Lovely Easter Sunday with 16 of us around my table.

Feeling proud: 7 alcohol-free days, only another 33 to go! #Lent

In all this hideous political mess, the person I feel sorriest for is Gordon Brown. Mandelson’s behaviour in Gordon’s govt sounds like treason to me, and I’d be devastated.

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I was driving while Trump delivered that speech; first time I’ve actually listened to his ramblings and my jaw was on the floor. Why was he not immediately sectioned afterwards? Either dangerous, deliberate lies or utterly mad.

Jenrick’s incredible journey – from self-centred halfwit to self-centred halfwit | John Crace Reform’s latest defector from the Tories is a politician whose eye has only ever been on his own ambition

This time I managed it!

Enjoy!

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Well that shows I haven’t mastered posting a link- I’ll try again!

Jenrick’s incredible journey – from self-centred halfwit to self-centred halfwit | John Crace

What a crock of shit this #Corriedale is!

Well done Anas Sarwar on #bbcqt taking down that vile Reform man

The #coercivecontrol storyline in #corrie is a very difficult watch 😢

Let me help all these ridiculous journos out by pointing out that royalty is:
1. not a meritocracy
2. born into feeling entitled
3. not sackable (that is the whole point!)
4. throughout history they use women appallingly

You want a royal family - you need to understand this!

To be clear: deportations to increase cultural homogeneity is the text book definition of ethnic cleansing. Demands that come even close to this are so far outside any democratic norm and the rule of law. What has happened to a country when this is not condemned in the strongest possible terms?

The thing that baffles me is all these people being ‘deeply shocked that a member of the royal family would behave like this’. Have they read no history? Male royals entitled behaviour towards women is how it has always been. (Another reason why royalty is totally unsuitable for this age)

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I was chuffed with this autumnal dinner I made. (Too much effort though - bloody pumpkins have way too many seeds!)

That was a good speech from the PM today 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Lovely Fountains Abbey

Trump has fanned the flames of divisive politics around the world, says Sadiq Khan Exclusive: London mayor says US president has ‘perhaps done the most’ to encourage far right

Exclusive: Sadiq Khan has accused Donald Trump of doing more than anyone else to encourage the intolerant far right across the globe as the US president arrives in the UK.

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I simply do not understand the wall-to-wall coverage of this Charlie Kirk 🤷‍♀️

Kids and teachers in schools get shot in USA and our media report briefly and move on - to me that seems far worse.

I find this worrying.

If you are capable of epic levels in suspension of disbelief, I recommend’Hostage’ on Netflix 🤣

BBC apologises after Robert Jenrick accused of xenophobia A contributor to Radio 4's Thought for the Day slot made the remark about the shadow justice secretary.

'Honest Bob' Jenrick, a politician obviously & deliberately embracing xenophobia, does some weapons grade xenophobia & the BBC *apologises* for a Thought For The Day contributor calling it xenophobic. Licence fee payers need to know who makes these decisions & why. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I wonder if this will hit the news headlines

The open secret of Jenrick's utterly cynical and made-up National Populism should not be shrugged off like the open secrets of what Boris Johnson and Liz Truss are really like. We can't keep doing this.

I am shocked. SHOCKED, I tell ya.

For me, the BBC’s image choice here is reprehensible…

…it glorifies these thugs who were intimidating refugees - makes them look like they are protesting for some sort of freedom… rather than the targeted harassment of the vulnerable.

I am just back in UK after 4 weeks in mainland Europe, and after managing the laundry etc will be off to Edinburgh - what do you all recommend I catch up there this year?