John Harrison
@johnaharrison.bsky.social
COYS, Co-op party member. Anti-Trump/Farage/Polanski, Star Trek guy Like history, boxing, cricket, snooker, dogs & quiz shows C-PTSD sufferer 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
Anyone who refuses care from a non-white member of NHS staff should be told to pay to go private.
Charles EP Murphy@cepmurphy.bsky.social · 2d agonews.sky.com/story/nhs-st... stereotypically this has been seen as Old People, but not only would the old people of now have often been born post-Windrush, lot of this will be younger people who've always lived in a diverse Britain. The guy with a pregnant wife likely millennial at oldest
Gimme, Gimme, Gimme gets a mention here but the article does NOT reference the last ten seconds which were probably the most heartbreaking moments ever on British TV If you know and I've reminded you, apols... Kathy Burke, eh? Bloody Hell...
10 Classic British Sitcoms Nobody Talks About
From forgotten favourites to workplace disasters.
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Russia's military capacity has been a conundrum for Europe for centuries. It's greatest triumphs - 1812 onwards & WW2 - come from counter-attacks when the space & weather of the homeland crippled the aggressor Ukraine had shown Russia's inability to effectively 'aggress.' So difficult to plan
With Russia at the door and the US backing away, Europe has to build its own ‘way of war’
Even in a Europe-focused Nato 3.0, Washington would still want to call the shots. We need an insurance policy, says Guardian Europe columnist Nathalie Tocci
theguardian.com
Main character energy: London in summer. Summer Streets are back for 2026, creating vibrant outdoor spaces across the city so Londoners can enjoy the best of their local area. See what’s on near you: www.london.gov.uk/programmes-s...
I totally disagree, he apparently felt so strongly about defence funding he was prepared to resign and oust a sitting Labour PM. In my world nobody, whoever they are, gets to ditch their principles because they're now in a different job. These people run the country, it's not an office job.
A few weeks ago John Healey resigned from Starmer's cabinet because he was unhappy with defence spending. He's now Chancellor in Burnham's cabinet, begs the question why his first policy announcement hasn't been to increase defence spending. Maybe his resignation wasn't about spending, who knew.
Changing your football team is both, IMHO, both impossible & morally reprehensible But I switch cricket allegiances depending on which county I am in - hence Sussex, then Kent, Essex... I think this reflects that, whrn it comes to cricket, I am fundamentally an England fan
Have you ever switched allegiance as a football fan? You are not alone | Luke McLaughlin
If professional athletes can represent more than one country, let alone multiple clubs, why shouldn’t fans change teams?
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Can we expect Tice to stand down & call a by-election so 'the voters can decide?' God, Reform are thick Crooks & morons... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Richard Tice investigated by parliamentary standards watchdog
Reform's deputy leader is being investigated about an allegation he failed to declare an interest.
bbc.co.uk
That’s quite the precedent Robert Jenrick is setting there. Martine law works both ways, but wouldn’t expect a Reform UK MP to have a clue about international politics or law (other than his extensive experience in Moscow). Reform UK don’t care about: Smuggling Piracy Fishing
Australia warned on Monday against the risk of a wider spread of H5N1 bird flu after its first mass mortality episode among seabirds killed about 50 greater crested terns off the coast south of Adelaide. www.jpost.com/environment-...
Australia warns of H5N1 bird flu spread after seabird mass mortality event | The Jerusalem Post
"Australians should expect to see more spread and larger numbers now of wildlife being affected," said Agriculture Minister Julie Collins.
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Has Burnham said anything yet about the fires in Suffolk - let alone visited those affected? Surely a priority?
Chatham House@chathamhouse.org · 3d agoThe UK is in the grip of a ‘firewave’, with fires affecting landscapes from the Cairngorms to the Suffolk coast. Nearly half of England is facing an ‘exceptionally serious’ drought.
Heartening that seeing a 40-year plus friend for the first time in two years became a 'Voyager v DS9 - what's better' discussion For the record, I ENJOY Voyager more, but feel DS9 is 'better' in terms of characters & plot @eaterofsun.bsky.social
Surely Infantino's position at FIFA is untenable. FIFA is untenable Perhaps the main continental football associations should withdraw & organise a new World Cup
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The fact Infantino & FIFA are continuing to press on with their vile plans to monetise the World Cup even AFTER UEFA's declaration makes any future competition unviable is like the frenzied thrashing of a sap businessman snared by organised crime FIFA looks cooked. No more World Cup, then
So, England will win one world cup? Infantino destroys world football
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?
Not v interested in 'scholars' claiming The Odyssey is 'inaccurate' considering it was all made up in the 1st place 'Battle of the Bulge' & 'They Died With Their Boots On,' are god-awful traversties of real historical events where people actually died The Odyssey has cyclops & sirens in it Der...
Who cares about £millions in fraudulent undeclared donations to Reform UK MPs by convicted criminals, and their anti-worker, anti-women, anti-disabled policies, when there's a good scare story about made-up terrorists to spread ... meme Philip Sturtivant
Humphrey Clemens is Reform UK’s Candidate for Honiton St Michael’s, Devon He’s an anti-vaccination conspiracy theorist. In 2023 he posted that Paul Cattermole’s death through a heart condition was “yet another tragic Covid death”, without any evidence. archive.is/6dV1D
Final reminder- the BBC R4 appeal to fund Parkinson’s nurses closes tonight -you can donate here www.bbc.co.uk/appeal/radio4
And what happens when the next PM wants to set up government in their home city, it's performative nonsense. Absolutely move some government departments around the country where possible but the heart of most governments around the world is in the capital city for sensible reasons.
Watching an old Chase Celebrity show on Challenge Ann Widdecombe as a guest Very strange...