We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time T S Eliot (apparently). Somehow seems especially pertinent right now.

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Today’s @independent front page Brexit has been a disaster – it’s time the guilty men felt some shame

Surprise!

Wow!

I'm warming to this politician

John Healey shadowed me for over 4 years. While i didn’t agree with everything he did i know he tried his best and had the interests of the Armed Forces at his heart. i know he loved the job and it will have not been easy to resign. His loyalty to his Party and PM was not reciprocated by them when it mattered and i think he was left with no choice. i wish him the very best. His resignation was one of principle.

What about pieces of paper to each other? youtube.com/watch?v=ZiJa9diJ…

The gorilla-philosopher has become an internet star A 13-year-old male gorilla named Kiyomasa from a Japanese zoo, after quarreling with his partner, went to the corner of the enclosure, sat in the classic pose of Rodin’s “The Thinker,” and immersed himself in deep thoughts.

Rupert Lowe, a 68 year old, privately educated, former investment banker, backed by the world's richest man, is trying to convince you he's not the establishment.

Almost like Farage and Boris Johnson lied to us....

Something isn’t right in our police service. To fix the problem, we have to first accept that there is one.

A country that thinks selling houses to each other is the path to prosperity has very little going for it.

My friend Jimmy Adams (1947-6 June 2026) has died. He had been ill for a while. In recent times he had been writing historic chess books . His latest one is out soon and he recently received an advance copy and he was pleased how it looked. A top guy. #chess

Murder rates Ohio: ~50 murders per million people United States: ~59 murders per million England & Wales: ~8.6 murders per million Physician heal thyself. Motes and planks.

Angela Rayner - £40k underpaid stamp duty - repaid. Lost jobs in Cabinet and Dep. PM. Peter Murrell - £400k theft from SNP - going to prison Huge coverage of both Nigel Farage - £5m undeclared bung (possibly more) - goes to ground for a month. Media coverage? You judge.

New: Russia has been blowing things up and killing people in Europe for at least a decade and a half. Stop fearing an escalation that’s already happened and acknowledge what Russian officials themselves now say quite openly: it’s war. open.substack.com/pub/macspa…

This is indeed a superb letter from The Astronomer Royal of Scotland. “Someone, somewhere, has taken the decision to defund astrophysics research in the UK, but no-one seems quite sure who that was, or why.” I agree - my colleagues in particle physics have also tried, without success, to discover who owns the decision to damage physics research in the UK, perhaps irreparably, at a time when our economy desperately needs the skills and knowledge we develop and teach. @UKRI_News need to get a grip urgently and fix the problem someone, somewhere, has created.

Election wins May 7th / 8th were his last public media appearances. Since then - video interview with Harry Cole - popped in for Kings Speech - video making in Makerfield Otherwise missing - event cancelled in Sunderland - events cancelled in Makerfield No public comment on - David Bull sackng - ongoing issues of the £5million - ongoing issues of house purchase for £1.4million - ongoing threat to sue Habib - the public disagreements in his Party on immigration - the abysmal vetting of the Makerfield candidate and very public disclosure of accounts - the 'overtime policy' - the issues with Lowe Only comments very limited on social media or not at all

A reminder that Russia is waging a terrorist war on Ukraine, and a reminder that standing by and watching are the richest nations on Earth, controlling the most powerful military alliance in history, an alliance created specifically to stop Russia in Europe. Sickening.