Colin Inman

Very enjoyable puzzle. Took me a while!

I miss his puzzles greatly. I don't have to buy the Telegraph to see this do I?!

Presumably the one from Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

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How modest!

Reform UK have repeatedly said that Kent is their "flagship" council and "the shop window" for how they intend to run things.

When they are exposed as planning to slash social care for old people, in order to hire their cronies as advisors at £150k a pop, I think people should believe them. ~AA

For Shabana Mahmood to attack some of the most cruelly treated people in the world as having won a "golden ticket" because they manage to get to and claim asylum in Britain is unforgiveable.

A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.

From Motel One Nikolai. Don’t tell anyone!

I would counter with Leberkaese!

superb - Robert Jenrick is supporting the case of asylum seeker, who is appealing against a public order conviction, using the ECHR bsky.app/profile/rola...

I have a passport number, a driving licence number, an NHS number, a tax number, a National Insurance number, a council tax number, a Voter ID number. All have records associated with them. Just integrate it all into one system and move on. It's a ridiculous debate.

The BBC News continues to serve fascism by misrepresenting Charlie Kirk as a 'conservative activist'.

This is a blatant lie. Charlie Kirk was a pro-Russian fascist agitator, a racist, homophobe, islamophobe and transphobe.

The BBC News is a dangerous threat to democracy.

#poetry

Of The Empire
Mary Oliver

I have two vouchers lined up for next time I use DB. Both because of late-running or cancelled trains!

Would you want to meet Kemi Badenoch if given the chance not to?

I am a relieved (and financially somewhat poorer) grandparent today, A, A, A*.

Let me get this straight. Starmer's claim is that, if Israel were temporarily to temper its genocide, it would be rewarded with refusal to recognise a Palestinian state, that only if genocide were to continue unabated, would Palestinian statehood be acknowledged?

Imagine going into journalism to argue that not enough civilians have been killed in a war crime.

Don't think I've ever heard of Flash Harry being described as legendary!

I would like to try this Wagyu stuff but only if I can find someone else to pay

Having lost one of the two keys to my Toyota Yaris, I was intrigued to know that ordering a replacement from Toyota would cost £497. I declined their kind offer.

If you list some One acrosses I can say whether they appeared in the FT and when.

The BBC would lead with the Paddington story

So, I've had the super experience of NHS crisis care this last week. Our team have been, a nurse from Kerala, massive shout out for Chicku, a Nigerian brain doctor (Dr Osa), a Nepalese cleaner (Hey, above, beyond) and a Ukrainian caterer, Katya. So everyone can shut their faces about immigration.

Letter: We are not strangers Letter to the editor

“I woke up with a sense of dread…”

— from an EU citizen in the UK on how Labour’s new rhetoric is shaking people’s sense of belonging.

Powerful open letter. 👇

The Prime Minister imitating Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech is sickening.

That speech fuelled decades of racism and division. Echoing it today is a disgrace. It adds to anti-migrant rhetoric that puts lives at risk.

Shame on you, Keir Starmer.

Exactly this. Labour have crossed a line today. They have succumbed to some of the most potent lies in politics. They have left any shred of decency behind.

Starmer has today delivered his "Rivers of Blood" speech.

I just wish every immigrant, every descendant of an immigrant, would write to Starmer to tell him that his obnoxious, hateful speech has brought this country to its knees.

Refugees must be warmly welcomed, migrants welcomed, fellow human beings welcomed. Bigots, nationalists, fascists, racists not.