Sarah Slade
@sladey.bsky.social
Middle-aged, middle-sized, recovering Gen X workaholic, ARMY, OT7, INFJ, PTID, embarrassing parent, Archers Listener. Truly I am Everywoman. Also jazz. And cats. And yelling at the Today programme. If I don’t know you, don’t DM me.
They’ll be invading Italy next week then.
February 6, 2026 at 10:01 PM
They’ll be invading Italy next week then.
I can hazard that I’m wayyy more “English” than the likes of Farage but I’m also South African/Chinese/German/Native American/Whatever. So what’s the tipping point. Is it akin to 18th/19th century racial classifications or are they just going for full-on apartheid.
February 5, 2026 at 3:49 PM
I can hazard that I’m wayyy more “English” than the likes of Farage but I’m also South African/Chinese/German/Native American/Whatever. So what’s the tipping point. Is it akin to 18th/19th century racial classifications or are they just going for full-on apartheid.
He performed that at my daughter’s school assembly
February 5, 2026 at 2:22 PM
He performed that at my daughter’s school assembly
Doesn’t this new definition effectively alienate most of his potential new constituents and anybody born in a large city in the last 200 years?
February 5, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Doesn’t this new definition effectively alienate most of his potential new constituents and anybody born in a large city in the last 200 years?
For context, Dad was a 60s radical and stoner who got involved in grassroots social housing movements in the 70s. He did some great work, but am convinced that smoking so much gear did something to his brain over the years.
February 4, 2026 at 9:50 PM
For context, Dad was a 60s radical and stoner who got involved in grassroots social housing movements in the 70s. He did some great work, but am convinced that smoking so much gear did something to his brain over the years.
It does, but if it doesn’t bring a smile to the face of a grumpy border official, they have no soul.
February 4, 2026 at 3:16 PM
It does, but if it doesn’t bring a smile to the face of a grumpy border official, they have no soul.
Oooh. I merrily gave up the clarinet in favour of smoking Camel Lights many many years ago. Will follow your adventures with interest x
February 4, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Oooh. I merrily gave up the clarinet in favour of smoking Camel Lights many many years ago. Will follow your adventures with interest x
Oooh there’s an idea for a few years time. My registrars were hilariously judgy and I could aspire to that level of unprofessional
February 3, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Oooh there’s an idea for a few years time. My registrars were hilariously judgy and I could aspire to that level of unprofessional