Stephen Lowe Watson

I think it's simply that she's a hireling of fossil fuel interests

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

Since the police have discretion about which crimes they'll investigate, they must be at liberty to ignore harmless 'offences' such as peaceful protest.

Or they are part of a real plot, the same one that is playing out across the pond

Wow!

Hence:
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Remarkable

'Drive up energy costs' also means 'boost energy revenue and profits'. Follow the money to see who's paying the piper.

Don't hold your breath on that. Definitions of terrorism vary of course.
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So, peacefully holding a placard can be terrorism, but they're not sure about setting fire to a mosque

#FirstBirdOfMyDay was a robin in a cherry tree making ticking and whirring sounds instead of singing. Turned on Radio 3 and got a bittern booming and a nightingale singing. Thanks @tommckinney.bsky.social and Hamza Yassin

You'll put down strangers,
Kill them, cut their throats, possess their houses,
And lead the majesty of law in line,
To slip him like a hound.

Could have been worse. I hope the ceilidh was a good one.

Definition of terrorism from the Pocket Oxford Dictionary I was given at school

The country has been kicked in the head by oligarchic money that buys and captures both media and politicians, aided and abetted by hostile foreign powers sharing the divide-and-rule objective.

If they did that, they demeaned and humiliated themselves and their flag

YouTube video by Wilfrid Watson Little Women: Lazy Laurie

As Storm Amy delivers a rouser to Britain and Ireland, here's another Amy giving one to Lazy Laurie In a short film by @wilfrid-watson.bsky.social, dramatising a chapter from Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. youtu.be/IuFyncaGPn4?...

Nigel Farage: man of the (billionaire) people.

I'm shocked and horrified by all the violence in the world. Sickened by today's attack in Manchester. Violence breeds more violence.

Here it's not quite yet time for the Last Rose of Summer, but the blooms may be due a battering this weekend

A jackdaw flying over unusually fast and straight, calling continuously. Wonder what that was about.

@jamesmaccleary.bsky.social Will you be attending this briefing?

For the UK, immigration is the inevitable consequence of Empire.

Nowhere does the 'anonymous memo' mention the oligarchs and press barons whose media and money drives the rise of racist, right wing populism. Like all autocrats, they hate, fear and seek to destroy them intelligencia which resists them.

Persuasive

Some background on the destroyed topiary here
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Network Rail mistakenly fells topiary in Surrey during repairs Network Rail apologised and says removing the memorial was a "genuine mistake".

A sad story. The Chilworth Chicken is no more
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In the UK, I can recommend realseeds.co.uk - they sell some really unusual heritage varieties and actually encourage you to save your own seed.

Better a fear of climate than a climate of fear

How about "Your UK Identity", shortened to Yuki?