Christine Manning

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Could I add hand dryers to your list?

[Scene is the entrance cabin to a NATIONAL TRUST PROPERTY AND GARDENS] 1 NATIONAL TRUST EMPLOYEE [inside cabin]: Hello there 2 [A young family - two parents two kids - have arrived at the front desk]. DAD: Hi - do you have an activity trail, for the kids? 3 NT EMPLOYEE: Of course – you’re just in time for the Autumn Gammon Trail! 4 MUM: That sounds fun, doesn’t it kids? 5 NT EMPLOYEE [handing an activity sheet and pencils to the kids]: Every autumn, the Reform Trust gammons flock back to the National Trust for the AGM. Just follow the trail round the grounds, and see how many you can spot! 6 NT EMPLOYEE [hearing something in the gardens]: Listen - that's their call [Calls emanating from the landscape]: tut-tut woke-woke 7 NT EMPLOYEE [showing the family an apparently empty fenced enclosure with some bushes in]: They are extremely sensitive and fragile... But you can bring them out of hiding if you put a little sign down mentioning slavery. 8 KIDS [pointing]: There they are! [Some little red faced PEOPLE wearing Barbour jackets and gilets emerge cautiously from the bushes. They are creeping towards a TINY SIGN in the middle of the enclosure]. [Little people noises]: woke-woke tut-tut woke-woke 9 [Close-up of the TINY SIGN - we can read that it says]: Slavery had a bit to do with building this massive house. [Noises from the little people again as they inspect the tiny sign]: tut-tut woke-woke 10 MUM [pointing]: What's that one doing there? NT EMPLOYEE: Oh, that's so sweet… 11 [We see that one of the people is sat on a rock, with a little laptop open on a tree stump, and they are furiously typing away]. NT EMPLOYEE: I think he's writing a column for the Daily Telegraph… 12 [We see close up to the little person’s screen, it is a word document reading]: Are National Trust scones secretly WOKE? [ends]

If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...

Absolutely! Thank you Will! YNWA

Seconded

A beautiful city - and with the Joyce connection

Finally…

Still waiting on the Prime Minister’s statement condemning the huge, violent, Nazi mob that attacked police officers in London…

Idiotic vandalism (placement of flag) followed by idiotic reporting

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Good on you, Mo!

Indeed. Thank you to those Bournemouth fans - it was appreciated ♥️

Wishing you swift healing

Encapsulates my feelings around such an awful tragedy. Thank you

He made so many people so happy

Adam, you’re not on your own

I know this isn't the point. But Liverpool has great museums and galleries, superb nightlife for all tastes, two awesome cathedrals, an attractive docklands, rich musical and footballing heritage, and a boycott of the Sun. If you believe it's a shithole, you're both intellectually lazy and wrong.

Thank you! A fabulous sight

Top work 👏👏👏 @theanfieldwrap.bsky.social

Definitely!

Me too - with my blue-supporting sister!! 😂

Amazing!! #LFC

East African Housekeepers Face Rape, Assault and Death in Saudi Arabia (Gift Article) East African leaders and Saudi royals are among those profiting off a lucrative, deadly trade in domestic workers.

From the front page of the New York Times this morning, a shocking story about hundreds of deaths of African domestic workers in Saudi Arabia, largely reported as “natural deaths.”

Thinking about this instead of the aesthetically pleasing wall of scarves and noise.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/w...

Heartbreaking Karl. Sending sympathy and virtual hugs to you, Paul and all your family. From a fellow LFC fan

Thoughts on Brain Size, Birth, and the Ignorance of Obscene Wealth 2025 is going to be a bumpy ride

Thoights on brain size, birth, and the ignorance of obscene wealth open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...

Thank you for this annual treat Larry 😊

…and stayed for the TOTP observations!

Good morning from Duchess!