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Phil Banting

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Christian, married to Miriam, #LibDems, #Remain. Active in Christ Church Selly Park, #Stirchley and beyond. Twitter @philbanting Instagram @philbantingbrum https://www.banting-family.org.uk

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Phil Banting @philbanting.bsky.social · 2h

A friend who lives in Cyprus showed me a music video he had made for the Middle Eastern market, showing a car driving on the right through a barren landscape. He told me he had filmed it in Cyprus (LHD) and I asked how he had managed that... and immediately realised he had just flipped the video

Phil Banting @philbanting.bsky.social · 2h

My mother still remembers the horror of the discovery of the death camps in 1945, and in August we spoke to someone who remembers American soldiers moving in to occupy her village in Bavaria. There aren't many of them left though - and indeed no-one under 40 has any memory of the Cold War

Phil Banting @philbanting.bsky.social · 5h

We get the same thing in Birmingham, where you have to click on an advert-laden link to discover the "coolest suburb outside London" - which may or may not be the one promoted last month

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Alison @lemurlass365.bsky.social · 13h

Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/the-men-who-...

The men who raised the flags

Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found

www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk

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Phil Banting @philbanting.bsky.social · 5h

"I understand that Hitler went nuts at the end,” Logan explained. “No wonder, the drugs do that to most people. But at the start he had good intentions. Maybe they slipped a bit but he had good intentions for his country.” Millions of victims - Miriam's relatives among them - would beg to disagree

Phil Banting @philbanting.bsky.social · 1d

I've no idea how this works but the only maths my job (in software) required was to know powers of 2, so the numbers are all very familiar. Would be a lot easier in hexadecimal though...

Phil Banting @philbanting.bsky.social · 2d

"An advantage of STV is that it eliminates tactical voting." Except, it seems, for the really determined

Phil Banting @philbanting.bsky.social · 2d

Years ago we voted for a Peers Panel from which prospective HoL nominees were to be selected with, I think, 167 candidates. I began by ranking the candidates on a scale of 1 to 10 but soon realised that in practice my vote was unlikely to transfer many times, so it was only worth voting for the 10's

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Phil Banting @philbanting.bsky.social · 3d

To be precise, it is the Scottish Sun - two words that rarely go together in the same sentence, so it's questionable which is the fake here

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you for tagging me in this nonsense 🤣

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Phil Banting @philbanting.bsky.social · 3d

The clock is on GMT but the calendar is stuck on BST (British Stuart Time)

(The clock projects from the Guildhall above the High Street, Guildford)

A historic ornate illuminated clock showing the time as 5.13. On the underside is the date 1683. A darkening sky is in the background

Phil Banting @philbanting.bsky.social · 4d

"Begone!"

The angel apparently wants the scaffolding off its turf - the turf being the roof of Guildford Cathedral

A statue of an angel with arm outstretched pointing at a section of scaffolding, both on the roof of a high tower, just the top of which is visible. In the background is a clear sky

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Phil Banting @philbanting.bsky.social · 4d

"What can we put in the window to help people forget that they can't afford any of our properties?"

Large text slogan in a Wimbledon estate agents' window: "WE GET IT WIMBLE DONE"

Phil Banting @philbanting.bsky.social · 4d

Today, while we were both in a shopping centre (a very rare occurrence) Miriam bought a bag. She bag she already had wasn't big enough to put it in, but I had a bigger bag, so lent her that to put the new bag in. It's nice to feel that I've done my bit

Phil Banting @philbanting.bsky.social · 4d

Looks as though it's not up and running yet, but in the meantime there's always Conservapedia for a healthy dose of full-on conservative fundamentalism www.conservapedia.com

Conservapedia

Please become a new content writer at Conservapedia HERE.

www.conservapedia.com

Phil Banting @philbanting.bsky.social · 4d

Some of our ponds have got rather polluted…

Phil Banting @philbanting.bsky.social · 5d

I thought Bolivia might be up there but it didn't quite make the cut (as it were). I'm surprised South American cows haven't evolved skin markings to indicate where to slice them up

Phil Banting @philbanting.bsky.social · 5d

High robbery rate in North Wales? I have a friend who lives there and no-one locks their doors - indeed, she knows someone who leaves a note inviting anyone to come in and make themselves a cup of tea

Phil Banting @philbanting.bsky.social · 5d

Crossing the Thames on the District Line. The bridge has parapets on each side, blocking the view of the river. Is this to avoid the driver being distracted by the view?

Phil Banting @philbanting.bsky.social · 5d

At the Science Museum, we’re looking at a display about IVF and remembering the birth of Louise Brown - in its time, an absolute miracle. Then a woman standing nearby tells her 2 children that they were born by IVF. Miracles happen every day

Phil Banting @philbanting.bsky.social · 5d

I see what you did there

Phil Banting @philbanting.bsky.social · 6d

Years ago I had an Irish work colleague who got rather miffed at her exclusion from some military-related work because Ireland is not a member of NATO. She had a moan to another colleague who replied, "But surely Ireland is part of the UK?" Puts ignorance of Irish presidents in perspective

Sue Kirk @suekirk.bsky.social · 6d

And people say the British press doesn't know anything about Ireland. They got this scoop, didn't they.

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Phil Banting @philbanting.bsky.social · 6d

Quiz Ball

Phil Banting @philbanting.bsky.social · 6d

I know it's not the main point, but I've only seen DANA capitalised before... I hope its transformation into a word doesn't mean that it's expected to be a regular occurrence

Phil Banting @philbanting.bsky.social · 6d

Let's go away, I said. Somewhere quiet, I said. Away from it all, I said. So we find ourselves in a rather dusky Trafalgar Square

An illuminated fountain with a statue, a large London building and red buses in the background, all in fading daylight

A metal statue with an arm holding a giant fish over a fountain pond, with the classical building of the National Gallery in the background

An illuminated fountain with the classical building of the National Gallery in the background, in fading daylight

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