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Michelle Mone and her Medpro company still owe the UK Government's Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) £148 million from profitting by letting people die due to selling the govt inadequate PPE.

Yet she's still Baroness 😡

Great idea!

Oh no! We had a small lake at one end of our lawn, it has drained away now. 2 years ago we realised that some houses had been built where their foundations were diverting an underground stream into our garden. We got a company to put in some drains - it is much better now.

I saw a bit of sunshine this afternoon… very odd! Then it started to rain again. I like to see all those yellow circles though… gardening time!

No need to apologise… it may well have been a fake but it is credible.
On another topic, we had a few hours without rain yesterday!

Strangely this Epstein photo has not been shown in any of our newspapers or their online versions.

If I had a choice I would have water from the Alps, clean, fresh-tasting and relatively cheap. A friend brings a 10 litre water tank to UK from France at the end of her holiday- as a treat. When that water comes out of the taps it is very cold - enough to make your teeth want to run away!

No, I suppose banana skins wouldn’t flush - just flap around in the rush of water … there’s an image to conjure with!

😂😂😂😂-
That price increase is obscene - do they need to do that - or is it plain greed?

Soon after privatisation, they cancelled plans for a new reservoir - they deemed it unnecessary despite the planned expansion in house building. Now they are considering a £364M project near Canterbury… on or near the original site. 🤷🏼‍♀️

I agree - and they should also renationalise South -East Water who have found it difficult to supply water to the people who are paying for it (24,000 people in T. Wells no water before Xmas) we still have a hose-pipe ban (from July 2025) - because it ‘takes a long time to refill the aquifers’

I note South East Water have rather misunderstood dry January.

Points mean prizes!!

I, too, have my worries about what will happen next in the USA!
Yes, I play the piano every day now. I spent a smallish fortune on a major ‘service’ including new felts and some new strings and after playing some old favourites decided to tackle some of Brahms short pieces
and I’m enjoying it!

If only someone had told them numerous times that this was a stupid idea.

Happy and healthy New Year MT!
You seem to be in good form so far! We were away for a few days over Christmas and are only just getting over New Year. Thank you messages have been sent, Christmas card spread sheet filled in (yes, really) and I’ve started practising Brahms again.

Happy Christmas MT - from a very chilly Devon! I hope you enjoy your day! Ally

As right wing rags attack the chancellor for her Budget, they can't ignore the disastrous impact Brexit has had on our economy.

Nigel Farage can't buy himself out of this.

We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.

Absolutely! All of the above! The DSLR can be a Christmas present to yourself.

Well, you would think so….or, at the very least, sleet!
You were right about the increase in butterflies this year, I’m just reading the RHS magazine and they say that garden butterfly numbers are up 46% compared to 2024- Hooray!

I feel safe in betting that Trump doesn't listen to the Reith Lectures, and that there's a fair chance his gang don't have them on their watch list.

Cutting a line from this morning's lecture will guarantee that they come across them, becaue it's all over the media.

Nice work BBC!

#BBCPM

Perfect timing IMHO!

They are very good at ‘clarifying’ situations!

👏👏👏👏

It’s quite a feat if endurance…and all the time it’s Mont Blanc that dominates the scene!

😂😂😂 of course, I should have realised that!
On a different note (almost literally) I am sitting in a cosy room listening to some Brahms - all the shorter piano pieces as played by Igor Levit on CD and at a Wigmore Hall concert we went to. I envy his technique!

Clear the garage out? Where would you put all that ‘might need that one day’ stuff?

Very good point! 2 of the best doctors I have known would have left to seek more welcoming pastures - green or otherwise!

We had a nice crispy white frost this morning. Thank goodness we went into the garden at about 10.00pm last night and carefully wrapped up some of the more delicate plants in horticultural fleece!