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Same enjoyable evening out, different cuisine.

Very kind of them, as I doubt our 'heroes' would have condescended to learn the language of the country they're living in...

Funny when it's other people fleeing war it's one thing, but when it's you personally it's a whole other thing... I'd like to think it would teach them a bit of humanity, but I doubt it.

I've just practiced my German and that is hässlich. Die arme Schüssel. (Sadly Duolingo has not yet revealed to me the translation of font.)

Just blocked my first bot on Bluesky.

Getting tired of that shit appearing everywhere.

One day I'll make it to the Eildon Hills. I've been fascinated by the story of Thomas the Rhymer (True Thomas) for a long time.

Don't you see yon bonny, bonny road
That lies across the fernie brae
That is the road to fair elfland
Where you and I this night must go

(Thomas the Rhymer)

Today in the lane from 2021.

A couple of night photos from 2018 and 2021. Something calming after today.

Not only that but a party whose leader is a gay Jewish man. Not very likely I think.

They seem unable to accept that maybe, just maybe, another party with different policies could be more popular than theirs...

Glad to be Green 💚

It's too late. Starmer became leader and trashed everything he promised. Why would we trust New New Labour 2.0? Their policies on the environment are disastrous, their policies on immigration are abhorrent. Not touching Labour with a bargepole.

Just another way of saying it's not us that's wrong, it's the voters. Infuriating.

I'll keep my eyes open for them from now on. This one was quite brazen, didn't seem bothered by me at all.

Thanks. I'm better at plants than birds. Also pleased because I've never knowingly seen a dunnock before.

I get your point 😃

Hexham Abbey for #SteepleSaturday

Also today in the lane...

Random photograph time again...

It's been a while since I did a 'Today in the lane', so here's a today in the lane.

I think this is a dunnock; can anyone confirm please?

I watched him/her feeding for a while but as soon as I, very stealthily I thought, got the phone out they were off!

There seems to be a lot of anger and resentment within Labour that the plebs didn't do what they were told.

Give peas a chance! (As John Lennon almost said.)

Totally agree. You can blitz them, mush them, eat them raw... Versatile, tasty, and so much better than, say, cabbage...

Maybe Sovay is an exception? A woman robs her love on the highway to test him. One version ends:

“I only did it for to know
Whether you were a man or no;
If you had given me that ring,” she said,
“I’d have pulled the trigger, I’d pulled the trigger and shot you dead.”

My political views haven't really changed since I was in my late teens (maybe more environmentally focused).

Over the last 40+ years I've watched ALL the political parties walk steadily to my right. And now the Greens are thankfully filling up the vacuum I've been waiting in for too long.

I, as an older white man, have 'legitimate questions'.

You, as a non-white person, have 'grievances'.

Language is important.

I'd like to think that, while there was obviously a degree of tactical voting, the size of the Green majority indicates that people were voting FOR something, something they wanted, that might make their lives better!

God forbid that the plebs should question their betters.

What exactly do they mean by 'overeducated'?

I suspect it's, 'Knowledgeable enough to see through your bullshit.'

What do they mean by 'overeducated'?

I suspect it's, 'Knowledgeable enough to see through your bullshit.'