Rob Hudson

The Northern Ireland on LSD aspect of all this is quite something

It means England and Wales, not Scotland. This is apparently the UK in that foreign country called Londoninium.

I wonder how English education ministers are going to react to putting themselves at a competitive disadvantage against Wales? I can’t help smirking!

Minister rules out international student levy in Wales There are plans for such a tax in England to fund maintenance grants for some students.

Some sense, in Wales at least.

Minister rules out international student levy in Wales www.bbc.com/news/article...

The first and last time that’ll happen!

Yep, been there.

Currently on this phone: 321.

Lightweights, all of you!

Lovely to see a first exhibition of a selection of my new work 'The Edge of Ruin' in Colwyn Bay for The Northern Eye festival, organised by @orielcolwyn.bsky.social
You can see these images on the outside of the town library windows for the month. Thanks to all who helped the install.

I don’t even think he should be arrested for that, because we live in a democracy. Or at least I assumed we did.

Seems like Keir Starmer has completely swallowed the divisive rhetoric of a violent extremist far right foreign government some of whom are wanted war criminals. All while claiming to be a party of patriotism.
Actual lols.

Big news and not only relevant to Italy. Keir Starmer’s government has also been criticised for supplying parts for the F35 military aircraft used to bomb Gaza. The international laws on complicity are pretty clear.

They come in different lengths and in a set of three different sizes for appropriate bulbs.
www.crocus.co.uk

As far as I can remember, I don’t think he was ever a Thatcherite, he was always a ‘wet’, a one nation conservative. We’d probably call him a Blarite in modern parlance, with all the seeds of its own destruction, but not the most awful of right wingers. Splitting hairs I know!

“A wholly destructive contribution to a civilised society.” Former Conservative government minister Michael Heseltine on the party’s descent into hate, division and fanaticism. Modern fascism in a nutshell.

Moment de rêve.

I just couldn’t resist!

Or indeed middle class suburbs.

Anyway, it augured well.

To be honest, I don’t generally allow myself electric tools in the garden, because I believe the exercise and the hands on experience is part of the benefit. I’m making an exception with my bulb auger. 150 bulbs planted in difficult ground in under 2 hours. Narcissus, camassia and crocus.

Anyway, enough of the irrelevant, racist fanatic party. Them we can probably ignore. Their bastard child is far more of a threat to anything most sane humans hold dear.

Tories set a low bar after misspelling Britain on conference chocolate Misprinted wrappers pulled from Manchester goodie bags after derision on social media

To be honest it wasn’t the only low bar they set. Some were considerably lower.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

It was early!

“If you can’t draw the line at genocide, you probably can’t draw the line at democracy.”

- Ta-Nehisi Coates

I hope you remembered the dog collar and cassock. 😉

YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales Let's Make Hope Normal Again - Green Party Political Broadcast

And it didn’t disappoint. So refreshing to hear someone who can actually speak human talking about progressive politics as a hopeful, optimistic force for good. We don’t get much of that these days.

youtu.be/qxt4HCjd7VA

Josef Koudelka – Display at Tate Modern | Tate

Nice small exhibition in Tate Modern if you’re in town www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-m...

Not for news and current affairs anyway. I’ll only end up throwing something at the telly.

I know what you mean.

It breaks my mind that two British political parties have seen scenes like this and decided to try and replicate it in Britain. Thuggary, lawlessness, state brutality. Farage and Badenoch decided they liked the look of it.

You can guarantee Farage was interviewed both times.