No, I don’t command attention; and I don't have sophistication, or the right connections
Milton Keynes
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Not sure we can compete with Martin Belam's dog on the Guardian one, but we're liveblogging the 68th and possibly final Eurovision if you fancy it xrrf.blogspot.com/2024/05/li…
Hello. I'm not around here very often anymore - it's nicer over on Bluesky (same name there).
I also don't blog very often, but... I'm going to put on a tin hat and have a go at liveblogging Eurovision v Too Much Reality this evening xrrf.blogspot.com/2024/05/li…
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Rooting for our pal, Graeme Thomson, running the #LondonMarathon2024 in support of a dear man, John Brandham, who was a road crew member for @suedeHQ & @ThePretendersHQ b4 suffering a debilitating stroke a few years ago. Help him hit his goal! #bbcmarathon justgiving.com/crowdfunding/…
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There was something very odd in the PM’s speech last night - something which infuses RE in the primary school curriculum too: the idea that everyone in this country is religious in one way or another, when we know from polls that over half the population is not religious. 1/7
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one thing this thread doesn't mention which seems relevant is that Badenoch is Gove's protégé and has Murdoch's blessing.
NEW: @BloombergUK Saturday read
*No10 increasingly concerned by Kemi Badenoch leadership posturing
*Kemi seen as ‘the new Suella’
*lack of discipline sees early election talk return
*Cabinet mood: ‘this govt is finished, it’s all about leadership now’
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Dear @O2 as this is the only way you seem to engage with me: You have still not reimbursed the £300 owed to my mother as she was scammed whilst in hospital for stomach surgery due to bowel cancer. 1/
Actually: The tragedy of Blackpool
ALT Alan Bradley lies "dead" on the prom at Blackpool next to a tram which has stopped
The tragedy of Blackpool 👇
✍️ Max Jeffery spectator.co.uk/article/the-…
Hey @RicHolden I'm a people. And I've just heard you on Times Radio - unedited, and unclipped - and your refusal to engage with the misrepresentation clip on your Twitter feed is disgraceful, and damaging. To your party, and to the nation.
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You know it’s all over when you walk into the foyer of the Live Aid musical and are edged out the way by a photographer trying to take a shot of Arlene Phillips. Oh the irony 🤦♂️
"Speaking from a literal jacuzzi of cash, the CEO of British Gas said 'it's not us, it's that nasty Mr Putin's fault'"
British Gas profits leap from £72m to £751m in a year dlvr.it/T2n2Q0
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When you say “my parents worked hard to give me a good education” you’re saying two things.
• State education, which I am in charge of, is bad and should be avoided at all costs.
• If you’re a parent who can’t afford to do that, you aren’t working hard enough for your kids.
🚨@RishiSunak: Keir Starmer attacks me because of where I went to school. I don’t think that’s very British.
It always amuses me that everyone forgets Anita Roddick nicked the idea and the name off an American business that was actually based in an old garage (which was why it was an actual pun)
The Body Shop's UK business is set to appoint administrators this week after lower than expected sales over the Christmas period.
Retail expert @maryportas tells #R4Today the brand 'didn't need to go bust' and its founder, the late Dame Anita Roddick, was 'ahead of the game'.
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Are you a quiet person whose job role can involve ‘standing at the front’, either physically or virtually? Find out how some of our Learning Designers square being introverts and facilitating group work in a sometimes noisy world of module design: shorturl.at/oQV34
ALT A hedgehog on a gravel path in the golden sunlight.