Welcome to our September edition of Weybridge & Brooklands Life. We would like to give a warm welcome to residents in Burwood Park, Cobham, Hersham and Walton who are receiving the magazine for the first time.

A very splendid island on my morning paddle up river www.community-life.co.uk/weybridge-br...

Very much so. Those us who knew it was a terrible idea watched as it dawned on the more moderate people. It takes a long time, but I'm glad I'm reconciled with my father.

As America reverts to a more distant historic strategic posture then we must revert to ours. Defending our island by building alliances with friends on the continent to defeat those who seek to dominate us.

We’ve done it for 500 years. We’ve got this.

On 24 June 2023 Prigozhin was 200km from Moscow.
Now Putin’s in the Oval.

Russian history has always been wild.

UK. We know about standing up to dictators

The United States appears to be in violation of the Budapest Memorandum which disarmed Ukraine of nuclear weapons in exchange for security guarantees.
The agreement signed by the US in 1994 specifically prohibits economic coercion against Ukraine.

Not so much a reset as a attempted rewiring to reverse polarity without any safety equipment

"Lower Canada" might have been worth a try....

This too will pass. Keep on keeping on

Probably a lot more empty countryside and a lot fewer nimbies

At work I came across a German company that did this, can't recall name but Germans take this sort of thing very seriously given the experience with Stasi. Although we Brits think they can be a bit careless about cryptography. I would go for an EU based system given your obvious reasons for concerns

YouTube video by theclashVEVO The Clash - Know Your Rights (Remastered)

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Thompson was a few years above me at my Oxford College. He tried to shut down my BBC music station. We listeners fought him and won. He's a coward and as much an embarrassment to the college as Liz Truss

L118?

I'm not sure the political involvement in appointments of your judges is the greatest design. Also, direct election of the president allows an president to have a personal mandate a PM only gets from getting the support of enough MPs

No way would a convicted felon get elected here or be able to ignore the rule of law

These are not normal times. Even then the US did not do us any favours other than make senior people in government, especially in defence and intelligence feel more important

See bsky.app/profile/davi...

How do we Brits get Musk to butt out? How much do we have to fear from a lawless US president? should we just ignore your country for 4 years?