Black and white photo of a smiling Roy Orbison, with trademark dark glasses and guitar.

Born on this day, 1936.

Given Labour's aptitude for disastrous own goals, I foresee Keir Starmer being forced out and the new leader ends up being Peter Mandelson.

“People have asked me why I don’t just drop the price again, but I refuse to give my home away cheaply just because of the ridiculous economic climate we’re in,..”
Yes. You guessed what the problem was.

I knew he reminded me of someone.

The article says 15 minutes?

Imagine having to spend any length of time with someone who admired Trump, or Farage. It would do your head in.

32 years of 'I'll Stand By You' ❤️

-PretendersHQ

When I was watching a while ago the batsmen did not hit fours and sixes. The commentators enthused over <company F name> fours and <company S name> sixes.

Downfall (2004) - Clip 2: The Party Is Over! YouTube video by Shout! Studios

A bunker with a ballroom on top of it? Reminds me of something.
youtu.be/T_nkQoSgN7k?...

FACT OF THE DAY. 29 March 1981. 1st London Marathon took place with around 7,000 entrants. 1 Million people lined the streets to see the race. The men’s race was won by American Dick Beardsley, who crossed the line with Inge Simonsen of Norway. Briton Joyce Smith won the women’s race.

Hate will never win. Today we marched for unity, hope and love.

❤️

#togetheralliance

I'm one of many people who'd be on this march for
Love, Unity & Hope, & against racism & the far-right today if I wasn't so sick, in my case with #ME
I can hear the🚁s from my bed
Grateful to everyone who's there today💙

#DisabledPeopleAgainstFascism
#TogetherAlliance
#pwME

Banner: Jesus was a refugee

Banner: the devil in disguise and it's Keir Starmer hiding in a labour rose

Placard: transgender blood on the hands of supreme court, Starmer, Badenoch & Farage

Placard: Wanker Farage

Massive turnout, great banners and placards on #TogetherAlliance demo today

The WGGB Writers' Bloc with placards and flags

WGGB placard which says 'Writers' Bloc'

The WGGB Writers' Bloc with placards and flags

The WGGB Writers' Bloc with placards and flags

Today we joined thousands of marchers in London in a historic show of unity against the far-right

WGGB members, including our President Jack Thorne, took to the streets of the capital, with our Writers' Bloc sending out a powerful message - we will not be divided

#WritersTogether #Together

Guardian live news reporting that possibly up to half a million joined today's Together Alliance march against the far-right. The Met Police estimated 50,000 but that is laughably untrue - it was way more than that.

🤔 Don't know how many went today but it was huge. The main bloc down Park Lane didn't move for 2 hours or more. It may not have been 500,000 but it was certainly more than 50,000 as the Met Police are claiming (tediously, they always understate demo numbers). Love and Hugs to all who were there. 👍♥️✊

We had to wait nearly two hours before we could join the Together march at Park Lane. From there it took two hours to just to reach Trafalgar Square. It was massive and such a wonderful party atmosphere.

Surely anyone who was anywhere near today's march is having trouble believing the police estimate of 50k people ... I know they said it was hard to estimate, but we stood on Park Lane for two hours as the march filed past, and it was still far from done when we left.

🚨 New #ButlerBlocks.

The racism, threats & abuse I face are off the scale - and this is only a fraction.

This is what we’re up against from the far right: relentless hatred.

We won’t be silenced. We’ll keep calling it out. ✊🏾

Super fun & normal to have a president who sincerely thinks he can post his way out of a war he started

This could be posted every day. I assume it is referring to yesterday’s event, but he burbling nonsense away again right now.

There was a fake screenshot going around yesterday that I immediately discounted as it was too childish even for him. This is very similar, content-wise, but even worse.🤪

I've never told a former Prime Minister to fuck off before, but apparently today is the day. Truss hosting Soros bullshit.

It was frankly inevitable that she would get to this point. A very large number of people who get on the conspiracy-theory train end up pulling the whistle and shouting *Jew Jew!*

A black infographic detailing the march schedule for Saturday 28 March in Central London. Main Route (Purple): Begins at Park Lane (Meets 12pm, Leaves 1pm) and arrives at Whitehall at 2pm. Distance is ~2.75km. Nearest stations: Hyde Park Corner, Green Park (step-free), and Bond Street (step-free). Short Route (Yellow): A shorter accessible march (~0.55km). Meets at Trafalgar Square (outside Waterstones) at 1pm and leaves at 1.30pm, arriving at Whitehall at 2pm. Nearest stations: Charing Cross, Westminster (step-free), and Leicester Square. Finish (Green): Both routes finish on Whitehall, between Trafalgar Square and Downing Street.

🗺️ TOGETHER MARCH ROUTE

📍 Main Route: Meet at Park Lane at 12pm.

📍 Short Route: Meet outside Waterstones in Trafalgar Square at 1pm.

See below for full route maps and nearest accessible stations.

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Not sure this thread is visible to everyone so I’ll post my bit of it here; it’s the story of How I Made It Up With James Blunt:

Trump to the UK, 6 March: "We don't need them any longer... We don't need people to join wars after we've already won!"

Trump six days later: Publicly begs for the UK to send warships.

We seem to be going backwards. Legislation is delayed for no good reason. One garden centre near me has actually stopped selling any peat free options 😟

No. Most GPs refused to answer questionnaire.

What a twat

Political expert on Radio4 - “Donald Trump likes to keep his enemies guessing.” Yes, that is it. Not that he is an unstable moron who cannot help contradicting himself several times a day.