Barbara Evans-Routley
@barbarae-r.bsky.social
Methodist minister, cats, social justice, micro campervaning. I’m a flawed human being like everyone else. All views personal.
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I have these two mischief makers as my work companions today
December 2, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I have these two mischief makers as my work companions today
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In one of her first public actions as the newly elected Uachtarán na hÉireann (president of Ireland) Catherine Connolly has written a public letter of solidarity on Trans Remembrance Day. It is a very promising start.
November 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
In one of her first public actions as the newly elected Uachtarán na hÉireann (president of Ireland) Catherine Connolly has written a public letter of solidarity on Trans Remembrance Day. It is a very promising start.
The lovers have settled down.
(Both belong to our neighbours and don’t actually live here)
(Both belong to our neighbours and don’t actually live here)
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The lovers have settled down.
(Both belong to our neighbours and don’t actually live here)
(Both belong to our neighbours and don’t actually live here)
Advent calendar completed and filled with chocolate balls wrapped to look like Brussel sprouts and Christmas puddings.
Household is ready for the countdown to the big day.
Household is ready for the countdown to the big day.
November 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Advent calendar completed and filled with chocolate balls wrapped to look like Brussel sprouts and Christmas puddings.
Household is ready for the countdown to the big day.
Household is ready for the countdown to the big day.
Been doing a little crafting. Decided to make the household an adult advent calendar that can be filled with chocolate.
Will be attaching the numbers on each drawer soon and filling with treats. But so far so good
Will be attaching the numbers on each drawer soon and filling with treats. But so far so good
November 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Been doing a little crafting. Decided to make the household an adult advent calendar that can be filled with chocolate.
Will be attaching the numbers on each drawer soon and filling with treats. But so far so good
Will be attaching the numbers on each drawer soon and filling with treats. But so far so good
Off to ‘interview’ a second person in the space of a week.
Hopefully we will be able to appoint this person as well.
(Things I never realised I would be doing in my job)
Hopefully we will be able to appoint this person as well.
(Things I never realised I would be doing in my job)
November 22, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Off to ‘interview’ a second person in the space of a week.
Hopefully we will be able to appoint this person as well.
(Things I never realised I would be doing in my job)
Hopefully we will be able to appoint this person as well.
(Things I never realised I would be doing in my job)
New (temporary) member of the household
November 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
New (temporary) member of the household
Today’s job was consolidate two houses into one. A rather tight squeeze but job done.
Chippy tea to recover with.
Tomorrow we start finding homes for everything - wish us luck
Chippy tea to recover with.
Tomorrow we start finding homes for everything - wish us luck
November 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Today’s job was consolidate two houses into one. A rather tight squeeze but job done.
Chippy tea to recover with.
Tomorrow we start finding homes for everything - wish us luck
Chippy tea to recover with.
Tomorrow we start finding homes for everything - wish us luck
Spending the day moving stuff from one end of the country to the other. Hurrah for professional removers who are fitter than I am.
November 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Spending the day moving stuff from one end of the country to the other. Hurrah for professional removers who are fitter than I am.
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Free stickers suitable for flag-bearing lampposts. Send a large A4 envelope with a 1st class large stamp to me at Bragg Office, PO Box 6830 Bridport DT6 9BH and I’ll send you a sheet. #ReclaimtheFlag 🏴🏴🏴🇬🇧
October 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Free stickers suitable for flag-bearing lampposts. Send a large A4 envelope with a 1st class large stamp to me at Bragg Office, PO Box 6830 Bridport DT6 9BH and I’ll send you a sheet. #ReclaimtheFlag 🏴🏴🏴🇬🇧
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Keir Starmer's aides are reportedly telling him not to go to the COP30 climate conference, because Reform would attack him for it.
Yes, they might.
And he should wear it as a badge of honour.
Standing up for humanity, for science and a habitable planet.
Where's the hazard in that?
Yes, they might.
And he should wear it as a badge of honour.
Standing up for humanity, for science and a habitable planet.
Where's the hazard in that?
September 26, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Keir Starmer's aides are reportedly telling him not to go to the COP30 climate conference, because Reform would attack him for it.
Yes, they might.
And he should wear it as a badge of honour.
Standing up for humanity, for science and a habitable planet.
Where's the hazard in that?
Yes, they might.
And he should wear it as a badge of honour.
Standing up for humanity, for science and a habitable planet.
Where's the hazard in that?
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Ok. They’ve pissed me off.
I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards:
1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.
I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards:
1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.
September 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Ok. They’ve pissed me off.
I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards:
1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.
I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards:
1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.
