Cllr Brian Wernham

Arab poets wrote odes to Norman kings. Norman architects built churches with Islamic geometric decoration and Byzantine mosaics. It lasted barely a century and nothing quite like it has existed since. @peterfrankopan.bsky.social on what it produced — and why it ended. linktr.ee/empirepoduk

Rumour: "black males photographing children on Stanwix School Playground, causing problems for several weeks, loitering for extended periods, staring at staff...and intimidation" The truth? The local Police Inspector has investigated and told me that there is no evidence to substantiate this rumour

BBC not being helpful here saying that the first round results were "overturned" - simply that the anti-Bolsonaro votes split in the first round with 2.9% going to a Green candidate - and now they coalesced around Lula This is a problem with stupid runoff voting systems

Pink Floyd - The Mullet Years youtu.be/3FxdXY7GIrg?...

Planet satellite imagery indicates Proton-Electrotex in Oryol has been functionally destroyed. Both production workshops sustained major damage, including partial roof and wall collapses, while the plant’s clean-room areas were also hit. #Russia

3 November 2026: Midterm elections 3 January 2027: New Congress takes office - any loss of Republican control of the House or Senate takes effect

Former Tory candidate suspended over contract killer claims was adviser in Kemi Badenoch’s office www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Shine on You Crazy Diamond Diana Silveira As performed at recent Syd Barrett celebration gig at Corn Exchange, Cambridge It got a standing ovation youtu.be/WPMexXzvTT8?...

'Strong' London Grammar open.spotify.com/track/0Eoocg...

"600 British & French paratroopers dropped from aircraft over Germany. The exercise called Rhino Titan, has been testing British troops’ ability against an enemy equipped with drones and electronic warfare" www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

Little shit... www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

Abandoned vehicles in Church Street and Knowe Terrace: I have complained to the Cumberland Council Director of Place (Darren Crossley) that these should have been towed away within the 7 day towing policy for untaxed/un-MOT'd vehicles.

Bad smells coming when the wind is blowing south from Kingstown into Stanwix and Belah, Carlisle? Libby Bateman and I are investigating. An inspector "identified an ammonia odour" in Belah. I have smelt this also near Scotland Road. Here is a link: www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/king...

"the advice seemed sensible and proportionate" - owner of a prepping shop www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Oil cost at 14 year high Up 3% today

Almost half of kinship carers are forced to give up work when they step up to care for children who would otherwise enter the care system. They save the state millions and provide loving, stable homes. It's time for the Government to step up too, with statutory paid kinship leave

Oil cost now at a 6 month high #BigglyWinning

I never had "artificial intelligence toilet paper" on my bingo card for this year... "Where's my toilet paper device... Uh, oh..."

...although I'm deducting half a star because they have left the way open in the last episode for there to be a follow-on series, so it can turn into a soap opera like handmaid's tale... bsky.app/profile/bria...

In Cumberland? No driveway? Cumberland Council has approved Kerbo Charge as its installation partner. Its subsidised cross-pavement EV charging scheme is now accepting applications I live in a terraced house, so I'm applying. Here is the link: www.kerbocharge.com/locations/cu...

Incredible that even Marie Curie is not name checked in the exam specifications www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

DYK that 21st October is a day devoted to celebrating earthworms around the world?! 🪱🌍 The Earthworm Society of Britain nominated an October date to honour Charles Darwin, as this is the month that his earthworm book was first published, in 1881! How did you celebrate #WorldWormDay this year? 🧪

A study published in Nature finds that microplastics can generate reactive oxygen species at their surfaces in water, challenging the idea that they are simply passive particles and revealing a potential mechanism for biological damage. 🧪

The Art Gallery Theorem is 50 yrs old, but relatively recently there has been a surprising result. The fewest number of guards sufficient to visually cover a polygon with integer-coordinate vertices might require guards at irrational coordinates! arXiv:1701.05475 (2017). #MathSky #MathArt 🧪 #SciArt

It is no longer a world of always-available “just in time” supply. Thinking has shifted to “just in case” www.theguardian.com/business/nil...

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Inside the mind of the sick, ignorant and bestial bastards who are paid up members of reform…

Trump falls... www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

Carrie 2026 Episide 7 - this scene is absolutely shocking

@andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social It wasn't just racist comments though was it?

...or is it? #Carrie

Carrie 2026 PrimeVideo I'm now on to episode 7 and if anything the quality is getting even more intriguing and well thought through This is not a horror series this is an analysis of psychosocial feminist issues (!)

Carrie 2026 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ PrimeVideo drama series This moves way beyond being a remake of the original movie This is a total retelling of the story - very modern, nuanced and very feminist - produced by Stephen King

Cost of oil up 13% in the last month A relentless rise every week #SoMuchWinning

I have just watched the documentary, and I am sickened and appalled by the actions shown in it. What has become clear is that a culture has been created within Reform groups where racist, bigoted, misogynistic and abhorrent language is seen as acceptable and, in some cases, encouraged. (1/3)

"If she was my daughter, it'd still be bath night on a Thursday. Time for your bath, oooh! If she'd given me a hug I would have f---g fingered her." - Castle Bromwich Reform Councillor Chris Whelan with two other Reform Councillors ITV documentary

Well I called it. The Katie Zacharia supernova has exploded. With energy and excitement. All over Donald Trump. Get the intergalactic take on an international katiestrophe that makes Liz Truss look like a stayer. countbinface.substack.com/p/kt-stuns-a...

Reports over the weekend show the Labour establishment is fighting against electoral reform. If Andy Burnham is serious about changing our politics, it will take real courage – and we need it more than ever.

Answering common questions about child-like sexual abuse dolls. Follow for part 2!

ITV’s undercover report exposing racist and misogynistic comments by Reform UK councillors will be aired in full tonight. According to Reform sources it’s just a “few bad apples” but we’ve been here before….

'kinetic' ? These are acts of war 👇 "Russia intensifying its kinetic activity against Europe, incl arson and sabotage attempts against European defense industrial enterprises supplying arms to Ukraine… “…and drone incursions into European airspace" understandingwar.org/research/rus...

April 2026: Lib Dems call for fines for loud music on public transport Oct 2026: Guardian reports that it is Andy Burnham's idea (no mention of Lib Dems)

Yikes! It is an old, useless account... But all the same... Yikes!

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Bankers say don't raise taxes on banks... In other news, turkeys say go vegetarian for Xmas... www.theguardian.com/business/liv...

Gunman? No. A child with a gun. He was 16. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

So much winning

NEW: Recent waves of Iranian attacks on vessels in and near the Strait of Hormuz indicate that Iran retains the ability to effectively target vessels in the strait, suggesting that Iran has either overcome previous operational challenges or is adapting to such constraints through new capabilities.

Carrie ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ PrimeVideo This isn't a remake - this is an entirely fresh 'stranger things' look - it is intelligent & brilliant