"Bit deep for a paddy field?"

The UK has arrested high-profile figures connected to Jeffrey Epstein. Will the US? In contrast with the takedowns of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Peter Mandelson, US consequences have been limited to resignations and apologies

The UK has arrested high-profile figures connected to Jeffrey Epstein. Will the US?

RAF/Royal Navy have F35s...

And some of the parts are made in the UK - notably BAE Systems makes the rear fuselage for every F-35 at their Samlesbury/Blackburn

Ah, but we can send Biggles!

Yes, I feel the same about all these AI LLM tools..

I believe knowing the source of information is important, and I'm very much into comparing two different sources etc..

BUT I have to admit I'm actually very surprised at how good the Google AI answers are. I've minimal experience of ChatGPT.

Trying to ascertain some facts about the Democracy Volunteers observations on the Denton and Gorton byelection Addition 28 Februuary 2026: What seems to have happened here is: – election law has tightened up in the last few years, and a bunch of old farts like me didn’t quite realise – the…

This is a helpful explanation:

chosen-path.org/2026/02/27/t...

Swallows and Martins should start rocking up in numbers at the end of this month and through April!

Indeed - Iran must not retaliate as it could be considered anti-Semitic

The Greens and Lib Dems can place our democracy in special measures. Any threat of a pact between them would be well tolerated by their supporters and the wider country, and would save the country from a Reform UK government.

As a former Liberal Democrat, now Green, let's chat about how we make it easier for each other to replace Labour and defeat Reform.

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The Greens and Lib Dems can place our democracy in special measures. Any threat of a pact between them would be well tolerated by their supporters and the wider country, and would save the country from a Reform UK government.

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YouTube video by Fine Print Why The Same Food Costs Double in UK (It's Not Brexit)

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Feeling Blue: Lord Glasman on Why He Backs Shabana Mahmood Over Nigel Farage The 'Blue Labour' founder, credited with pushing the party to the right, singled out Keir Starmer's "tough" new Home Secretary for praise

Glasman prefers Mahmood over Farage - what an endorsement!
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Feeling Blue: Lord Glasman on Why He Backs Shabana Mahmood Over Nigel Farage The 'Blue Labour' founder, credited with pushing the party to the right, singled out Keir Starmer's "tough" new Home Secretary for praise

Backed by Glasman..
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/03/f...

Engie are buying UK Power Networks from a Hong Kong-based conglomerate which has owned UKPN for the past 15 years....

And she's "green": 'Angeliki served as Executive Member for Environment, Planning and Transport at Manchester City Council, where she led the city's campaign to become zero carbon by 2038.'

Only she wasn't parachuted in!

Labour's Angeliki Stogia has been living in Manchester for 30 years and is a. Councillor in Whalley Range (South Manchester)...

Employed by Ove Arum engineering contractors??

Prime Minister's statement on EU renegotiation: 3 February 2016 David Cameron made an oral statement in the House of Commons today on the UK's EU renegotiation.

Cameron GOT a deal - including an "emergency brake" on immigration.

But it was too complicated/indirect - so it was never highlighted to the electorate.

www.gov.uk/government/s...

We certainly DON'T need so many Oxford PPE graduates!

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Drop in overseas workers is ‘car crash’ for UK hospitals and care homes, say experts Care roles hit particularly hard by UK’s lurch to the right on migration, according to analysis of Home Office data Hospitals and care homes in the UK face “an impending car crash”, experts have warned, as research shows the number of overseas nurses and carers has collapsed. Analysis of Home Office quarterly datasets reveals the number of overseas nurses granted entry to the UK has fallen by 93% over three years. Just 1,777 overseas nurses were granted entry in 2025, compared with 26,100 in 2022. Continue reading...

Drop in overseas workers is ‘car crash’ for UK hospitals and care homes, say experts

Military Time: The 24 Hour Clock Military Time uses a 24-hour time format and the NATO alphabet. How does it work? Conversion chart: What is 1500 Zulu Time in 12-hour AM/PM format?

If you really wanted to pretend you were ex-military it would actually sound very odd: Leading zeros, so-many hundred hours, "Zulu" time.. etc..
www.timeanddate.com/time/militar...

Not just that - the UK Universities are establishing campuses in Asia.. so the institution itself may continue to prosper, but their UK-based employees (lecturers etc) may not!
www.reading.edu.my#cookie

‘Labour has to respond to working class concerns on migrants’ – Lord Glasman We spoke to Lord Glasman, the founder of Blue Labour - a socially conservative campaign group within the party - and the only Labour figure invited to President Trump's second inauguration.

Blue Labour: "Flag, faith and family" seem to have undue influence?
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Quick research: UCL has ~50k students, about half of which are international students. And of those international students about 14k are Chinese. Fees contributing to the UK economy.

Have to keep them all happy or yes, the university would likely melt down financially!

Chinese AND Indian... Which reflects the size of the respective populations/increasing prosperity.

Definitely NOT the English!

I think they are NI protestants on their hols?

Can we have some attention on pheasant shooting please??

Breeding and then shooting pheasants is utterly ridiculous and cruel! It's NOT sport.

Their status as captive/livestock or released/wild birds is incongruous!

The Green policy on Refugees is quite humane (and maybe unrealistic???).

The policy was voted on in October 2021, so the Daily Fail reporting is only 5 years out-of-date.

migration.greenparty.org.uk/refugee-and-...

Former Google boss emerges as frontrunner to run BBC Matt Brittin is being talked up by industry insiders as the most likely candidate to succeed Tim Davie after two leading contenders ruled themselves out

"He comes from big tech and big tech is the BBC's biggest enemy" "He will have to get used to a very different way of working with government" "there are doubts about whether he will understand the ethos of public service broadcasting"

i.e. totally unsuitable

www.thetimes.com/uk/media/art...

My son happens to work for an Aerospace company not in the UK. He had to jump through hoops to get his work permit due to Brexit. It took roughly 3 months to get. If we had been in the EU, he would not have needed to do this, & he could have started sooner. Brexit is a huge obstacle

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