Our only flower shop, here in the shires, which used to be bursting with fresh Dutch blooms, delivered by a Dutch lorry, is now almost entirely empty of flowers. A few come to order via a small van.
The owner openly admits that Brexit is killing off her business.
A disgrace.

#BBCFour regularly delivers unexpected treats thanks to the richness of the BBC archives
And surprisingly, despite all the cuts, we get new stuff too like tonights interview with Michael Palin

Bicester notable here because Rupert Harrison - one of the most prominent and potentially important new candidates - is standing there for the Conservatives in what should be a safe-ish seat but clearly isn't.

Wokingham is John Redwood's seat. He looks v likely to lose.

Deeply concerned to read this The Telegraph report - it is wholly inappropriate for Simon Clarke to accept donations from Aquind & its owners given the serious national security concerns raised by Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧. I have today written to Sir Simon calling on him to return this money.

Who is advising this woman on PR?

One of the late stages of political madness is delusion. You’re not lying. You believe what you’re saying. You’ve persuaded yourself everyone else is wrong. But your beliefs don’t factor in reality.

Who would have thought that 🇷🇺 was going to become dependent on 🇰🇵 to pursue its aggression against 🇺🇦? More than 7.000 containers have been observed moving from 🇰🇵 to 🇷🇺.

'Andy Burnham's clean air policy in greater Manchester is a vote loser'

Stop listening to the media and right wing fruit loops. The people want clean air, less traffic, public transport, LTN's, active travel.

In January 2020, heavy machinery arrived in Hoad’s Wood in Kent and started chopping down mature broadleaf trees. When they left, they had logged four acres – two football pitches worth – of this ancient woodland 1/5

George Galloway is not just a homophobe. He is a fascist supporter of Putin and Assad. Together with Iran, they have killed 600k Syrians. Putin has killed 200k Chechens and is currently undertaking a genocidal invasion of Ukraine.

He also doesn't seem to have any objections to…

Final Councillor Count #LE2024 :

🌹 LAB: 1,158 (+186)
🔶 LDM: 522 (+104)
🌳 CON: 515 (-474)
🙋 IND/LOC: 274 (+102)
🌍 GRN: 181 (+74)
⚙️ WPB: 4 (+4)
➡️ RFM: 2 (+2)
🔴 SDP: 1 (+1)
♀️ WEP: 1 (+1)

Well, funnily enough, I reported a story where Lara Trump's father-in-law Donald called Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to help him find 11,780 more votes. Nearly two months after the election.

The russians occupied Arkhangelsk and Kotlyarivka, reached the administrative borders of Ocheretny and advanced near Novopokrovsky, Umansky, Pervomaysky and in Krasnohorivka, — Deep State

Does no one in the West read these reports?
The russians are advancing slowly, but they are…

George H.W. Bush - career ended because he lied about not raising people's taxes.

Howard Dean - career ended because he screamed oddly.

Dan Quayle - career ended because of a misspelling of the word 'potato'.

Donald Trump - presidential candidate for the Republican party…

Today's column explores why some issues - like assisted dying, gender self-ID & surrogacy - defy alignment along a left-right spectrum, & why it's dangerous to pretend otherwise.

Sometimes our take on human nature trumps our political allegiances. Good

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

🦊 #HedgehogAwarenessWeek 🦔
#countryfile 🪱
Labour: please honour your previous pledges to🦡 #stopthecull 🙏 slaughter continuing ...
✒️protectthewild.org.uk/badger-petitio…

“So after being given £3k and a ticket to Rwanda, I visited mum in Kigali and then flew back to London - which was nice”

The last result of election 2024 is another Lib Dem gain!

Reagan's repeal of the Fairness Doctrine created a breeding ground for fake news, conspiracy theories and anti-science sentiments.

#HistoryMatters