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So now it's the misguided bully against bent Bobby J. It's been a good day for The Labour Party and the Government.

#Darwen #Lancashire (and most of the country) can expect a ground frost tomorrow morning with the temperature falling to 2°C or below. Thursday's maximum is unlikely to exceed 9°C. Plenty of sunshine though.

#HurricanMilton is expected to make landfall in western Florida around now. The Category 4 hurricane is likely to push a 4 metre storm surge ashore around Tampa, a city of 400,000 people. Category 4 means wind speeds of 130-156 mph and catastrophic damage. Good luck Florida.

The Chancellor has already ruled out increases to NI contributions. This would clearly be a tax rise for "working people" The Labour Party.

It's been a pleasantly sunny Friday in #Darwen #Lancashire although there was a slight ground frost in places this morning and the maximum temperature has only reached 8.9°C.

For me, Delia May West's Devon garden was the highlight of tonight's #GardenersWorld. With assiduous dead-heading, a hill near Tiverton has been cloaked by a 100 dahlia varieties, a plethora of other gorgeous flowers and some great fruit & veg - All in just 5 years. BBC Gardeners World

At worst, bad timing by Louise Haigh. In recent years, P&O have closed ferry ops at Liverpool, Hull & Portsmouth. Other routes have been sold off. They pay some crew as little as £4.87 per hour. They are NOT a company that promises reliable investment. theguardian.com/business/2024/…

Week ahead in #Darwen #Lancashire: Becoming milder with some sunshine. Also some heavy rain... MON 11°C Sunny spells TUES 13°C Cloudy→Late rain WED 16°C Breezy. Rain occ heavy THUR 15° ↑Sunny spells FRI 14°C Rain occ heavy SAT 13°C Odd shower Week after: Less mild. Mixed

Private healthcare is asking the government to guarantee them public money and contracts for the long term. Madness! You may wish to take a minute to send @We_ownit's letter to Wes Streeting now, demanding he reject that plan. weownit.org.uk/buildournhs

The cancellation of BBC HARDtalk is a very poor decision by BBC News (UK) managers. At best, this is a neglect of the BBC's mission. At worst, the organisation has relinquished any claim to be a serious news outlet.

On a more optimistic BBC note, I've just caught up with series 7 of Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing and it remains as wonderful as ever. #GoneFishing

Yes it is The Labour Party Yvette Cooper.

It is one of many national scandals.

Looks like #Darwen #Lancashire will have a brush with the southern edge of the most severe part of #StormAshley tomorrow - the first named storm of the autumn/winter. Expect gusts to approach 50mph (Strong Gale) between the early hours and teatime with heavy morning rain.

I enjoyed this morning's #SaturdayKitchen - This isn't inevitable. Angela Hartnett always improves things and Dusty Knuckle Bakery baking contribution was great. I've neglected apple turnovers for too long.

Unfortunately, the apple turnover recipe from this morning's SaturdayKitchen is NOT on the @bbcfood website yet! I did manage to find it here: houseandgarden.co.uk/recipe/apple-p…. It comes from Dusty Knuckle Bakery cookbook, co-authored by Daisy Terry.

Desperately sad news that six-times Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy has terminal cancer. If all knights were as irreproachable as Sir Chris, I'd be a bigger fan of our current honours system. Good luck Sir. mirror.co.uk/sport/other-sp…

Week ahead in #Darwen #Lancashire: Mild but with a chilly end to the wk. Some showers... MON 14°C Breezy sunshine. Cloudy evg TUES 13°C Sunny spells. Odd shower WED 15°C Cloudy THUR 14° Sunny spells ↑cloud. Breezy FRI 10°C Showery SAT 12°C Showery Week after: Often fine & sunny

An extraordinary situation that must be brought to an end.

I love the joke about "top legal brain." The current Attorney General should be looking at this. The former government must be held to account properly.