Ian W

Justifiably pleased

a man has the word guilty written on his forehead ALT: a man has the word guilty written on his forehead

Yes quite - I suppose I was subconciously trying to avoid reading them myself

Sorry - broke Madeline's "practising anglicans" rule

Not a churchgoer (but had active CofE parents).
Firstly I wish her well & have no concerns about women bishops. But I've seen lots of snarky comments on X suggesting that there are skeletons in the safeguarding closet. How sure can the church be that they have made a good choice in this regard?

There's still resistance, not least because the railway was going to be on a high embankment nearby (and they weren't going to benefit from a station).
I think they are redesigning the route to mitigate this.
The uncertainty for people whose property may be compulsorily purchased is also not great..

When it goes over budget and doesn't work they can transform it into a replacement for the Post Office Horizon system.

As someone who once drove into a tree I cannot endorse this idea heartily enough

I love the green eyes!

Clouded yellow butterfly on a yellow flower

Clouded yellow butterfly with tiny fly on its wing

Clouded yellow butterfly spotted @rspb.bsky.social Ouse washes reserve yesterday (it took on a passenger for the second photo)... @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Thank goodness for that, hope this OTHER THING disappears soon.

Nah - fit only for serfs

I think that's what I was driving at really - the lack of a clear answer to that question.

Surely a narrative is important now for the PM to explain to party & country what their aims and objectives are and the means to achieve them. He might then have more support to achieve those objectives and constructive criticism to avoid policy mistakes like winter fuel and increasing employers NI.

Kingfisher

Kingfisher

Heron

Cormorant

Seen at #RSPBFowlmere:
Kingfisher, grey heron and cormorant

Anyone know if this is true??? Not great.

Ruddy Darter dragonfly

Water Rail

Common Sandpiper

Grey Heron

Seen at #RSPBFowlmere

I don't think that quite stands up, Truss worse than Johnson worse than May, but Sunak not worse than Truss and Starmer probably ties with Sunak at the moment.

Don't like this gif - it makes him look like an idiot - he's not an idiot he's a grifter and a c*nt

As a user of Harry's razors I feel seen 🤥

Reminds me of the old spot the ball competition on the back page of the papers

Result!

A more than usually apt hashtag as the bird undoubtedly shat on the car.

It's a grim situation all round. I wonder what's happened to the population of the occupied parts of Luhansk and Donetsk? How many fled west, how many moved (voluntarily or forcibly to Russia or Crimea) and how many are left.

I think many inhabitants of Crimea are fairly accepting of this situation (I knew someone who left Crimea some years ago and has now fallen out with family still there because of their support for Russia's takeover). But I agree with your other points.

Hope they sort things out quickly for you.

Maybe Lowe actually fancies himself as the "ruler of the Queen's Navee"?

Isn't the "et al" there to cover the ones you've never heard of?

Many thanks for the info!

Every day, in every way, Trump justifies the late Janey Godley's opinion of him.

Spotted this dragonfly on a walk close to our south-west cambridgeshire village. I think it is a female Southern migrant hawker (Aeshna affinis) @britishdragonflies.bsky.social
Are they common in Cambridgshire?