What exactly does it mean that Orr and Jukes have "stepped down"? How does that stop them talking to Nigel or anyone else in the so-called 'party', basically carrying on just as before?
Only the Tony
@acripedes.bsky.social
Hills, mountains, outdoor stuff, bikes and cycling, books, general carping and trivia. I do not have a cat. Location: off on a tangent.
My granddaughter has just started secondary school and has gone through the inevitable rite of passage and has her own new smartphone. So of course she's messaging everyone in the family, singly and in the group. I'm having to remember *not* to reply in the same style as I normally do online 🫢
Medieval parents trying to make their kid get up and go to school on the first day back after the summer holidays.
Browsing the terrestrial broadcast TV channels for this evening, and caught my breath as I saw the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is on BBC1. What a throwback to a long distant past. I wonder if they still do that Field Gun obstacle course thing (but I won't be watching to find out).
3 days in the Lakes next Easter for a three-generation mountain trip. G/daughter, who has a Wainwright log book with only one tick in it, decided she'd like to "climb some more mountains in the Lake District" so Son has booked us a place only fifty yards up the road from @braithwaiteshop.bsky.social
Do you remember, ooh, just 4 weeks ago when it was still light at 9 o'clock? Fuck you, August.
Apart from a few people here on #bluesky I doubt if anyone knows what a Barnsley chop is any more. In related news, I am eating a Barnsley chop.
We knew this back in the 1970s. My tutor and Head of Department at the LSE is one of the authors.
Paul Bernal@paulbernal.bsky.social · last wk.Surveillance systems invite abuse. It’s not a risk, it’s an inevitability.
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.
Paul Bernal@paulbernal.bsky.social · last wk.If you see this, post your getaway vehicle
#ElbowsUp @theshovel.bsky.social theshovel.com.au/2026/08/27/c...
Canada Renames Lake Ontario “Lake of Hormuz”, Just To Fuck With Trump — The Shovel
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney described it as a “completely unnecessary but extremely satisfying” response to US President Donald Trump’s trade tantrum.
theshovel.com.au
More sad news, though living a troubled life explored through art and ultimately, though far later than deserved, achieving superstar status and surviving to the age of 97 is quite a remarkable story. To infinity and beyond, Yayoi Kusama!
Eleanor G@zaichishka.bsky.social · last wk.Yayoi Kusama, Japanese artist who became a global superstar, dies aged 97 www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
The world will mourn her because she made the world better in so many ways.
OK, let's do novels now. Make a novel smaller. The Raisin of Wrath.
Ben@safers.bsky.social · 2w agoOkay, let's do novels now. Make a novel smaller. The Peckish Games trilogy
Someone lost his wedding ring on Saturday, probably between the top of Great Calva and down to the river Caldew. If anyone finds a gold wedding ring with an inscription in side Please let us know and we can put you in touch with them.
A strong and balanced statement from Carney, but for maximum trolling points he should have finished with "Thank you for your attention to this matter."
🇨🇦Kelownagurl@kelownagurl.bsky.social · 2w agoCarney "Canada has what the world wants. And we will not allow any nation to determine our future. We will set our own course to keep building Canada strong for all.” www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/stat...
I see you're opening the riding helmet/stetson equivalent of the jam first/cream first controversy. #HelmetFirst
Simon@winklesbloke.bsky.social · 2w agoIt's hard to find one that will go over the top of a stetson.
FYI there's currently an exhibition of the work of Enid Marx, including but extending well beyond her London Transport moquette designs, at Compton Verney in Warwickshire. www.comptonverney.org.uk/whats-on/eni...
Enid Marx – Modern British Textile Design at Compton Verney
Explore the bold patterns of Enid Marx and her creative community in this major exhibition of modern British design at Compton Verney.
share.google
Alan Beattie@alanbeattie.bsky.social · 2w agoFor those unaware, she’s wearing a top made of, or at least made to look like, a London Transport/TfL moquette. Ledge.
I'm watching this great comedy show on amazon Prime. It's called 'Reacher'.
What's that? You can't wait any longer to see a picture of a Chinese bronze horse statue from the Han Dynasty? Well your waiting is over!
Science and technology have brought us many wonderful things. The battery-powered electric toothbrush is not one of them.
And lucky old Jeremy also became eligible for his state pension this year, so he should write regularly to someone explaining how he spent it. Oh, wait, he didn't mean *that* kind of benefit.
Nettlecake@nettlecake.bsky.social · last mo.Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.
The Hitch-hiker's Guide to Galashiels.
Otto English@ottoenglish.bsky.social · 3w agoThe Very Ordinary Ambersons
I've just caught up with the news about Jason Ardey and I have no words. What that man and his family have had to deal with is just terrible. Anyone who drove or encouraged the hounding of him should be profoundly ashamed and ostracised by anyone with an ounce of humanity.
Am I allowed to post this today? A never-used draft election poster has just come to light.
I wonder if my high-altitude glacier glasses will do for eclipse viewing. But yeah, I saw the partial in 1999 and once you've seen one........
Except none of the fires mentioned in the article are "raging" in any cities. BBC News - Homes evacuated as fires rage across Birmingham and Coventry - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Homes evacuated as fires rage across Birmingham and Coventry
West Midlands Fire Service has crews tackling fires across the region on Tuesday.
bbc.co.uk