If you are old enough to have driven in Britain in the 1980s, you remember the windscreen. By July you could barely see through it. A run from Leeds to London in August finished with a bumper that looked like it had been to war and a sheet of glass you scrubbed with a sponge at the services while the engine ticked as it cooled. Moths in the headlights. Flies in the wing mirrors. The grille packed solid. Nobody thought it remarkable. It was simply the price of moving through a country that was still, in living memory, heaving with flying things. Drive that same road today. Stop at the same services. The windscreen is clean. Spotless. You could very nearly eat off it. We have the numbers, for those who want them. The Bugs Matter survey, run by Kent Wildlife Trust and Buglife, has had volunteers counting the splats on their number plates since 2004. Britain's flying insects are down by roughly four fifths in twenty years. Gone in a single human lifetime, while the rest of us noticed nothing at all. The birds went down with them, because the birds lived on them. A child born this year can grow up in the English countryside and never once hear a turtle dove, for the simple reason that there is almost nothing left to do the calling. And none of it, not one acre of it, happened on the grass. It happened in the arable fields, where the hedges were torn out for bigger machines and a single crop was sprayed over and over to keep it upright. The herb-rich meadow grazed by cattle still hums. The beetles, the pollinators, the ground-nesting birds, all still there, just about, on the pasture our ancestors never stopped grazing. So when someone tells you your steak is emptying the British countryside, ask them what grew on that field before it was drained and ploughed and sprayed to raise the oats for the carton in their fridge. It was grass, and there were cattle on it, and back then the windscreen needed cleaning.

RT @ArchRose90: Horrific. A 30-year-old man has been arrested after attempting to stab a 17-year-old girl in neck in Burnley. Completely un…

I walked through the red light district in Brussels today and it was one of the most horrible things I’ve ever seen. Young women standing behind glass while groups of men banged on the windows and haggled over them like products. Most of the women appeared to be Asian or Eastern European. The men crowding around them were overwhelmingly African or Muslim men, many still dressed in Islamic clothes. Anyone who looks at that and sees “empowerment” is sick in the head. I don’t know the circumstances of every woman there, but it was impossible to witness it and not wonder how many were there through coercion, desperation, trafficking, or poverty. Nothing about it looked liberating. Putting it lightly it was dehumanising. The women treated like livestock by the most depraved men I’d ever seen. This is Brussels. The capital of the European Union. The place where leaders gather, policies are written, and grand speeches about progress are made. Yet just outside the conference halls and beneath the glass towers, this is happening in plain sight. I only hope Ireland never comes to resemble it.

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❗️MISSING CHILD❗️ Police are becoming increasingly concerned for the whereabouts of 15 year old Emma-Louise McKeown. She was last seen around 19:30 hours when she took her dog for a walk in the Rostrevor area. She was described as 5'5" in height, slim build, long blonde hair, blue eyes. She was wearing a white fleece hoodie, black leggings and trainers. Her dog is a brown and white springer spaniel, named Amora. If you have any information that can assist us please contact 101 quoting serial 1988 - 12/06/26 #NorthernIreland

How can I protect you in this crazy world? Remembering the great Christy Dignam today on his anniversary. A man who poured his entire heart and soul into every single note he sang. Thank you for the music, the memories, and the unforgettable gigs. You are deeply missed, Christy. 🎤✨ #Aslan #CrazyWorld #RememberingChristy #ChistyDignam

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Ireland’s military neutrality “does not provide immunity” from threats facing Europe, the EU’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has said. breakingnews.ie/ireland/irel…

Shout out to Kristina For Celebrating 4 Years of Sobriety!!!🎉

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Been a while but got absolution today...

Dozens of schools across Belfast including some of the cities largest both primary and secondary are closing around 11 or 11.30am. Orders have been given that roads are to be blocked across the city from 1pm.

As a Japanese, I can't wrap my head around what's happening in the UK. Hundreds of thousands of young girls raped by grooming gangs. Fathers who reported it got arrested. Citizens told to stay quiet. If this happened here in Japan, it would already be a civil war. Why isn't the British military staging a coup? What are they even doing? This makes absolutely no sense to us. Can any British person explain this madness?

🇬🇧‼️🚨 IMPORTANT: The poor guy who was attacked by the migrants is special needs, a disabled man who was helping immigrants move in and settle down. One of his eyes was gouged out, the other one is blinded now, and his nose was cut off apparently. -> Why would you attack a person who is helping you? A disabled person! A woman close to the poor guy explained what she knows and heard.

🇬🇧 Belfast protests turned violent yesterday, causing much damage as people let their anger out on migrant homes, cars and shops. One burning car was sent into a house and set it ablaze. Crazy.

UPDATE: Leonard’s been found, alive and well, by a local lady who recognised him from the fliers/posts. Thanks to everyone who helped by sharing etc, and thanks also to all the dumb trolls who responded with abuse/mockery… for giving us a good laugh.

I had a job interview yesterday and they hired me on the spot. The manager said, "I’ll start you at €15 an hour and after 6 months I’ll raise it to €25 an hour". When can you start? I said….. in 6 months.

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