Andy Parker

This together with a few interviews is hardly the ringing endorsement of Reform UK that the article seems to imply. I feel that the 34% of votes gained by the Reform candidate might be representative of the town but it is nowhere near the views of the majority of residents.

Thank you for such a thoughtful and positive thread. You make many valid points. I do think though, that it might be pointed out that out of our two county councillors, only one Reform candidate was elected by 34% of the voters in a 35% turnout.

I don't know who this person is but if he is so keen on our Christian country maybe someone will see him in church this morning.

Can anyone help me out here? This train was evacuated in the Midlands. What is the significance of the second word in this headline?

When is AI going to realise that it can't 'summarise' a piece of music?

Good likeness, but the hands are too big.

Yes. It IS the one you know. And it's not just the last movement that is spectacular.

We are reliably informed that all four of these manuals of the magnificent Hill organ at St John’s, Buxton, will be used in our performance of Saint Saëns Organ Symphony THIS SUNDAY.

Not to be missed!

buxtonoperahouse.org.uk/event/french...

Score of Lili Boulanger's Psalm 130

Du font de l'abîme - 'From the depths of the abyss I cry to you'
Written by a 24-year-old Lili Boulanger reacting to the First World War going on around her, this work has worrying echoes of our current world.
Hear this remarkable work performed in Buxton.
buxtonoperahouse.org.uk/event/french...

@thecbso.bsky.social I'm waiting patiently for your first post. I understand that you are still posting on toXic.

And don't you ever forget it - because we won't.

The composer Lili Boulanger seated at an organ console

On Sunday 6 April, for the first time in its 80 year history, @BuxtonMusSoc will perform a work by a female composer.
But what a composer! And what a work!
If you have never heard Lili Boulanger's 'Au font de l'abîme', you need to.
If you have, I'm sure that you will be coming to listen again.

Factchecking Trump’s inaugural address, from inflation to healthcare Following up on key claims made by 47th US president during his day one speech

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The lies start now.

38,000 Americans died during the building of the Suez Canal. Perhaps they did, but they weren't working on the Canal. Only 5,600 did.

What a twat.

Can anyone recommend something useful to do with my life on Monday afternoon and evening as our major broadcasters fawn over an orange idiot 3000 miles away?

Broadband, mobile and TV price hikes 2025: How BT, Sky, Virgin Media and more will change bills this spring Millions of BT, EE, Plusnet, and Vodafone broadband, mobile and TV customers will see their bills increase this spring. By how much, and whether they'll rise by inflation or pounds and pence, depends ...

Whenever someone tells you that public sector workers asking for an above inflation payrise are stoking inflation, just point out that everyone who owns a mobile phone is doing the same by accepting these automatic increases from phone companies.
www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2025/01...

Truss championing free speech again.

"If you're not stand prepared to stand up as a Tory MP and denounce what's been said about Jess Phillips, who's now had threats made to her, then you need to seriously consider why you're in politics in the first place", says Keir Starmer

@bbclaurak.bsky.social
Why are you giving Farage airtime? We know he is a liar and disrupter. He is a smug bastard who thrives on misinformation and stirring up hatred.

He lied to his family, to his spouses, to his employers, to his constituents, to Parliament and to the national and international populace. I just can't wait for his book about Shakespeare.

What do you mean 'Elect politicians'? We simply buy ours.

That's English for you. Even the name of the language doesn't obey its regular pronunciation rules. Inglish?

James Patterson is a good pairing too.

A photo of the corrected poster for the Musical Society Concert this Sunday

Limited tickets still available.

Everyone needs to know this.

Hello everyone. I am now on this platform for social media. Do please repost this message so that more people can find me!

Well. I've escaped from the angry cesspit of Twitter - since foolishly renamed X. But it does worry me that so many are still there enjoying being spiteful.