Steve Whalley
@whalleysteve.bsky.social
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Love to visit the far corners of Britain (Spain, Italy, France) in search of good food, wine, pubs & countryside: It's all geographical, often meteorological and sometimes political.
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Wet and very windy potential for around or just after midweek.
"...54% of consumers ...said they were cutting back due to financial constraints" - highlighting that if we had more confidence in our economy/personal financial situation improving that this would really help the hospitality sector/pubs!
www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...
www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...
Alcohol consumption drops as demand for soft drinks rises
Cost-of-living pressures, health considerations, and lifestyle changes are driving consumers to drink less alcohol and opt for more premium, lower ABV, or alcohol-free options. Demand for adult-focuse...
www.morningadvertiser.co.uk
Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK
Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK
www.independent.co.uk
It’s time that Russia’s malign influence on British politics was properly investigated.
Agree? Add your name 👇🏻
Agree? Add your name 👇🏻
It’s time for a REAL Russia report
Putin’s fingerprints are all over our politics. It’s time to prove it.
writesbright.substack.com
Exposing Reform’s Oil Ties Significantly Reduces Party Support, New Research Finds
Voters recoil at Farage’s fossil fuel funding.
Via @desmog.com @writesbright.bsky.social
Voters recoil at Farage’s fossil fuel funding.
Via @desmog.com @writesbright.bsky.social
Exposing Reform’s Oil Ties Significantly Reduces Party Support, New Research Finds
Reform UK’s oil industry interests are a major turn-off for voters, new research reveals. The think tank Persuasion UK tested five anti-Reform messages on 6,000 adults. According to the research, “by ...
www.desmog.com
The BBC may have replaced #GardenersWorld with a football game of dubious appeal yesterday but they continue to treat us with gems like #HowAreYou?It'sAlanPartridge. Loved the "vintage cycles" old school friends reunion. Only here could "cancer, cancer, stroke, cancer, suicide, choked" be funny.
Make the most of Sunday's sunshine.
Most of next week looks to be lacking in sunshine (maybe some inversions) and dry as the high pressure traps in a lot of cloud.
Most of next week looks to be lacking in sunshine (maybe some inversions) and dry as the high pressure traps in a lot of cloud.
Week ahead in #Darwen #Lancashire: Much less windy. Fine except for a spell of rain late on Tues. Mild & often sunny...
MON 16°C am Cloudy↑Sunshine
TUES 16°C Dull→Evening rain
WED 14°C Sunny spells
THUR 15°C Overcast
FRI 15°C Cloudy
SAT 15°C Sunny spells
Week after: Continuing fine with ↑Sunshine
MON 16°C am Cloudy↑Sunshine
TUES 16°C Dull→Evening rain
WED 14°C Sunny spells
THUR 15°C Overcast
FRI 15°C Cloudy
SAT 15°C Sunny spells
Week after: Continuing fine with ↑Sunshine
A much drier 10 days ahead as high pressure takes control. Looks like it could well be a 'cloudy high' at times but it will give us a rest from high rainfall totals.
🚨Urgent: Thames Water want permission from Ofwat to ILLEGALLY pollute rivers and seas until 2040.
🤮They want your bills to fill their pockets with gold, while they fill your rivers with sewage.
✍️Sign now. Tell Ofwat to say NO to Thames Water before Tuesday 21st October.
🤮They want your bills to fill their pockets with gold, while they fill your rivers with sewage.
✍️Sign now. Tell Ofwat to say NO to Thames Water before Tuesday 21st October.
Thames Water want to pollute illegally until 2040. Ofwat must say NO.
Thames water want to make at deal with Ofwat, to pollute illegally for 15 years
weownit.org.uk
Bringing back hope.
Leader Zack Polanski makes a powerful case for taxing wealth not work in the Green Party's new party political broadcast.
Leader Zack Polanski makes a powerful case for taxing wealth not work in the Green Party's new party political broadcast.
Let's Make Hope Normal Again - Green Party Political Broadcast
YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales
youtu.be
BBC now suggesting they didn't interview Zack Polanski on Laura Kuenssberg when he was elected because they weren't on air then. Which is technically true because he was elected on a Tuesday. However, they did air just days later on Sunday and featured interviews with Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch
BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview
The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show
bylinetimes.com
A much drier 10 days ahead as high pressure takes control. Looks like it could well be a 'cloudy high' at times but it will give us a rest from high rainfall totals.
Kemi Badenoch: "Last time I checked Northern Ireland did vote to leave."
Might be good idea to check again.
Might be good idea to check again.
Promising news: A UK-EU food trade deal could cut paperwork and scrap routine border checks.
For consumers this deal can’t come soon enough to ease prices on their weekly shop.
https://reut.rs/430zzQW
For consumers this deal can’t come soon enough to ease prices on their weekly shop.
https://reut.rs/430zzQW
UK, EU food trade deal could be implemented within a year, EU trade chief says
An agreement struck between Britain and the European Union in May to reduce friction on the trade of agricultural produce could be implemented within a year with "good political will," EU trade chief Maros Sefcovic told a conference on Thursday.
www.reuters.com
UK government wins £122m pandemic case against Michelle Mone-linked firm over faulty PPE
UK government wins £122m pandemic case against Michelle Mone-linked firm over faulty PPE
Trial heard 25m surgical gowns supplied by PPE Medpro to protect NHS staff were unusable and could ‘seriously harm or kill patients’
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VIP lanes and 25m faulty gowns: what PPE Medro trial reveals about Tory response to Covid
The government has won its legal claim against a company linked to the Conservative peer Michelle Mone for the return of millions of pounds paid for personal protective equipment during the Covid pandemic.
The Department of Health and Social Care sued the company, PPE Medpro, in December 2022, arguing that it had not complied with PPE laws to ensure that 25m surgical gowns it provided under a June 2020 government contract were sterile. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com