Erik Parker

Reform MPs Accused of Pandering to Putin After Skipping Russian Interference Debate Nigel Farage's party refused to attend the debate, called after more than 100,000 people signed a petition demanding a public inquiry into Russian interference in British politics

Byline Times: Reform MPs Accused of Pandering to Putin After Skipping Russian Interference Debate
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Just a reminder there are now 4x as many people actively seeking jobs as there are jobs available.

The highest ratio ever and it is only going up.

How are people going to work these jobs that don't exist?

The new leader of Reform UK Wales lives in Bath, not Wales Martin Shipton The newly appointed leader of Reform UK in Wales hasn’t moved back to his home town in the Valleys, but has bought a £1m house near Bath, we can reveal. Dan Thomas, the former Conservat...

Have a read of this. Great scoop, obviously, but it’s also an absolute masterclass in how to report on these jokers. Plenty of London-based hacks could learn a lot from Martin Shipton here. If they actually wanted to…
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Genuinely interested for details of this.

Czech MiG-23ML (№ 4644 & 2406) used to trial integration of the Matra R550 Magic 2. Trials took place bet5 March 28th and April 11th, 1994 at Mont de Marsan. No actual rounds were fired.

Photos posted by kayvan6079 & spain_alejandro.

Saw this news report from 1985 on a petition to change the name of Dildo, Newfoundland and it’s remarkably wholesome

Exactly, she took some quite specific French jokes and puns, relevant for one audience, and turned them into a set of English jokes and puns for a totally different audience which were as funny, if not more so.

As this apparently needs to be said agin, here’s the Confederate battle flag.

The Asterix English translation are one of the triumphs of 20th Century English literature.

Followed by a visit from some old friends of his from Hereford.

We come and go, I grew up with John Curry and Robin Cousins and Torville and Dean. TBH I don’t think the British public can cope with that level of “are they aren’t” they these days😎

Yeah, like a French girl from 30 odd years ago🥱
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SKI SUNDAY RUINED MY LIFE – JUST CURIOUS JANE "I have been obsessed with mountains  for as long as I can remember, which is odd given that I never saw one until I was 20"

I absolutely love the Winter Olympics and winter sports generally. It's a long story...but Ski Sunday ruined my life 😆❄️

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I’m hoping to head north again as well this year.

This is why rugby is a more masculine game than American football. I can’t imagine a male IS sports team able to wear kit like this and remain confident in their masculinity😁

THIS. 👆 To care properly for an animal requires money. If you can't buy insurance, or keep a big emergency fund, you can't honorably have a pet, knowing you will fail it. This is the first time in my life I can't afford a single cat. A veterinary tech with no pets. 😞 I'm befriending deer out here.

Missed you last weekend, but looking forward to catching up later this year!

I certainly did, as I realised when I heard Al reading chapters and I found myself knowing what was coming and referring to people mentioned by their nicknames.

Great line I read today:
"You cannot outsource your moral clarity to future historians."

The title screen from The West Wing episode “Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc” - a Latin term for the logical fallacy “after it, therefore because of it” which assumes a causal link between unrelated events.

Apparently they could pump up to 240,000 gallons per hour!

Right, so I promised this tentatively yesterday, and I must be quick because I'm on a deadline but prepare yourselves for the majesty of the BLACKBURN BLACKBURN and why I consider it to be an example of beautiful elegance

No, really

#NavalHistory #NavalAviation

The Blackburn Campaign baron British interwar biplane. An awful lot of aeroplane, with an awful lot of wing, an awful lot of struts, an awful lot of wires, an awful lot of fuselage, and awfully high off the ground open cockpit, and not very much engine and propeller.

Of course, for when the Blackburn Blackburn wasn’t Blackburn enough, there’s the Cubaroo

YouTube video by Spaz Sinbad USN F-4B Phantom II Carrier Landings

Hoping everyone catches the three wire this #PhantomPhriday…

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Times to examine editorial policy in “Journalism” row.

The cover of the book Flying Through Fire - FIDO - The Fogbuster of World War II by Geoffrey Williams

My most niche aviation book (probably).

Peter Mandelson issues secret notice demanding press leave him alone – read in full LATE on Friday evening, this notice was circulated from representatives of Peter Mandelson, via press regulator IPSO and the Press Association news…

BREAKING: Peter Mandelson just sent this secret notice to all UK media, demanding they leave him alone.

He uses IPSO clauses designed to support grieving families in a bid to stop scrutiny of his relationship with Epstein

We have published it in full.

www.thenational.scot/news/2583451...

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

To be clear, racist as it gets.