Annie

I see the Pope has weighed in.

Compulsory purchase for houses left to rot should be a thing.

In Liverpool too. I don't see why it wouldn't work in the NE. I don't want to live somewhere swept by North Sea winds (and I spent many years doing so), but perhaps there are some puffin-lovers who'd be happy there.

There's a good case for just giving away the properties to people with a commitment and skills to restore them. If they're privately owned they should just be taken over by the council. They should not be allowed to rot.

Yes you may use the post.

One of the outcomes from all this might be training institutions encouraging original thought instead of squashing it as flat as they can.

Once again ChatGPT has written a better sermon than I have. Quite a moral dilemma. #cofe ✝️

My 95 year old relative was treated in a corridor overnight. Already had two heart attacks and three strokes, is almost blind and has hearing problems, and was in for a TIA. Horrible for them.

He’s a beautiful skater with originality, great music and fabulous costumes. Well-deserved gold.

Shaidorov’s short programme costume based on a still suit from Dune

I am in my own little heaven as the guy who combines figure-skating and sci-fi wins gold. Shaidorov’s short programme Dune costume was stunning. Vogue pic.

Your periodic reminder that Anna was a prophet. We don't use 'ess' suffixes any more. #cofe #cofepeeps

Because it's still the place where you can find out what is happening right now. I hate X, but I do spend time on it for this reason. Where else are the Iranian protests covered?

Iran protest doctor: ‘In one street, I saw blood pooled in a gutter with a trail stretching several metres’ | Anonymous I’ve worked as a surgeon in disaster zones. Nothing compares to the nightmare I saw in Iran’s hospitals when the state started shooting protesters

Where is the #Iran coverage on the BBC? Deliberate blackout, lack of sources, what? Many dubious casualty figures are floating around, but it's definitely in the thousands. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

I was there today! An impressive line in fusion cuisine (onion bhaji butties, bacon arancini).

There’s also the questionable assumption that receiving means reading.

Yes it is. Just daily prayers and stuff

10K isn’t very many, when you think of the time and materials. Is paper really worth it?

Neither Iran nor Venezuela should become client states of the USA. That needs opposing. Right now those brave men and women need support.

I find it unbelievable that people are not supporting the Iranian people because they might find themselves on the same side as Trump &/or Israel. Life is just not that simple.
A two-state solution in Israel, free & equal Iran: they may be hard to achieve but they are not pipe dreams.

Why are the Iranian protests not headline news? Surely one of the most important stories. This has been consistently underreported since those brave women started this.

Southwark is a parish church, so it must still exist.

In many ways it’s better than 20 years ago. Just look at Kings X now and then. Also worse with spiralling housing costs, falling school rolls and homelessness. Overall I love living in London.

#cofe

Merry Christmas one and all #clergymaltclub

I love #London at Christmas
#cofe

Old parish boundaries are bonkers too - they follow the (now invisible) London rivers.

Oddly enough, this happens in cities too. Team ministries and benefices that look great on paper but cross railway lines. You can be half a mile from somewhere but an entirely different community.

Having watched the UK version, it's a lot less convincing. I still think if someone came to you with this situation you should try and help and also do a social services referral. A foodbank would be too slow and baby milk is too specialised.

I would obviously also signpost to points of assistance and tell her I would have to inform social services...it's such a different culture in the USA, but she does well to point out the 'pro-life' hypocrisy. #cofe

One of the reasons I can say, hand on heart, that our church would have said 'yes' is that we often do this. I do checks, but someone asking for formula and being willing to fetch it from you is not someone who is scamming you (unless it's a social experiment!). The journey wouldn't be worth it.