Went to collect my wife from the station last night and met Ted, the visiting, station cat
September 26, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Went to collect my wife from the station last night and met Ted, the visiting, station cat
September 26, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Went to collect my wife from the station last night and met Ted, the visiting, station cat
Another 13.5 hour day just done. These are getting too frequent for my liking 😏
September 24, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Another 13.5 hour day just done. These are getting too frequent for my liking 😏
Woken this morning with a lovely ’shame hangover’. Just what I need for a busy day. 🤦🏻♀️
September 23, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Woken this morning with a lovely ’shame hangover’. Just what I need for a busy day. 🤦🏻♀️
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Thousands of Londoners have indefinite leave to remain.
They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city.
Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.
They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city.
Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.
Farage vows to scrap indefinite leave to remain, placing thousands at risk of deportation
Reform UK plans to force non-citizens to apply for visas with high salary thresholds and no access to NHS services
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Thousands of Londoners have indefinite leave to remain.
They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city.
Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.
They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city.
Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.
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Ed Davey, "I'm afraid Nigel Farage should be apologising for helping cause this problem in the first place"
"Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people"
-Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats
"Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people"
-Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats
September 22, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Ed Davey, "I'm afraid Nigel Farage should be apologising for helping cause this problem in the first place"
"Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people"
-Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats
"Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people"
-Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats
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For 56 minutes Sky News and BBC News interrupted everything else and carried a Reform UK feed live, uninterrupted, unchallenged. The stream spluttered, froze, pixelated - dozens of times - still they stuck with it. FOR ONE HOUR.
This is an editorial choice. No other party gets this coverage. ~AA
This is an editorial choice. No other party gets this coverage. ~AA
September 22, 2025 at 11:01 AM
For 56 minutes Sky News and BBC News interrupted everything else and carried a Reform UK feed live, uninterrupted, unchallenged. The stream spluttered, froze, pixelated - dozens of times - still they stuck with it. FOR ONE HOUR.
This is an editorial choice. No other party gets this coverage. ~AA
This is an editorial choice. No other party gets this coverage. ~AA
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This is very powerful. #MentalHealth
September 23, 2025 at 5:42 AM
This is very powerful. #MentalHealth
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Nigel Farage:
"Children who have two stable parents have a better chance in life... The most stable relationships, the ones that last the longest, tend to be between men & women... There's an awful lot of kids in the country not getting the kind of start... they deserve."
Farage has two ex-wives.
"Children who have two stable parents have a better chance in life... The most stable relationships, the ones that last the longest, tend to be between men & women... There's an awful lot of kids in the country not getting the kind of start... they deserve."
Farage has two ex-wives.
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Nigel Farage:
"Children who have two stable parents have a better chance in life... The most stable relationships, the ones that last the longest, tend to be between men & women... There's an awful lot of kids in the country not getting the kind of start... they deserve."
Farage has two ex-wives.
"Children who have two stable parents have a better chance in life... The most stable relationships, the ones that last the longest, tend to be between men & women... There's an awful lot of kids in the country not getting the kind of start... they deserve."
Farage has two ex-wives.
Wore this to church this morning and got lots of lovely comments. Feeling very pleased with myself
Yesterday’s completed project: re-lining a poncho with shot silk rather than a heavy cotton. The cotton had a habit of sticking to the clothes underneath making it uncomfortable to wear.
September 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Wore this to church this morning and got lots of lovely comments. Feeling very pleased with myself
We put the heating on a couple of days ago, setting it to come on only when it gets below 17c.
I turned it up today and have brought out the heated blanket. I can’t believe how soft I’ve got.
I turned it up today and have brought out the heated blanket. I can’t believe how soft I’ve got.
September 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
We put the heating on a couple of days ago, setting it to come on only when it gets below 17c.
I turned it up today and have brought out the heated blanket. I can’t believe how soft I’ve got.
I turned it up today and have brought out the heated blanket. I can’t believe how soft I’ve got.
I think bad weather must be coming in as these two are tolerating each other and sharing a sofa. Unheard of.
September 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I think bad weather must be coming in as these two are tolerating each other and sharing a sofa. Unheard of.
If you have spare time today and want to spend it (mentally) travelling from the very north east of Europe to as far south west via public transport in one go (with lots of whimsy thrown in) then try #schengen200 with @politicanimal.bsky.social
Fun with lots of photos and an interrail pass.
Fun with lots of photos and an interrail pass.
September 14, 2025 at 6:20 AM
If you have spare time today and want to spend it (mentally) travelling from the very north east of Europe to as far south west via public transport in one go (with lots of whimsy thrown in) then try #schengen200 with @politicanimal.bsky.social
Fun with lots of photos and an interrail pass.
Fun with lots of photos and an interrail pass.