The simple reality is that no modern political party should have a place for people like Natalie Elphicke. That both parties have been willing to overlook, minimise and (in Buckland’s case) cover up her awfulness when it suits rather says it all about the state of politics.

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Macclesfield canal, not far from Congleton station.
Pretty amazing 'snake' bridge.

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Someone reminded me of that thread today, so ill tell you something.

I live in Finland now. Some time ago I left my job hoping to get another one. It didn't worked out and I became unemployed.

(A secondary thread).

We are a dead Empire hanging onto the coat tails of a dying Empire.
This isn't the future.

Absolutely biblical skies in Tasmania at 4am this morning. I’m leaving today and knew I could not pass up this opportunity for such a large solar storm. Here’s the image. I actually had to de-saturate the colours. Clouds glowing red. Insane. Shot on Nikon. Rt appreciated

And here is a prime example of what govt's utter failure to protect our rivers actually looks like.

If you're weren't angry enough already you now should be.

How do you vote out an MP and it not lead to them getting a seat in the House of Lords?
#bbcqt

Gran loves knitting and she’s a laugh a minute 🙂

Its 2024 and we still have a 'House of Lords' in England.
They won't give it up without a fight.

Can anyone summarise what Hazarika's achievements were to receive this honour?

Why is this project money? It should be core funding to pay for front-line staff 😡 Each project will waste thousands on ‘project management’. You know what needs doing, just get on with it.

Children with early life trauma are earthquake detectors. 🫨🕵️

Problem is... they are very, very good at detection. Too good.

Stick with me on this... 🧵👇

How carbon trading saves the planet

I) I tinker lightly with my farming system, get credits
ii) a middleman takes a hefty cut selling them to a greenwashing airline
iii) with my new found wealth, I fly with the middleman to Australia to watch the cricket on the same airline

Mainstream economics: '...an unethical, irresponsible, and harmful kind of science where models and procedures become ends in themselves, without consideration of their lack of explanatory value as regards real-world phenomena.' rwer.wordpress.com/2024/05/09/eco… #economics

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American politics in a nutshell

Robert Jenrick whining about getting people into work while the young and aspirational are leaving the country in droves.
The Tories are as clueless now as when they came into power.
#Peston