 4 hours in the water and being injured, she begged to try again to get to Salonica! #NursingHistory historicalclues.blogspot.com/2026/

This is massive, and disgraceful. No organisation called “Tactical Choice” appears to exist.

This is a badly researched and reported article. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3dzrklrz5ro Yes, The Royal Iris has been a much loved #mersey #ferry but this ferry boat has not been afloat for 67 years. The Royal Iris and the Royal Iris of the Mersey are different boats. Our family photo […]

Henderson 0 Milner 2 (HT) #LFC

The government's immigration plans: a dog’s dinner of half-conceived policy, Reform rhetoric, mean-spirited sentiment, and profound intellectual muddle iandunt.substack.com/p/can-we-ext...