Has politics hit a new low, as Rupert Lowe rows back on rowing row?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Has politics hit a new low, as Rupert Lowe rows back on rowing row?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
N: Plockton, Scotland
E: Minsk, Belarus
S: Westport, New Zealand
W: Columbus, Ohio
This is exactly why we need public service broadcast media as well - with legal responsibilities to serve the UK public - not just media conglomerates owned by billionaires or shareholders/equity firms!
07.08.2025 21:52 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Just imagine, eh?
07.08.2025 19:57 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I presume they're using a random number generator, hence the need to press the button each time? If it is truly random, there would be some times when nobody gets searched at all - some where everyone does - and some who get consecutive searches...
07.08.2025 09:19 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Now wash your hands.
06.08.2025 21:40 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It seems that actually, yes, it SHOULD still happen with the card:
www.gov.uk/guidance/pro...
I have never in my life had champagne to celebrate a special event.
I am 40.
If you stand on your head, is it an emergency?
05.08.2025 20:56 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Next time that dog next door starts barking non-stop... a cautionary tail (!)
#cartoon #art #penandink #drawing #hell #dogs
As it happens, Cumberland Sausage defines the region!
That and the coast, the fells, miniature steam trains... and Sellafield nuclear facility!
"Home Rule for Cumberland, Cumberland rules the waves,
Cumberland never, never, never will be Lancs!"
As it were. And ditto for Westmorland...
Red? Cardinal? Here goes!
#StunDay #red #photography #macro
The Gannet?
03.08.2025 20:59 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Just about the only way to make the aforementioned "songs" palatable! Nice one!
02.08.2025 10:23 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Ditto! But in Manchester!
Did you do the one by Blur (parkrun!)?
Happy #YorkshireDay2025 to all who celebrate - as a Cumbrian living in Lancashire, I reckon the thing you East-Siders should be MOST proud of is the Tansy Beetle population along the River Ouse...
#Yorkshire #YorkshireDay
The most recent census proves the UK is NOT a Christian nation - therefore his whole argument is shot to Kingdom Come anyway!
31.07.2025 22:36 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0So far - but give it a few years, and who knows???!
31.07.2025 20:43 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0So, technically, the baby was about 30 at birth then?!?
If we measure from conception!
They could have tracked them down, if they'd launched a STING operation - that woulda made quite the 'B' movie!
30.07.2025 21:41 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Well done your sister!
30.07.2025 21:27 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0So hang on - TLDR - are the WASPS radioactive, or is it just their NEST that is?
30.07.2025 21:25 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The main problem with churches today:
#cartoon #drawing #penandink #Bible #belief #faith #God #Bible #Jesus #Truth
She has got the colours spot on :-)
29.07.2025 13:23 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"share the history of Spurn WITH visitors" - there, BBC News, fixed it for you!
#grammar
And the un-memed shot...
28.07.2025 20:01 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Ever seen a Bryant's Fox Squirrel applying deodorant?
Spotted THIS one doing a #Lynx / #Axe pose up near #Cleveland #Ohio!