Only 5% think Brexit has worked. Two-thirds of Gen Z want a rejoin referendum. The Brexit settlement is dying in real time - and the only party honest enough to say so is the Liberal Democrats.
Closer to Europe. Stronger at home. It really isn’t complicated.
The Old Magic will not be discussed with children of the new.
Isso!
A graph that is very old at this point but it's a prediction every year for the uptake of solar panels... And each prediction is basically flat and then you check the reality and its logarithmic up.
Well that was easy
A great turnout at the Otter Valley Association (OVA) river catchment action event last week, in Ottery St Mary.
I am continuing to help bring together OVA with South West Water and the Environment Agency for action on the polluted River Otter.
In 1984, WH Smith sold computers between the pick 'n' mix and the stationery aisle. You could buy a Spectrum, a bag of cola bottles, and a protractor in one trip. The 1980s high street was a lawless place.
Liberal England: Why the Lib Dem fuel duty cut would not reduce petrol prices
In which I go all Adam Smith.
Donald Trump post threatening Iran, saying “a whole civilisation will die tonight.”
After Trump's latest shocking threats, Keir Starmer faces a choice.
Withdraw US access now to UK air bases, or risk letting British soil be used to commit war crimes.
Nobody destroys a country faster than its pig-headed self-styled "patriots"
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?
Russell Group of universities debunks Home Office claims that student visas are being 'abused to claim asylum'. Statistics used to justify the emergency visa brake on Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar & Sudan repeated by BBC were misleading as HO now accepts.
www.russellgroup.ac.uk/policy/polic...
Easter is a movable feast. But how is the date of Easter Sunday calculated? #RetroComputing #BASIC #PicoMZ
z80.timholyoake.uk/happy-easter/
Meanwhile, interviewers all appear to be missing this story - a much better use of the North Sea than drilling for more oil.
interestingengineering.com/energy/world...
Wooden bench covered in lichen in the Coleridge Medical Centre Grounds. The plaque reads: Donated to O.S.M. in memory of Princess Diana by the guiding and scouting associations
Ottery St Mary afternoon
NEW: the UK government recommends that toddlers should not be given more than a hour's screentime a day www.ft.com/content/44fc...
In spite of all the talk of Claude Code and Codex meaning the end of humans writing code, software job adverts are actually going up, according to @jburnmurdoch.ft.com's crunching of millions of job ads for this week's The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/7325...
This will make a much bigger difference than drilling for the last bit of methane gas in the North Sea
news.sky.com/story/ed-mil...
Partly because of circumstances in my own family right now, this article really resonates. The shift from "dying of..." to "living with..." a long-term life-threatening illness is a positive result of advances in clinical science, but I think perceptions in society are still trying to catch up
I have stage four cancer – there will be no cure, but death isn’t necessarily imminent: this is how it feels to live in the long middle
A colorful calendar lists monthly events labeled as "Manufactured Culture War Outrage," highlighting humorous societal issues.
Finally, if you ever wake up from a coma and you aren't sure what time of year it is, here is a helpful calendar👇
We are right on schedule this year!🤣🙄
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A long shot - are there any former #PAFEC employees here? If so, and you haven't had the email, I have details about the 50th anniversary reunion.
Jesus, they weren’t bloody joking.
Yes, me too. They seemed fairly common then.
I'm hoping I might hear one or the other in Ottery to celebrate my first spring here. There are a couple of very vocal owls nearby, a woodpecker and the obligatory pheasants. It feels like cuckoos or curlews might be around - I live in hope. I don't think I've heard a cuckoo this millennium.
I watched this episode a little while ago, courtesy of the excellent Network DVD box set. Two things seem very strange to 2026 eyes ... the need to wire a 13A plug before using the toy and seeing fake snow sprayed on the inside of windows. Things have certainly changed since 1979/80!
Liberal England... The last episode of Shoestring: The Dangerous Game
Written for the 12th Annual Favourite TV Show Episode Blogathon on Terence Towles Canote's blog A Shroud of Thoughts. liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-...
A long shot - are there any former #PAFEC employees here? If so, and you haven't had the email, I have details about the 50th anniversary reunion.
Nigel Farage cheered on Trump’s illegal war on Iran that is sending petrol prices and energy bills through the roof. Now he says he wants to cut your energy bills.
This is just Farage’s latest con. Just like Brexit, he peddles his lies then leaves the British people to pick up the tab.
Fern Brady wearing a camera helmet on Taskmaster and opening the task, which has a red wax seal, and reading the contents. She has a purple set of coveralls on as well, which is just fun.
"Open the Strait of Hormuz. You may not receive the help of any other sovereign nation. Fastest wins."