Number of deportations the ECHR have actually blocked since 1980 - 13 (THIRTEEN).

Please remember this next time some grifting populist claims us leaving the ECHR (and sacrificing the rights it gives us in the process) will allow us to ‘control our borders’.

That reminds me of the tv ad with Peter Cleall #Dottingham

I am thankful for the support and services out there to help people, what ever there needs.

Let's all personally be an addition to that, looking out for and support those we have contact with when they themselves need that extra bit help and care.

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Today is World Mental Health day.

Let it be a reminder that huge numbers of people have mental health struggles and we don't know what people are going through.

I personally have long running mental health issues which are managed well most days. But occasionally not.

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To be fair to Paul Simon, I actually started to hate *that* song because the video had colossal wanker Chevy Chase in it.

Never ever bloody anything ever...

I remember Alexei Sayle doing a joke about him (Simon) visiting South Africa and all the people running round saying "Hide the tunes, he's come to steal the tunes"

I watched the freeze frame of the video for nearly a minute before realising it wasn't playing. That's the face he pulls when anyone speaks to him. Thought I'd just muted the audio

But... It's the 'Noble' peace prize everyone in his cabinet said he should get

youtu.be/tLQbpCGqizM?...

That includes, rightly so, trump.

You could argue that Qatar has played a blinder in their 'gift' of a new Air Force One may have tipped Trump's sympathies

From FT: positivity on the economy.

It has become fashionable to express Eeyorish views on the state of the UK economy. But amid talk of rising debts and falling growth, there’s a more reassuring diagnosis: things are, at worst, solidly mediocre, and maybe not bad at all.

Badenoch: "While Britain was redefining what a woman is, China built five nuclear reactors."

A perfect summary of conservative idiocy. Glorifying authoritarian post-communism for its efficiency while vilifying democracy for seeking nuance and respect.

It is the Right who hate their own countries.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social you kept saying 'protester' but the P45 handed to Teresa May was done by the comedian & peerless prankster @simonbrodkin.com

The razor company PR Brainstorming reminded me of this, @mrjamesob.bsky.social

youtu.be/D8WmvMCTW_g?...

"That's it, Stouffer, you help"

Victoria Derbyshire, "You described Reform UK as the right wing fascists of 1930s, why?"

Lord Heseltine, "Because that's what they are"

YEAH! 👍 Renewables ☀️ 💨 💦 overtake coal globally for 1st time on record, per records from 88 countries representing 93% of demand globally

Let’s just walk over the screaming naysayers & push on, leaving them in a squabbling mess in the corner

We’ll just step up harder

www.itv.com/news/2025-10...

'Brexit hardman' Steve Baker on Robert Jenrick's racist comments on Politics Live: "he did say the comments privately."

Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social:
"… a clear dog whistle… shocking how quickly we have allowed senior elected politicians to echo language that is used by the far right."

"Ribery, Robert?"

Oh @nndroid.bsky.social 🤣

youtube.com/shorts/55H88...

One of the few men who has a shadow more substantial than himself