Moley𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕄𝕠𝕝𝕖

Looks like a location straight out of ‘The Eagle has Landed’!

UK launches operation to support thousands of Britons in Middle East Officials are understood to be working on plans to evacuate British nationals, should airspace remain closed.

What's happening in Dubai bolsters the argument taxes should be based on people's nationality, not just their country of residence (ie the US model).

If Brits living abroad can expect to be airlifted out by virtue of being British, they should pay some tax towards that.
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We know how this plays out. Mass demonstrations, increased terrorist activity, inflation, interest rate freezes/hikes, and a total failure to plan properly for regime change.

🍷 Wine up 40%.

Why? Brexit of course

🆙 More tax.
⬆️ More paperwork.
🆙 More import costs.

We used to trade wine with Europe with no friction.

Now every bottle crosses a customs system.

🔥 Costs add up. You pay.

Christopher who? In May, a party founded eight years ago, with no record in national government and only eight MPs, will fight elections in Wales and Scotland, and for control of councils across England, with every chance of winning many of them. British politics is being reshaped by Reform UK. This is a result of Nigel Farage's personality and of Christopher Harborne's money - £9m, from a fortune amassed largely through cryptocurrency investments. The party would not be able to field candidates, run social media operations or door-to-door campaigns if it weren't for the Harborne war chest. There is a template for crypto-funded campaigning - in the US, where it is viewed as having led to securing crypto-friendly legislation and sweetheart deals to enrich crypto charlatans and undermine transparency and accountability in politics. Reform threatens to destroy the Conservatives as a party of government and divide communities, increasingly along ethnic lines and with overtly racist arguments. It also poses the most serious threat to Keir Starmer's government, Harborne lives in Thailand and owns a 12% stake in the Tether stablecoin. Little else is known about this intensely private man. Yet he can influence the course of politics, seemingly without either much of a business or life in the UK. It's a lot like overseas interference in British democracy. Didn't someone once say: "Take back control"?

From yesterday's Observer.

“Moved to Dubai for tax shelter and now I’m in a bomb shelter,” says someone quoted in the FT.

UK Inland Revenue and wealth tax proponents glued to their screens...

And the ever narrowing width of UK parking spaces still thinks we’re driving Morris Minors bsky.app/profile/mole...

The narrow roads of England are no place for these monstrous Yank Tanks.

KUWAIT ARMY - كا • الجيش الكويتي @KuwaitArmyGHQ O ... O Translated from Arabic Show original • Statement No. 7 The spokesperson for the Ministry of Defense stated that several U.S. military aircraft crashed this morning, confirming the complete safety of their crews. He explained that the relevant authorities immediately initiated search and rescue procedures, whereby the crews were evacuated and transferred to the hospital to check on their health status and provide the necessary medical care, noting that their condition is stable. The official spokesperson added that direct coordination was conducted with the friendly U.S. forces regarding the circumstances of the incident, and joint technical measures were taken. He affirmed that the concerned authorities are following up on the investigations to determine the causes of the incident, calling for information to be obtained from its official sources.

“Several” US aircraft crashed this morning in Kuwait, according to Kuwait, AP and Reuters.

A stone and brick bridge with a round arch. Water flows under the brdige onto a beach. To either side of the arce someone has sprayed the word 'SEWAGE' in white paint, with arrows pointing from the word to the water.

the south west, February 2026

Newspaper property sections are always like "Sebastian, Pancetta and their son Eugenics moved from the city to the country to live their dream" and then there's a picture of them outside their new mansion with their new cow and you can tell the cow is going "I fucking hate my life."

If you’re not getting things done and are exhausted all the time lately it’s the fascism. It’s trying to eat at us all. Take time away from the horrors. Touch grass. read a book. Do anything but sit and try to take it all in. It is meant to overwhelm you.

I saw this and at first thought "no, there's no way 'we definitely had alternative leadership in mind for Iran but I blew them up alongside the schoolgirls using AI' is what the White House is actually saying, that's too clueless and evil to be real"

In-town pool report No. 3 - statue chat White House Pool 3/01/2026 · 7:02:25 PM EST From: Nikki Schwab Sent: Sunday, March 1, 2026 7:00 PM To: DL WHO Wranglers Subject: In-town pool report No. 3 - statue chat The president did engage with the press briefly when walking to see two new huge statues in the Rose Garden. The one further away from him appears to be Ben Franklin. "Unbelievable statues, come and look at them," He didn't answer shouted questions on Iran.

statue chat

I don’t care what they say this is a good website

A series of volcanic black stacks just off shore from a large cliff, partially covered in snow. In the distance are snowy mountains and a small town with a church. The water is very blue.

Also took the drone over the Reynisdrangar stacks (asked permission from landowner who said it was okay!) - what a view! Note the cute red-roofed church at Vík in the distance.

#Iceland #CoolStacks #DronePhotography #DJIMavic3Pro

Surface of an iceberg with all sorts of icy lines and shapes and patterns. It looks to me like a troll face, with eyes, nose and mouth.

I see faces in things all the time...

Fellsfjara, Jökulsárlón, #Iceland.

#pareidolia

Thought that was the FIFA ‘peace prize’ again…

Increasingly the normitude with LLM generative texticular writes, Professor.
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Deep joy that peeplodes who pay their taxes in the Unitey Kinglode can rely on the protecty of state-fundit support.

Consider those who abandoned their compatrioles, but now expect us and our bravelymost service personneppers to bail em out.
Folly folly.

A frozen lagoon with a turquoise glacier behind and snowy hills above. At the bottom of the photo is a patch of lighter open water, which is dotted with different-coloured seals.

Fourteen seals, Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon.

#Iceland #CanonR5markii

Oakeshott their bolty haven to lie upon the bedrepose of their own makeyself, Professor.

Thankfully I only hear the voice of Jon Pertwee when I see Spotty - Mr Blobby however would make anyone want to hide behind the sofa.

Several plants growing among small stone-chips. Each plant has a small rosette of leaves at ground level, with a thin stem sticking up on which are a few white flowers.

Common Whitlowgrass growing on the edge of a car park in central Bristol on Wednesday. The road next to it is lower than the car park surface, making it easier to get photos of tiny plants without crawling around on the tarmac. #WildflowerHour

Primroses, hedge bedstraw, ivy, grass, leaf litter - in the bank of a hedgerow, Dartmoor, Devon

Primroses, hedge bedstraw, ivy - bank of a hedge #Dartmoor #Devon #WildflowerHour

Primroses growing along the top of moss covered batter, Dartmoor, Devon

Primroses and dandelion along top of bank covered in moss, ivy, pennywort, hart's tongue ferns, grass #Dartmoor #Devon #WildflowerHour

Hawthorn leaf buds on the lichen coated twig of a tree

The still-tightly-curled leaf buds of hawthorn about to burst open into a tiny promise of returning Spring. Last year's dry, dark berries still lingering on the tree. #Dartmoor #Devon #WildflowerHour

How about non-British and non-dom citizens donating to political parties and owning media?

Orange & blue spray paint

I’ve levelled up in anticipation

😳 - a bit outside the reach of RNLI volunteers sadly, but oh dear.