I, too, wish I could hop on a bike in secretarywear and pedal around in perfect safety on a bike lane a mile wide without ever breaking a sweat. It seems unlikely that the necessary infrastructure changes are going to happen here, as they’d require demolishing all the houses on my side of the street

Well, it’s good that he’s managed to be a human being on this one particular occasion I guess

And everything smelled of cigarettes and beer with a strong note of stainless steel

The Queen had a bruised hand for a first meeting with a new Prime Minister so apparently it’s not always the case

We need to be asking questions, including
- interrogating news coverage about sickness and disability
- core messages within these pieces
- who's sharing them
- who's briefing against disabled/sick/poor people
- for what purpose
- why now
- the short and long term consequences of this coverage

No, I cancelled Netflix years ago because it was crap. I have yet to cancel Amazon Prime but I deleted the streaming app because you have to pay for it all anyway. iPlayer cancelled - waste of money, never watched it. All my money goes into YouTube Premium.

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I am saving this pic and taking it to the supermarket next time I go

Although repulsive, this scene is also quite sweet. Though I stop short of saying you can see the innocent child Trump once was