To brighten up budget day, I am giving a set of these Fabulous Mr Benn badges away. To be in the bowler hat, all you have to do is retweet this tweet. I'll choose a winner this time next week. Good Luck!!

Meanwhile at the Halloween funfair.

Mood this morning.

At least the cats and dogs will be safe now.

Things have just got a lot more difficult . Here’s what I think . I had no control over what just happened . None . But I do have control over how I will react to it . And I am not going to give up on the beautiful and the good , the grip on my dreams just got tighter .

Thank you @CrimeAndComedy for your wonderful on stage radio play of A Christmas Carol tonight at Palace Theatre, Redditch Some early Christmas spirit - 3 in fact - was just the tonic I needed. A brilliant cast led by Colin Baker & Peter Purves & a terrific faithful production.

In his new Government efficiency role Musk’s first decision will be to change the name of all Gov Depts to single letters.

Oh no. This is the most awful news. A wonderful actor and a truly lovely man. bbc.com/news/articles/…

Brilliant photo. Many congratulations Kiran Shah MBE

Fantastic Friday evening at Malvern Theatres for the brilliant touring production of Murder on the Orient Express. Incredible staging and a wonderful cast led by michael maloney absolutely superb as Hercules Poirot. Do see it if you can.

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So moving.

Happy Doctor Who day.

Top tip. If you’re rightly angry with nasty, lying, biased or conspiratorial posts don’t retweet them. Stop giving them the oxygen these people crave & helping things go viral which might otherwise be ignored.

The BBC loses another outstanding broadcaster & journalist. Whether it’s poor management, interference, BBC’s obligation to publish employee salaries (unlike other media organisations) or other things, there’s something seriously wrong at the Beeb. bbc.com/news/articles/…

It frankly beggars belief that the government has published a a 464 page report on food security today without a single mention of their damaging family farm tax. Farmers are vital to our food security - ministers must recognise that instead of sweeping it under the carpet.

Just to clarify: the family farm tax will make some people on less than the minimum wage, pay a 20k a year tax for 10 years…. Only they obviously won’t be able to pay it, so they’ll sell up and it will be big city corporates who buy them. No ‘progressive’ should support this.

This is why ⁦Steve Rosenberg⁩ is the very best of journalists. Fearless, insightful, determined, supremely professional ………..and a brilliant pianist. We are lucky to have him. bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cg…

I've disconnecting from this site at least for now. Partly I'm worn down by too much poison on here but its also my small stand against that crazed electric car salesman from over the water. I may pop back occasionally but ITM I'm on t'other place @trevorknight.bsky.social

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