Oh joy!! bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn09…

RT if you think the Greens quadrupling their seats should have as much media attention as Reform!

I know he's been with the BBC Olympics team for many years, but how cool to have Michael Johnson as a specialist athletics commentator. #Paris #OlympicGames Bet the American networks wish they had him.

I’m not buying this line of argument. Johnson knew, as everybody in the Conservative Party knew, that the Brexit referendum was about heading off the (over-stated) electoral threat from UKIP and simultaneously dealing with a fringe group of MPs in the party who were a distraction

I never understood why people voted for Brexit, I never understood why people voted for Trump but last night at dinner a Doctor explained it to me, he said, "They're stupid Robert, simply very stupid"

As Mark Banning just messaged me on WhatsApp, ‘Got to be honest, one of your greatest bits of research and ultimate remembrance.’ It was a wonderful thing to have descendants of William Hackett & Thomas Collins at Givenchy where their relatives still lie 40 ft below ground

Tried to send a book to a friend in Ireland. It has just come back (over a month later) with a label on it saying it's 'non-compliant to customs regulations'. Brexit never stops giving, does it?

It seems that all the good folk are heading to Bluesky ,so I thought I'd head there as well. Still here, but only for the sleaze...

Not long now… 🤭 #HutVent2024

Nice bit of Major Tom playing in the background, Gary, BBC Radio 2 #soundsofthe80s

I think the adjutant of 8th Buffs was getting a bit hacked off in November 1916...

Today we had a Somme tour, the gentleman (client) is a friend of a direct descendant of Asquith, understandably we tweaked the tour to take him to Raymond’s grave. I can’t begin to tell you how embarrassing it was for us (again, something we’ve got used to by now). Needless to

Could any badge specialists identify for certain the insignia this man is wearing. It's the same chap, (the one behind the stuffed lion) but at two time different periods. Not sure why no ribbons in the second photo. Taff The Vicar of Disbrey and anyone else. Thanks.

Some more photos from the week. Carnoy Military Cemetery. Looking really good, but evidence of how bad the problem was, still remain. Work in progress from Commonwealth War Graves but we can cope with that.

However, at Lichfield Crater, (that's the name you can hardly read), things weren't quite up to par. Commonwealth War Graves Keith Bugden

My goodness me, hasn't what was Twitter become an absolute cesspool of total right wing bollocks? All I see is Truss, Trump, Lowe... I think it's time to say goodbye.