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Politics, gardening, history, books old and new, beer, ale glasses. Walking our dog. Financial adviser helping people ensure their financial plans support their life plans. www.eadonco.com/meet-the-team/
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Andreas Krennmair@akrennmair.bsky.social · last mo.My new book, Bavarian White Beer, has been out for almost two weeks, and so far, the feedback has been absolutely fantastic. Heartfelt thanks to everyone who bought a copy! Get yours now: waizenbier.de #beerhistory #homebrewing
Ben Cullen, a leading figure of the "Raise the Colours" campaign, will stand trial for three separate charges regarding a total of 78 indecent images of children. I have only seen this covered in local newspapers, so far. Grim as it is, it needs wider coverage www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2624087...
Pubs in central Oxford boarded up, scared of the far right
Madison agreed, and the painting of a man voluntarily walking away from the leadership of a powerful army rather than becoming a dictator hangs today in the Capitol Rotunda. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
June 14, 2026
On June 14, 1775, the Second Continental Congress resolved “[t]hat six companies of expert riflemen, be immediately raised in Pennsylvania, two in Maryland, and two in Virginia; that each company cons...
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Net migration to the UK has fallen by nearly 50%. This has not made and will not make a single bit of positive difference to people’s lives. Because the problem was never immigration - it was 40 years of Thatcherism. [1/3]
Never seen wax plant pots before. I’m going to test them. Could be the future!
Since the 80s but especially Blairism—the world has been filled with Orwellian Euphemism's like public choice theory—reality is privatise everything. And the most moral army in the world slaughters the innocent & is committed to killing Journalists—Doctors—Nurses & Kids! We've invaded for less!
EuropeanPowell@europeanpowell.bsky.social · 3mo agoIsrael’s murderous rampage across the Middle East will only accelerate because the majority of our government leaders are too corrupted to call it out. The journalists who dedicated their lives exposing the Zionist regimes heinous acts must never be forgotten.
Hey if you fancy a walk but you can’t get out, read this from @traveloguer.bsky.social It has the added charm of smashing industrial capitalism to bits along the way, and a photo that <so nearly> includes our childhood home www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/...
Walking with the weavers 200 years after the Lancashire uprising
Former mill towns in the West Pennine Moors tell the story of the workers’ rebellion against power looms, the new machines decimating their livelihoods
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I’m in the land of the clouds where the roofs are designed for the rainy season
I hope those who condemn Reform for their comments about "mass deportations" but continue to support Labour's inhumane treatment of migrants are paying attention. Labour's policies are all about deportation and framing migrants as criminals. It only leads one way www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Home Office says nearly 60,000 people deported from UK or left voluntarily since 2024 election
Shabana Mahmood insists deportations will rise, as Labour government is accused of promoting ‘harmful stereotypes’ of migrants
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It was done agst my wishes, too. I lived in Glasgow at the time, now in Hull. Neither is relevant. My Remain vote & European identity were not contingent on a postcode lottery: it's a matter of who I am, the cultural influences that shaped me & furnish my inner life.
More poles. More grease. A sensible plan for a Better Britain.
Followed some more starter packs so now I’m busy unfollowing people who post about football or American sports
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