Alison Baycock

'It's on the house' a phrase used a lot in Ambridge but not in real life. Or is it? Happened twice in 24 hours to us in Totnes. #thearchers #totnesisambridge

RIP Bartleby 😥

#TheArchers

A Free Press, Not a Free Pass – It's Time for Fair Regulation For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking consequences. They’ve hacked phones, listened to ...

Tell the government it's time for fair regulation of the press. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...

Dozens of flags put up across city neighbourhood overnight as locals call police Norfolk Police were called to Dereham Road, Norwich, last night as dozens of flags were put up around the neighbourhood, including outside a mosque.

Local media report that a group of 20 to 30 individuals put up dozens of flags across Norwich, including outside the Islamic community centre on Dereham Road, in what many residents described as an act of intimidation.

www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/2545503...

Elon Musk openly called for violence on our streets yesterday.

I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.

Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.

Did Nigel Farage’s ‘broke’ girlfriend really buy their £885k home? Laure Ferrari, the Reform leader’s French partner, has her name on the deed for the cash purchase in Essex. But in 2017 she could barely ‘make ends meet’

Did Farage’s girlfriend use her own cash to buy THEIR £885k property with its four-bedrooms and heated swimming pool? Her name is on the deed but the claim is undermined by an admission that she moved in with him because she could not afford to rent. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Nigel Farage faces questions over who funded £885,000 Clacton constituency home - BBC News A BBC investigation raises questions about how the Reform UK leader's partner paid for a home in his constituency.

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Shocking surprise as Peter Mandelson is unmasked as an absolute creep

TikTok Shop Sells Viral GPS Trackers Marketed to Stalkers "If your girl says she’s just out with friends every night, you’d better slap one of these on her car."

“This thing doesn’t make a sound. It doesn’t send alerts - she will never know it’s there.” This is great story from 404 Media - TikTok Shop Sells Viral GPS Trackers Marketed to Stalkers. Another example of a giant tech platform failing in its moderation duties. www.404media.co/tiktok-shop-...

I have not heard anything at all from government ministers nor the opposition nor many media outlets about the dangers of this epidemic of sweeping casual racism. It is sometimes seen as comical - as with Rupert Lowe and the rowers - but it is dangerous and dehumanising

Thinking that the solicitors who are doing your conveyancing are incompetent morons who stand a very real chance of completely ruining your life just makes Rayner more relateable imho.

I've reached an age where I don't really care what aged pop minstrels say in interviews.

I doubt Stewart has much of a nuanced grasp on politics and anyway why should some octogenarian rock dinosaur be a lightning Rod for public thinking on Nigel Farage?

Fake news in the Telegraph? Surely not 🤔

“When Starmer announced that British tourists would be able to use Europe’s electronic gates at border control, Chris Philp shook his head, appalled at the moral laxity of fellow citizens who would rather submit to filthy foreign e-gates then join a good honest queue like free-born Englishmen.”

“First he came for our steelworkers and car makers. Now Donald Trump is coming for our world leading British film industry.

Will the PM work with our allies and make clear to Trump that if he picks a fight with James Bond, Bridget Jones and Paddington Bear, he will lose?”

@eddavey.libdems.org.uk

A series of headlines about refugees and benefit claimants getting free driving lessons

🚘 FREE DRIVING LESSONS FOR REFUGEES?!

If you've seen those headlines and felt a twinge of outrage, you're not alone.

But let's take a closer look at who's actually getting these lessons and why.

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Sir, With Reform's victory in the Runcorn & Helsby by-election, a process that threatens to result in autocracy has begun. History tells us that all autocracies begin with populist movements making undeliverable promises. When it is clear that the promises haven't materialised, blame is applied to everyone other than the populist. First the forces against populism are blamed, then the media and eventually the judiciary. We are seeing this in an accelerated form in the United States and will shortly be seeing it in the UK. The pattern never varies, from 1930s Germany to modern-day Russia. It starts with one voter wishing for a painless means to achieve the unachievable, instead of accepting that difficult decisions are painful. Voters who supported Reform will be the ones most likely to suffer. Dr WJ Cunliffe

Sir, Nigel Farage has attributed his party's success in Thursday's local and parliamentary elections to worsening illegal immigration. This from the man who repeatedly assured the electorate that Brexit would result in our being able to take back control of our borders. As always, Farage appears to have the answer to everything but the solution to nothing. James Burton Stewart Hook, Hants

Farage and Reform whip up people’s prejudices, then offer to get rid of what they hate.Their power feeds off ignorance and hatred. They make people angrier about the stuff they fear, then promise to fix it. Of course they won’t. But they know who to tell you to blame when they fail.
(Letters, Times)

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To be fair, they're usually doing pretty boring stuff when we hear them too 😂 #TheArchers

If you ran the best-known electric carmaker in the west, at a time when the electric car market was growing, you would sell more cars, right?

That's why you're you, and Elon Musk is a *genius*.

The Blue Origin flight showcased the utter defeat of American feminism | Moira Donegan The trip leaned on a vision of women’s empowerment that is light on substance and heavy on a childlike, girlish silliness

"The Blue Origin flight.... makes me feel like everything that is coming is grimly predictable, tailored to the impulses of the richest, least responsible and least morally intelligent people on Earth."

Quite.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Another reason to ❤️ Brighton. We still have a few elms, that survived Dutch Elm Disease. Lovely at this time of year. @sabaone.bsky.social

Laura Loomer’s influence on Trump is terrifying When a vengeful president lets conspiracy theorists like Loomer lead matters of intelligence, we’re all at risk

‘Talent, sanity, expertise, knowledge, experience, wisdom, courage, humanity—none of these appear to count for anything. The Oval Office has become a small, sound-proofed echo chamber for the craven.’ www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/united...

Exactly this. I'm getting increasingly annoyed that the 7-year rule never gets mentioned. Also that the IHT on farms actually kicks in at between £2m and £4m for a married couple, depending on their circs - which seems pretty generous to me #TheArchers

Whoah!

How can a vegan work in an abattoir? 🤨😳

#TheArchers

This sounds like a very miserable job, not “focussing on more original distinctive journalism.”

Carney on a couch with some papers he’s reading and reading glasses. A cat sits right next to him and they peer in each other’s eyes as Carney nuzzles the kitty’s chin.

Oh shit, Canada — Prime Minister Mark Carney is a cat guy. #caturday