Adrian Littlejohn

Not that I remember... 🤔

YouTube video by marilliononline Marillion - Lavender - Official Music Promo Video

Derided as a 'Scottish Genesis' - despite being formed in Aylesbury - being incredibly uncool didn't stop neo-prog band Marillion selling shedloads of records in the '80s.

Nor did it stop them making something quietly heartbreaking from a 17th century nursery rhyme...

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Nigel Farage invests £215,000 in Kwasi Kwarteng’s bitcoin firm Reform UK leader strengthens ties with crypto sector with stake in former Tory chancellor’s company Stack BTC

Oh wow! Would you trust £215k of your money to *Kwasi Kwarteng* - Mr Mini Budget himself - of all people?! 🤣🤣

Then again, you probably don't have two hundred thousand quid spare to chuck around - unlike the 'man of the people' himself - do you?

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The Tories oversaw the degradation of UK gas storage capacity - 2010 to 2017.

Thatcher privatised the gas and oil industry - 1982 to 1986.

Thatcher closed the collieries - 1986 to 1991.

This woman is an idiot - 1960 to 2026

Legislation is, rightly, in place to protect children in so many areas.
The fact that it would be difficult, in this case, to make protections foolproof is no reason for not trying.

Social media harms children: what are MPs waiting for? Clauses six and seven of the Editors’ Code of Practice, by which this newspaper and its journalists abide, set out strict guidelines that extend across the industry – and quite right, too.

Thoughts?

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The first lesson of war is ‘know your enemy’ – and Britain’s enemy now is Donald Trump | Simon Tisdall As the Iran disaster escalates, the US president should be seen as an enemy whose actions threaten the lawful, democratic way of life everywhere, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdal...

It’s time to cut our ties with America and this not so special relationship.

‘This is Trump’s war of choice. But Britain has choices, too. 250 years after the American colonists broke free of empire, it’s time for a British Declaration of Independence.’
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Absolutely right, Reece. The US is, certainly under the current administration, an enemy. It should be treated as such, and kept at arm's length at best.
And if it's not too late to rebuild the bridges with our friends in Europe we should. Urgently.

Campaigners push to protect chalk streams in Carshalton Campaigners say the eco-system rarity does not have enough legal protection.

Not just Carshalton..! Chalk Streams are rare and precious on a global scale. Pure and clean, they are wonderful habitats for all manner of wildlife, and the vast majority of them are in (southern) England.

It is our responsibility to the planet to look after them.

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YouTube video by Zàicì Mukbang Spicy Juicy Beef Tripe #shorts #shortvideo #mukbang #asmr

You mean this isn't him?

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Crossed fingers for you 🤞

Trump accuses Starmer of seeking to 'join wars after we've already won' and says UK aircraft carriers not needed - follow live Meanwhile, Iran continues attacks on Gulf states as UAE officials say a Dubai resident has been killed by falling shrapnel.

Yes, but *we'll* need our aircraft carrier, Donny.

For when we bomb the White House... 🤬

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And now this anti-British rag is cheering on a Russian tool (well, just a tool, actually...) swanning off to sunny Florida to discuss matters with a fellow admirer of Putin.

(Didn't get Orange Donny to come to Clacton, did he?🤣)

I suppose a sudden, lethal, hurricane is too much to ask for?

Nigel Farage piles pressure on US to kill off Chagos surrender Reform UK's leader has vowed to 'reinforce the message' during his trip to the US that Sir Keir Starmer 's deal to hand the Indian Ocean territory to Mauritius is the 'worst deal in history'.

"Labour's Chagos Islands surrender". Also known as 'the agreement negotiated by a Conservative government'.

Still, I suppose we all stopped expecting truth from the vile Daily Mail long ago.

I wonder how many Mail readers could even point to the islands in an atlas? 🤔🤣
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Trump wants to pick Iran's new leader - will a hostile regime under fire agree? The president's vision of Iran's future could meet fierce opposition, writes chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet.

So, rather than have their leader chosen by a small cabal of murderous religious lunatics, the people of Iran might now have him personally selected by Donald Trump instead.

Isn't democracy a wonderful thing? 🤮

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YouTube video by Crouch End Festival Chorus CEFC with Ray Davies - The Kinks, Waterloo Sunset - BBC Electric Proms, The Roundhouse

For me, The Kinks' "Waterloo Sunset" might just be the best three-minute pop song ever written.

This glorious version features its composer, Ray Davies, and the Crouch End Festival Chorus.

Enjoy! ❤️

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The @greenparty.org.uk is the future, Reece. I'm convinced of it.
And I love that their latest MP is, in the most positive way possible, an ordinary person. A plumber, who felt she had to apologise to her customers because another job had come up! 😄👍

215,000 members! ✅✊
It seems I’m not alone in whom I’ve put my trust to take us forward out of the present mire.
#HopeNotHate
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I've already reposted this calm and reasonable response from @zackpolanski.bsky.social. But honestly...

Shabana Mahmood is a *Labour* MP. What happened? What has changed her, and what changed Labour?

I was once proud to be a member. Now I'm a Green. And I didn't leave Labour. They left me...

A brilliant letter from a Party leader who genuinely cares about the plight of humans struggling to make their lives even remotely palatable, to a Home Secretary who once shared the same sentiments.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social… I salute you!
Shabana Mahmood… what happened to you? 😱

Well done for bringing this to wider attention, Reece. And of course to @zackpolanski.bsky.social for being, like you, a concerned and compassionate human being!

Bravo both of you!

Or at least, move matches in the US to Canada and Mexico! 🤣👍🏻

(And publicly ask him to return his ridiculous FIFA peace Prize...)

Old photo: wonderful Yorkshire! Hardraw Force has a vertical drop of 100ft, the longest of any above-ground waterfall in England.

Just listening to the cricket semi-final.
And being reminded that, if a country *has* to have a national anthem, we must have the most pathetic, feeble, forelock-tugging subservient pile of crap in the civilised world. 🤮
And that's without the later verses that Scots, quite rightly, object to... 😡

South East Water faces £22m fine for supply failures The firm was unable to cope during high demand, Ofwat says, leading to

This relates to problems in 2023. South East Water reported an operating profit of £35.9 million for the *six-month* period ending Sept 2023.
£22m is peanuts to them.
Privatisation of water services was a ruthless, cynical act of vandalism. It should be reversed...

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Devastating? They haven't been able to get rid of so much of the damn stuff in one day for ages... 😂👍

Good old @privateeyenews.bsky.social 🤣👍

YouTube video by tomtt47 Runrig - Running To The Light

For my money, the absolute best song, by one of my very favourite bands.
And I was at this concert - Runrig's 30th anniversary show, on Stirling Castle esplanade in August 2003. A memorable evening!

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Starmer and Badenoch clash over UK's response to Iran conflict and defence spending - live updates The prime minister defends his decision to refuse the US access to UK military bases for initial strikes on Iran - a move Donald Trump has criticised.

Well... If there's any British political leader whose position is under threat, it won't be the Prime Minister, at least for now.
But after this catastrophic demonstration of utter ignorance and failure to 'read the room', I wouldn't give much for Ms Badenoch's chances!
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Want to stop Farage with your vote? At the moment you can’t – and Starmer must fix that | Polly Toynbee The PM’s in-tray is overflowing. But he can’t afford to neglect the real issue that is distorting our politics and the way we live, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

I know Proportional Representation isn't the 'sexiest' of subjects. But this article is as good an explanation of why it's an urgent need as any I've read.
Labour took almost two-thirds of the seats on one third of the votes in 2024. We can't risk Reform doing the same.

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