“I am a Liberal, because Liberalism seems to me to mean faith in the people and confidence that they will manage their own affairs far better than those affairs are likely to be managed for them by others.” Millicent Fawcett
of course we "can". Whether we "will" is an entirely different matter.
"Tragedy" works extremely well; I suggest it should be in your next headline.
It’s official: the UK is rejoining Erasmus! 👏🇪🇺
an absolute legend
I've just signed "Establish a public inquiry into foreign interference" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/fo... @OpenBritainHQ
These are all true, but can I suggest that the problem is also partly technical, ie the MOD, like all depts, has spent 40 years deliberately forgetting how to do project management (requires political will to undo that, of course).
It means it's much easier policing the toilets. But that's about all.
I have seen a lot of NIMBY selfishness in my time, but "my convenience matters more than cancer care" is a new low. Quite seriously tempted to email them and tell them as much.
"[the girl boss] is propped up from every angle by laws, taxpayer dollars, and the ability to externalize the cost of her lifestyle on to others". So, pretty much the same as the boy boss then.
Trump is no friend to the UK — he’s a dangerous, corrupt gangster.
The PM must call off the state visit to Washington before it’s too late.
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk
are we supposed to feel sorry for them?
One possibility might be to encourage people to drive with more awareness. You know, a few miles an hour slower makes the difference between smacking into a pothole and being able to navigate round it. Radical, I know, but desperate times....
EVs on the whole are not much heavier than the equivalent petrol car. Yes, they have batteries. But they don't have engine blocks, radiators, fan belt assemblies, gearboxes, drive trains, exhaust assemblies, petrol tanks, you name it.
If you look at the figures, EVs are only marginally heavier than their petrol equivalents, so have relatively little more effect on road surfaces. People choosing SUVs rather than saloons is a far bigger problem.
No, Western England Bylines, I do not want to subscribe "later". I do not want to subscribe, full stop.
this goes hard as fuck
me too.
We must not become less of ourselves in the face of annihilation. We must hold to who we are, hold tight to our joys. i came into this world dead, grey and silent. I shall go out of strange, full of love and wondrous curiosity. I shall go a fully-grown changeling with a kiss of intent on my lips.
UK signals it will not let US use British bases to attack Iran’s civilian infrastructure - www.ft.com/content/e7b1... via @FT
One would hope!
I have written to the Prime Minister with Liberal Democrat colleagues to urge him to withdraw or severely limit US access to UK air bases.
If Trump is threatening attacks on civilian targets in Iran, Britain cannot allow our bases to be used to commit war crimes.
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, I've only just learned that Eartha Kitt played Catwoman. I should have been paying more attention.
The Magnificent One.
Screenshot of a post by Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump): “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP”
Threatening war crimes and mocking Islam isn't a sign of strength, it's a sign of weakness.
The PM should rule out UK forces and airfields being used for any attacks on Iranian civilian infrastructure.
What more will it take for Starmer to call off the Royal Visit Trump craves?
#NowWeAreReading Lesley Thomson's A Kind Of Vanishing
"Eleanor seldom reflected that she invented the most exciting bits of her life. The whimsical world in her head was real, the life she lived a dull perseverance in comparison."
I suspect the author has, possibly enthusiastically, allowed himself to be conned into the usage promoted by keen proponents of GenAI, which is to call everything computers do "AI" in the hope that the success of spreadsheets, databases, spellchecks etc will rub off onto GenAI.
I've put a lot of (wasted) effort into trying to demonstrate to one recommendation engine that "true crime" is not the same as "noir" and I am not interested in true crime. Sigh.
“Do not oppress a foreigner; you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in Egypt” God Exodus 23:9
I've just finished Robert Nozick's Anarchy, State and Utopia. The final paragraph is inspiring. Pity the rest of the book didn't live up to it.
That is one of my all time greats, along with, from roughly the same time, when the character limit was increased to 280 the German UK embassy tweeted. "So now we have 280 characters, or, as we say in German, four words."
