Mark Drst 🔶🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇺🇦🇦🇲

We have two dishes on the menu today, a melange of vegetables that don't go together or tripe stroganoff - spiced to remove your organs. Both will cost you everything you have.

Sources have told the Guardian that Robbie Gibb - who served as director of communications to Theresa May in Downing Street between 2017 and 2019 - was instrumental in the appointment of Prescott as an adviser to the BBC's editorial guidelines and standards committee. The pair are reported to be friends. Concerns have previously been raised about the role of Gibb, who joined the BBC board when Boris Johnson was in Downing Street.

Do hope people will take note of this part.

Which timelord has arrived?

How long does the fuck take?

Mostly vegans, probably tired.

A morning scene in the woods

Morning

BCP Council wins prestigious award Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council has won Senior Leadership Team of the Year in this year’s Municipal Journal (MJ) Local Government Achievement Awards.

www.bcpcouncil.gov.uk/news-hub/new...

Hengistbury Head activity centre revived by community group The water sports centre, which has been closed since 2020, has been taken over by a community group.

www.bbc.com/news/article... Fantastic work by BCP council and the outdoor centre volunteers.

#FranceInMoviesOrSongs Nick car lass Nicole Be 🤦‍♀️

🙏bonnet de douche, bonnet de douche

#FranceInMoviesOrSongs Good Moaning Vietnam

How did we win that many Tory councils and seats then?

Brownchinos

Beurre blanc and winding road 🤦‍♀️
#SongsAndMoviesForTheKitchen

Roche rock near Plymouth ( as well as Fountains Abbey and Lindisfarne...) none of them

Always forget the ? 🤦‍♀️

Which castle..and what film did it feature in.

....1st May was the 22nd anniversary of the end of the Iraq war ...along with poor regulation of the banking sector, massively underestimating potential EU Eastern European migration etc.... is the cause of Reform, austerity, Brexit, and a complete distrust of politicians.

I do like a mackerel sky.

Morning

... ice hockey, specifically Gordie Howe, legend, used his elbows to 'defend' himself and his teammates.

😂😂😂

Now do Keith

NEW 🧵 Is human intelligence starting to decline?

Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s

What should we make of this?

www.ft.com/content/a801...

chng.it/JZdrBMjY4V

Also signed..

Morning

Nigel Farage showed his true colours as Trump's spokesman in Britain once again.

Zelensky showed courage and integrity in that room - in stark contrast to Farage’s cowardly approach of licking Trump’s boots.

Ringpiece Prize

The next session of the Education Select Committee's inquiry into Solving the SEND Crisis is getting underway shortly. I will be posting updates here for @tesmagazine.bsky.social this morning.