Stephen Shirres

I shall add it to my Christmas list!

This new asylum policy from labour is vile and betrays labour values. It ignores the reality of refugee peoples’ lives, aspirations, families… it betrays our obligations to help the most vulnerable and IT WILL NOT DETER SMALL BOATS.

It’s a grim day.

Is there another way I can buy the Lychford Collection in paperback or it is just from your stall?

Good luck for today. I hope you sell loads.

It is what you implied. Certainly that is how I read it.

And yes, if you want to stop DV then don't give your money to Cats Protection, but they do help some survivors of DV which can only be a good thing.

This is great. More of this.

So if a charity can't solve DV (or get to the heart of it as you say) they should not bother helping survivors escape their abusers?

One of the ways abusers control their victims is threatening their animals that they know aren't allowed in DV shelters.

Lifeline | Cats Protection Lifeline (formerly Paws Protect) is Cats Protection's specialist cat fostering service for those fleeing domestic abuse. Our network of cat fosterers provides temporary, loving home for cats.

Many animals charities including Cats Protection and Dogs Trust run services to help victims of domestic violence www.cats.org.uk/what-we-do/c...

This isn't to say your opinion or position is wrong, I just thought you'd like to know.

Exactly

People forget this happened when Fleming was writing the original books. Bond died at the end of From Russia With Love. In Dr No, he got better (they even kept the conversation about him getting better in the film version of Dr No). Just do the same thing again.

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lol why put it this way

Cats Protection. Our brand colour is purple

Some notes on the non-existence of purple The colour light forgot.

For someone who works for a purple brand, this short article from @jonnelledge.bsky.social about whether purple actually exists or not is really interesting.

The answer? It depends on the question!

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Let's be honest here. The Cadbury's caramel bunny was the 1980s equivalent of porn. She made many a young boy (and probably a few girls) have some very odd feelings!

This remains the funniest way to hear about an internet outage, though.

The irony is that is exactly what RTD did in 2005. To misquote Scarface, RTD2 became "high on his own continuity."

RTD should have done a 'classic style' anniversary episode and then start a fresh with Ncuti

I wonder how much social media (Twitter and its successors) have made that harder?

When coverage of your political arguments are reduced to 140 characters or so, much harder to make detailed arguments about why your policy is the right one

It is a very tasty plan

My dog walking towards heavy fog, unaware of the behemoth from The Mist photoshopped into the image.

Bit misty out. #DogLife

200 years ago today, the first passenger train ran between Stockton and Darlington.

Six years later, Scotland’s first railway service began on the Garnkirk & Glasgow Railway.

It passed through Springburn, which soon became the world's biggest centre of locomotive manufacturing.

For a man who could not care less about golf, I really get into the Ryder Cup. I think it is the simplicity of it all. The scoring, the fact that all the individual match-ups mean something to the end.

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Thanks

Who got caught this time

According to Prime Video's auto-generated subtitles, Leo the MGM lion's roar translates to "Love it." (Now with video...)

Wow. From an article in The Guardian.

If I had infinite monkeys I would have them do much cooler shit than typing

A photo of a grey Scottish Fold Cat looking sad. The words on the image say "Cute shouldn't come at a cost. Sign the Petition" followed by the Cats Protection Logo

Right now, cats are bred for appearance at the expense of their health. Breeds like flat-faced, hairless, and folded-ear cats are facing avoidable suffering because of human choices.

If you believe animals deserve better, please take a moment to sign the Cats Protection petition.
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A bike with the rear wheel warped in a way that is not very like Dali's floppy watches but reminds me of them.

Police would like to speak to a Señor Dalí who was seen in the vicinity.

Can an image scream late 90s any louder?

Elon Musk openly called for violence on our streets yesterday.

I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.

Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.

Poster for Jurassic World Rebirth. A woman is climbing down a cliff while fighting off a winged dinosaur

Finally saw Jurassic World Rebirth this weekend. It is a fun Dino action movie. Not a patch on the original #JurassicPark but easily the 2nd best film in the series! #JurassicWorld