BBC Midlands Wow. Try ‘investigating’ what art Florence City Council owns. This is their city hall. 🤦‍♂️

This is riveting. Shocking but not really surprising. How unlikely is it really that the U.K. hasn’t been similarly targeted? ‘Among the types of influencers listed as possible collaborators are actors, politicians, media representatives, activists, and clergymen’

That’s pretty good, Grant. I hope they don’t hire you.

Meanwhile this is the Apple Store at Clumber Park, National Trust where the in-season apples are £1 per bag. No refrigeration, no plastic, no transport. And it’s so beautiful.

Celia Richardson Does this mean no more of your famous Chicken Scones?

Same with my grandma. Durham lass. Wife, daughter and sister of coal miners. Pronounced it to rhyme with gone. Died long before woke, the internet and foreign actors & their bots taking a remarkable interest in National Trust recipes. I think margarine was part of her war effort.

For the record. And I want to be very open and honest about this: All National Trust apples are vegan.

For those asking, the ‘fierce backlash last night’ entailed two information requests to our press office. One from the Daily Mail and one from the Daily Telegraph. Please remember to vote in this year’s National Trust AGM.

Hello, one of those bots I was just talking about. Love to the William J Le Petomane family and also who funds you?

In my dreams I will be played by Alison Janney.

Hello I don’t know whether you’re in Russia or Dubai but the National Trust is is not a quango.

Thanks to everyone who gets this sort of stuff community-noted. Please look out for accounts with union flags that spread misinformation and disinformation about UK institutions to undermine public trust. Shame you can’t community-note the newspapers that do it too.

‘Furious about a single disco ball...’ ⁦Rowan Moore on funny form about Restore Trust today. All members have a vote in our AGM. Please use yours 🪩🪩🪩🪩🪩 ⁩The National Trust must resist the group that wants to turn grievances into policy theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

I Wonder how much the people behind this alliance have their income taxed in the UK. I wonder whether the BBC can investigate.

‘In UK water, the H stands for Hydrogen, the O stands for Oxygen, and the number 2…’ A joke worthy of ⁦Feargal Sharkey⁩ bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

After another weekend of made-up media stories to undermine the National Trust, our boss is setting off on the #GreatNorthRun to fundraise for the cause. Her integrity is one of the main reasons public trust in the institution has grown so much in recent years.

I am on constant scone alert. This is the reality of a career in currant affairs. I’ll get my coat…

I hope this isn’t something to do with the Dubai-based Directors of the Legatum Institute? They’ll take the scones out of my cold, dead hand. Still in its oven mitt.

The Poke’s write-up of the latest National Trust *sconedal*. It’s not just me handling the faux woke food outrage. Our media team fixes all misreporting & social team get a lot of buns thrown at them. They’re ace. (*Thanks ‘King Lord Above Dissident⁩) thepoke.com/2024/09/09/the…

Wow.