Ann Pugh

@anniepugh.bsky.social

Former English and Drama teacher; Springsteen fan; AFCWimbledon fan; music and theatre fan; not a fan of right-wing, anti-woke types. Steering way through recent widowhood and swearing a lot.

I think the PM believes I am too left-wing to be in ‘his’ party since he has branded the Green Party ‘left-wing extremists’! So I won’t embarrass him by renewing my membership, canvassing, leafleting, stuffing envelopes etc. Shameful response to the wake-up call the by-election should have been.

Tom Pugh and I have had a couple of days down in Lyme Regis! Not beach weather but a relaxing break and a lovely visit to The Lyme Regis Museum where some of Mick’s amazing fossil collection is on display. ❤️

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Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …

We can't tax billionaires, because they might take their tax avoidance to another country. But we can drive out brilliant people who do much-needed work, contribute to our society and culture, pay tax, create jobs, and have done nothing wrong. That's fine, apparently.

Just got a haircut, and my lovely barber, a Turkish guy who employs 6 people, and has a wife who's an IVF technician, is shutting up shop and moving to another country because his Indefinite Leave to Remain is under threat by these venal, stupid, posturing politicians, left and right.