Picture postcard view from the steps of the Albert Memorial ahead of tonight's late Prom, Paul Simon's songs of Graceland. Gorgeous golden hour sunlight for the Albert Hall
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Parliamentary Reporter at Press Association. Former news editor and occasional reporter at the Times. Have also written for the Guardian, Observer, Camden New Journal and Ham&High. Own views. Kidderminster Harriers fan.
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‘One of the greatest Rugby players who ever sat in the House’: Pat Munro MP - The History of Parliament
Pat Munro made his debut as a Scotland rugby international on 4 February 1905 at Inverleith, Edinburgh, taking on Wales in the Home Nations Championship (the
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885)@parlconst.bsky.social · 9h agoPatrick Munro was a Scottish rugby international, who played for his country 13 times from 1905 to 1911. Later he became Governor of Khartoum. In 1931, he was elected Conservative MP for Llandaff & Barry, which he held until his death in 1942 while on a Home Guard training exercise at Westminster.
Cooler than average days this summer have just completely died out, even in our hottest summers we do get odd day here and there interspersed. We are coming up 2 months since last daily max temperature was 1C below average in London on already warmer baseline. Freakishly warm period.
Leaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.
We are in the third drought in five years. We have the National Trust and NFU - those radical types - sounding the alarm on unprecedented temperatures. But so little from any single figure in politics talking about the climate crisis.
Weirdly, despite repeated requests, I haven't had any invitations to Reform press events since I asked a month ago whether Farage was scared of questions about his finances.
Adam Bienkov@adambienkov.bsky.social · 2d agoNigel Farage just took a question from a 'journalist' at his press conference, who turned out to be his former chief adviser Raheem Kassam, who asks him why the media are being so unfair to him
An exceptional Aurora Orchestra performance of Mahler's 1st at #BBCProms this evening. Great to have a theatrical explainer as the first half. Would love to see more things like that to make classical musical accessible. The Listening Service is much missed.
Jenrick tells the Reform UK press conference this morning an official will come to your dying mother's bedroom to tot up her jewellery, confiscate her brooches and itemise her coats under Andy Burnham's new tax. Is there not a danger of just sounding so alarmist that you sound unhinged?
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I’ve had a few doubters question this statement, here is the yearly breakdown at LHR in 1980s. If you don’t believe me you can fact check it yourself. 1980: 0 1981: 0 1982: 0 1983: 9 1984: 3 1985: 0 1986: 3 1987: 0 1988: 0 1989: 6 Total = 21 days
London & Southeast🔅@thesnowdreamer.bsky.social · last wk.Today experienced the 24th day of year hitting 30C in London. For perspective in whole of 1980s we had 21 days.
Infantino has achieved what many thought impossible: he is Worse Than Blatter
Alex Partridge@alexpartridge87.bsky.social · last wk.Daily Telegraph is on the fence then
It will still be 29°C at 9pm tomorrow. There are no words for how much I hate this.
London & Southeast🔅@thesnowdreamer.bsky.social · last wk.Today experienced the 24th day of year hitting 30C in London. For perspective in whole of 1980s we had 21 days.
Today experienced the 24th day of year hitting 30C in London. For perspective in whole of 1980s we had 21 days.
The Office: Woman Holding 'HOT' Sign
ALT: The Office: Woman Holding 'HOT' Sign
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Downing Street confirm Andy Burnham met with the heads of Labour's affiliated trade unions earlier, for the first time since becoming PM. Unite's Sharon Graham, Unison's Andrea Egan, GMB's Gary Smith, and TSSA's Maryam Eslamdoust among those spotted walking into No10.
Just loving how John Cleese, now reduced to one of his own caricatures, rages about immigrants coming to the UK and failing to accept "our" culture, from his home in ... (checks notes) ... Nevis in the Caribbean.
Bowled over by the bravery of these women this morning. Sexual abuse victims ‘exhausted’ by fears over early release scheme www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Sexual abuse victims ‘exhausted’ by fears over early release scheme
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch sat alongside campaigners as she called for emergency laws to ensure abusers are not released early.
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Home Office used ‘AI hallucinated’ information to refuse asylum claim, judge suggests
Home Office used ‘AI hallucinated’ information to refuse asylum claim, judge suggests
Upper tribunal unable to find document cited in case and claims it is ‘analogous to relying on bogus evidence’ * UK politics live – latest updates A senior judge has accused the Home Office of relying on “AI hallucinated” information to refuse an asylum claim. The case relates to a Moroccan woman and her child who fled her country after experiencing forced underage marriage and extreme violence, including rape. The woman claimed asylum on the basis of fears that she would be killed by her husband: a powerful, previously convicted criminal. Continue reading...
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The fame of Jodrell Bank might draw attention to this. Surely it's one of the UK's best known landmarks? The idea of it closing is a humiliation, as are the other details in this piece.
Glen O'Hara@gsoh31.bsky.social · last wk.The UK's whole science, research and universities 'strategy' is basically 'drive the country off a cliff'. Not even worth arguing about any more. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
ChatGPT requests are starting to turn up as evidence in criminal trials and these ones are going to be hard to beat
Mind the gap… Most of London has missed showery rain, so a totally rainless calendar month is pretty much confirmed. The first in at least 155 years. #drought
Met Office chief Penny Endersby: ‘There is not going to be a usual summer’ ft.trib.al/deFVitX
Met Office chief Penny Endersby: ‘There is not going to be a usual summer’
The head of the UK’s national weather service on this year’s multiple heatwaves, the net zero backlash and why geoengineering is not a panacea
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There was hope of some useful moisture this weekend, but it's increasingly turning into a damp squib. As parts of SE England approach their 40th consecutive day with no rain and with further hot weather coming. www.patreon.com/TheSnowDream...
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The unstoppable Gail's Bakery steam roller continues, Highbury its latest victim/beneficiary. On a small parade of shops there is already five cafès. Why a sixth? When does the cafèification of London end?
this has been fascinating to watch unfold this season so far. Short version: the new power units (engine + battery) have a bunch of AI stuff. This is meant to optimise power deployment duting races. except it keeps doing weird shit the drivers can't stop/control. And they are NOT happy.
F1 drivers have become hostages to AI
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Do you know William Mitchell’s Great Wall of Kidderminster? Explore this concrete gem with Mike Parker and I on Monstrosities Mon Amour, half an hour of cheery geekery podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
Monstrosities Mon Amour: The Great Wall of Kidderminster with Mike Parker
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