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Rural pubs aren't struggling because people don't care, but because the system makes it harder every year to survive.

Met North Norfolk landlords last week. These pubs are more than pints 🍻 They're employers, hubs, and the heart of our communities.

Lose them, and we lose our communities.

So, America just unilaterally kidnapped a foreign leader because they deemed him an out of control dictator?

Canada could do the funniest thing right now…

My little patch of North Norfolk looking glorious on this feast of St Stephen.

@di-in-the-country.bsky.social and I are writing the Betwixtmas Quiz for the West Beckham Wheatsheaf. Anybody out there have an interesting question(s) you are willing to share?
@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social a retweet would be gratefully appreciated

Just think, we used to get EU money for projects like this.

You are a man of integrity, Robin.

Amen!

Been live music in there tonight.

Just bought and read 6. Hope that's ok.

Became a beekeeper this year and we are jarring up our first crop of honey. Definitely not going to get rich but there is a satisfaction of producing something natural, of producing gifts for friends and family.

God we are a backwards looking, bigoted little rock. The right wing media have a lot to answer for.

You've been to Holt in North Norfolk lately. Heath Farm estate-no heath. All mock Georgian rectory vibes.

Insisting that anyone owning a major media company in the UK has to be a UK citizen & pay UK income taxes would be a way to make a big change to the links between wealth & power.

They need to improve their environmental record if they want government subsidies going forward. There are too many incidences of nitrates and phosphates polluting our watercourses and general environment degradation.

The working class are not homogenous.

I want my country back … from those who profit as public transport is run into the ground , those who get rewards for putting shit in the sea, those financiers and bankers who will destabilise a country for a quick buck, basically everyone Farage will stand up for if he wins an election

I hate flags, nationalism is revolting. I don’t understand patriotism, I feel nothing but contempt for this type of pride. Where you were born is just a piece of luck it’s like religion or what type of shoes you wear, another abstract piece of tribalism. Fuck your stupid club.

I don't remember the lepers in the Bible being such a--holes. I *would* love to see Americans shouting "Unclean!" whenever he's near.

Sometimes I think the British live on a backward looking little rock.

The answer to a Putin demand is more support for Ukraine. Always.

Just finished rewriting the overview for a weekly picturebook assembly which focuses on empathy, inclusion and diversity. It's still a work in progress but please feel free to use and adapt. All shares appreciated. The link is on my Padlet: padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/r...

Kingdom, with Stephen Fry was bloody criminal.

Tour de France stage into Paris was epic.

52 miles on the bike around North Norfolk, excellent.

Village politics is hilarious as usual. Blow ins move in and want to take over and change things, which is weird because they moved here for the way of life. When the locals dig in and say, " Hang you on my ole partner, you hent been here five minutes." They throw their toys about and get petty.

Got to love a Norfolk round towered church. Out pedalling with @di-in-the-country.bsky.social

Working with an excluded child making bird boxes from scrap in an English woodland.