Nigel Ashton

If ambrosia is the food of the gods, then marmite is the food of the devil (IMO, other opinions are available)

Fracking in Lancashire not ruled out, Reform deputy leader says

If I was up against Reform in places like Lancashire, this would be a lead story on my leaflets. Reform does the oil and gas industry's bidding and that has real consequences for residents.

That's silly. Everyone know that the Prime Minister is Ted Heath 😁

Selfie of me holding the novel Middle-sex

I was a little surprised at the Tories complaining about Number 10 not celebrating Middlesex Day yesterday, but very happy to do my bit.

Happy International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.

Ah, dear old Bill Boakes. There were many, but I'm guessing Chesterfield

Completely insane from Yvette Cooper and the Labour govt. Our care sector is already on its knees—Brexit gutted staffing, and now they want to ban overseas recruitment? Care services will be battered by this right-wing cosplay. Shameful.

He has all the hallmarks of being a charlatan. He’s polished because he is a trained actor. He left the Lib Dems over not being selected for Richmond Park. Don’t forget

Greetings, Pope Pickers!

As the conclave begins it's time for the Cardinals to greet each other with the words that Alan Freeman taught us:

I think I want to be sick

Doctors say the Supreme Court case saying a definition of "biological" women to be "self-explanatory and to require no
further explanation" is actually "scientifically illiterate" and "biologically nonsensical".

Like anyone who knows anything about biology says, repeatedly.

Are you sure about that? 😁

I’m a Kentishman, we look down our noses at Surrey and their goings-on.

Frimley is well known for it!

“There was a bloke called Lembit Öpik, the politician. After a couple of days, I wanted to kill him.” Nigel Havers about being on I’m A Celebrity

I hope Wera got an answer to her question: Wera Hobhouse demands answers; what's happening at Scunthorpe?

I was going to post something about today's judgement, but I'm just too fucking incandescent to write clearly.

The Trans pride flag with Trans Rights are Human Rights written on it. Now and forever.

Love forever for my Trans siblings.

Is 'nice, church-mending, vegans' the modern equivalent of the 1970s 'beard-and-sandals brigade' ?

I wonder what four parties all on 22% would do to the FPTP lottery

Newport Pagnell has been a Lib Dem council seat for many years

It turns out the USA’s tariffs are based simply on Internet TLDs ( top level domains), see .hm

B/s/W - misprint corrected

All of tonight's by-election results are in:
Lincoln, Park: LD gain from Lab
St Helens, Sutton SE: RUK gain from LD
Neath Port Talbot, Cwmllynfell/Ystalyfera: LD gain from Lab
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Youth Demand: In 2025, We Shut It Down Gaza remains under siege and the West Bank under constant attack. Starmer is cosying up to Donald 'Drill, Baby, Drill' Trump and Rachel Reeves is drooling at the mouth over a new Heathrow runway. They...

I am proud to support the right to protest with a donation to Youth Demand. Police broke into a Quaker meeting house in London and arrested six young women planning a protest against the war in Gaza. See also 'Streisand Effect'.
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Freedom to live you life as who you are is not too much to ask. Today, members passed our new policy to strengthen the rights of the LGBTQ+ community and support them as in living their lives freely.

Decades Ago, Columbia Refused to Pay Trump $400 Million A quarter century ago, the university was looking to expand. It considered, and rejected, property owned by Donald Trump. He did not forget it.

The man’s vengeance knows no bounds. 25 years ago Columbia University declined to pay Trump $400M for land worth well under $100M for an expansion project. Now Trump has cancelled $400M federal funding to Columbia unless they kowtow to his policies. Columia gave in. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/n...

That's going to cause anxiety in the Audubon Society

From ALDC's Bluesky feed
Exe Valley - East Devon DC LIB DEM HOLD
LD 256, 44% (+7.1%)
CON 137, 23.5% (-8.3%)
RFM 135, 23.2% (New)
LAB 54, 9.3% (-22%)

Photo of airborne TWA (Trans World Airlines) jet

What would MAGA have made of this classic US airline

A large billboard ad has just been put up. It shows a Tesla underneath the movie headline which says “The Fast and the Fuhrer”. Underneath the car it says Heil Tesla. Next to the car is Elon Musk doing the Nazi salute he denies was a Nazi salute even though it looks identical to a Nazi salute and everyone thought it was a Nazi salute, especially Nazis. Photo credit to the campaign group that arranged the billboard - @overthrowmusk on TikTok.

Current scenes in Tottenham, North London. Just down the road from the local Tesla showroom.