Peter Jordan

Autumn landscape of rolling green farmland and hills under a partly sunny sky. A road winds through the fields.

The Anton Valley

Looking south down the Anton Valley towards its joining the Test. The road is the A3057 from Andover to Romsey.

Not in a National Park or a National Landscape, but there are some fine routes for walking or cycling round here.

In 15 years of train commuting I'd have none of it; incl "I'm holding this seat for my friend"

"We’re changing what we show you online and in the Tesco app to be more relevant to you." No, #tesco, I don't want targeted ads from 3rd parties in your comms.

What does that even mean? Setting the alarm clock?

But where did you get that GdN photo? Got a mini-drone in your uniform?

Strangely, when I retired and then went back for a bit; on-boarding was quite smooth.

i would venture that all the participants of #celebritytraitors enhanced their reputations, with the exception of David; sadly.

#Tesco gouging its customer database further. Now adding 'relevant' adverts from 3rd party brands within their own channels.

These trains were coming & tixs been accepted between operators when trains cancelled

Journey to Great British Railways gathers steam with landmark legislation Bill includes fare and ticketing reform and a strengthened passenger watchdog to create a better, more inclusive railway for all.

www.gov.uk/government/n...

SWR has more than tripled the number of new trains in service since entering public ownership.. and passengers can now use tickets across publicly owned operators during cancellations – at no extra cost.

More govt Comms hyperbole

Setting #Reform policies beside, Zia Yusuf comes across as very annoying. Given he's everywhere it demos the lack of serious people in the party.

When they are going to hate you whatever you do it means you are free to do anything.

I wish some politicians closer to home would learn this.

Neighbour had his annual private fireworks display this evening. He never alerts us and also he seems to have had pre-teen grandchildren for the last 21 years.

The display was good tho'

Screenshot of a survey question: Your perception of Hampshire Trust Bank "Is your overall perception of Hampshire Trust Bank a positive one? Yes/No"

What a bizarre question and a strange survey. Not clear what they'll learn from it.

Not watched this week's yet, but he has grown on me a lot.

Oh for goodness sake!!!

Councils in England face clampdown on four-day working weeks Steve Reed writes to South Cambridgeshire council raising concerns over performance and value for money

Another example of the government’s lurch to the populist right.

By most measures, four-day week trials have shown positive results

Michael Heseltine: Reform is fascist. We must stop Nigel Farage At 92, Tory grandee Michael Heseltine is making a comeback. He criticises Nigel Farage and Reform, whose policies remind him of Oswald Mosley and Enoch Powell

“Reform is fascist. We must stop Nigel Farage.”

Michael Heseltine is on a mission to stop Reform UK. Superb interview by @alicettimes.bsky.social, with ”share token”.

www.thetimes.com/article/9048...

Reform plans to ‘dramatically’ cut civil service numbers in government Danny Kruger, who defected from the Tories last month, has pledged a ‘more concentrated government machine’

So Kruger's planning to dramatically cut the Civil Service, close buildings and stop WFH.

No mention of what Whitehall stops doing or how ways of working might change.
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Well, it fills the gap between Halloween/Guy Fawkes and Christmas Markets.

It's the performative must wear a poppy on TV that annoys me.

Beyond the Basics: Data Visualisation – Nicola Rennie In this talk, I’ll showcase why you should visualise data, present some guidelines for making more effective charts, before discussing examples of good and not so good charts.

Slides: nrennie.rbind.io/talks/yss-ya...

If people like @itvpeston.bsky.social are unsure whether Sarah Pochin's statement was racist, they should try saying exactly the same thing to their employer and see how it goes.

One of the biggest microplastic pollution sources isn’t straws or grocery bags – it’s your tires Rain storms wash those tire shards into streams and ultimately into lakes and oceans. That’s bad news for fish and other aquatic life.

One of the biggest microplastic pollution sources isn’t straws or grocery bags – it’s your tires

theconversation.com/one-of-the-b...

La pyramide n'est pas en ligne droite avec les Champs Elysées ?

Anecdotally, I clicked on a powdered oatmilk ad on FB and, of course then was served ads from 3 other brands. Was actually quite useful.

The economic disaster that is Brexit The chancellor admitted last week that Brexit has hit productivity and the economy much harder than previously thought, a fact that the budget - courtesy of the OBR - would recognise. In a little-reported speech last week, Bank of England monetary policy committee member Swati Dhingra gave a hint at official thinking, citing recent independent research suggesting that Brexit had lowered Britain's output by between 6% and 8% and investment by between 12% and 18%, compared with what it would have been had the UK remained in the EU. Worse, these losses are permanent. The devastating numbers, much worse than the OBR's earlier official estimates, are the single most important cause of weakened productivity. They also mean that the exchequer has lost not £40bn but up to £80bn of tax revenue every year. Outside wartime, no leading country has ever committed so much economic self-harm.

"The economic disaster that is Brexit"

(A lot worse than I had thought)

Will Hutton in @theobserveruk.bsky.social

The reform party nativity scene.

No unmarried mothers. No Middle Eastern people. No refugees. No people seeking emergency accommodation.

And not a wise fvcking man in sight…

A tin of new potatoes is an undervalued resource.

I'm shocked you're still supporting her, Sir Michael, when the Conservatives have such intellectual power houses as Katie Lam and Robert Jenrick.

Stephen Kinnock MP