Jonathan

Jonathan

@norfolkgin.bsky.social

Aspiring Idler. The I love playing records and still make Norfolk Gin. Sometimes at the same time. Can be found drinking gin too. Hoping for peace and cooperation across the world.

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Would you recommend a tour of sites in Ireland?

Tony O@tony-o.bsky.social

For #TombTuesday #RockinTuesday... The Hag’s Chair at Cairn T Loughcrew Megalithic Complex, Meath, Ireland Image 2018 #IrishArchaeology #Archaeology #Megalithic #Photography #Monochrome #PhotographersOfBluesky #Art #BlueSky #BlueSkyArt #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono

Jonathan
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The retreat is coming on nicely. Somewhere to sit and write. Somewhere to sit and read. Space to process photos, print them. Shelves for my camera and books. A fire to keep us warm birds and squirrels to entertain. I am most blessed. Living free from fear.

Jonathan
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Thanks to Donald Trump we are all poorer and food is more expensive. And now ordinary Americans can fund the killing of women and children by buying Russian diesel. What a nightmare

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Alistair King
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What an exclusive! The Telegraph must have deployed all the tricks of the trade to wheedle this out of their sources at Reform.

Jim Pickard@pickardje.bsky.social

I for one am reassured that an investigation into Reform UK, carried out by Reform UK, has found that Reform UK did nothing wrong www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

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Jonathan
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These attacks are appalling. What place do such acts have in this world?

Anton Gerashchenko@antongerashchenko.bsky.social

Pryluky 💔 Rescuers getting people out from the residential building that Russia destroyed. People were sleeping when Russia attacked.

Jonathan
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What a waste of public money. Why does he not remain silent and unseen?

The Guardian@theguardian.com

Andrew launches court action against police over Epstein raids

theguardian.comAndrew launches court action against police over Epstein raidsMountbatten-Windsor to challenge whether Thames Valley police acted lawfully over searches that led to his arrest Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is taking legal action against Thames Valley police in an effort to quash search warrants that led to his arrest, with a private high court hearing to take place on Thursday, a judicial spokesperson has said. The former Duke of York has been granted permission to challenge whether the force acted lawfully over the searches relating to his arrest in February. His application for a judicial review is said to have been made earlier this year and been recently approved by a high court judge. Continue reading...
Jonathan
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The trouble is that Zionism is a nebulous term. Much better to have said that the actions of the Israeli State are in essence racist, discriminatory - a form of ethnic cleansing and genocidal.

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Head of Jewish Greens says she may leave party over ‘Zionism is racism’ vote

theguardian.comHead of Jewish Greens says she may leave party over ‘Zionism is racism’ voteVivien Lichtenstein says she believes motion is unhelpful as anger grows over Zack Polanski’s absence for vote The head of the Jewish Greens has said she may leave the party after it voted to adopt a policy that equates Zionism with racism and calls for Israel to be replaced by a single Palestinian state. Vivien Lichtenstein said that while opinion among Jewish members of the party was split on the motion passed at its annual conference in Brighton on Sunday, she said she believed it was unhelpful and it was “possible” she might quit. Continue reading...

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Frances Ryan
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“That the rightwing press has greeted ‘Keminaissance’ with a relief bordering on delusion gives a hint of how low the bar is. The most successful electoral force in the world has collapsed into irrelevance – and with barely a whimper.” My col. ahead of Tory conf: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

theguardian.comI’m not buying into the ‘Keminaissance’. If the Tories lowered the bar any further, they’d be Reform UK | Frances RyanRather than ridding the Conservatives of their ‘nasty party’ status, Badenoch has a plan – to cut benefits for young people and demonise the unemployed, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
Jonathan
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Thank you for sharing this

Robert Saunders@robertsaunders.bsky.social

The ability to pour hundreds of millions of pounds into a loss-making TV channel, bent on wrenching British politics sharply to the right, is yet another of the ways in which extreme wealth is trying to remake UK democracy. It needs to be part of any serious conversation about political funding.

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Jonathan
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I find it mildly amusing that people worry that Chinese business might export data and urge the use of US companies and products without recognising that the US entities are doing exactly what they fear the Chinese may do.

Jonathan
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A street corner in Norwich in 2026 traditional post box, telephone kiosk with working phone! Complete with an advert for junk factory food, a Chinese takeaway and a Nail Bar.

Jonathan
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Difficult to disrupt an election in which the results are largely pre-determined

Steve Rosenberg@bbcstever.bsky.social

Moscow mayor says Moscow oil refinery hit in Ukrainian drone attack and claims that, since yesterday, more than 1,600 drones have been "repelled" over Russia; describes the attack as "unprecedented" and an attempt "to disrupt the [parliamentary] election."

Jonathan
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I still hope for peace and cooperation to be the central essence of human interactions. Sadly I am witnessing hostility anger and violence based on stupidity and ignorance and a level of gullibility that almost looks like a desire to be manipulated by malevolent people.

Jonathan
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A very unpleasant episode in the continuing radicalisation of some men by Reform and other disingenuous actors. Not in line with British values.

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Jonathan
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Your assessment should be the basis for discussion I appreciate your irony about the delegates from the USA who appear clueless in all settings

Jules@julian-can.bsky.social

George Kennan understood during the Cold War, the Kremlin is impervious to reason but sensitive to force. Russia doesn't negotiate, it advances until resistance stops it. Negotiation actually give that advance momentum... But I'm sure Witkoff/Kushner, with their experience in real estate know this.

Jonathan
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I fear the underlying 'cash for future favours' aspect is the most alarming aspect.

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Farage says overseas donation row ‘looks bad’ but denies Reform breached electoral law

theguardian.comFarage says overseas donation row ‘looks bad’ but denies Reform breached electoral lawRobert Jenrick says party has followed legal protocol ‘at all times’ as Met police consider launching investigation Nigel Farage has acknowledged the overseas donation row engulfing Reform UK “looks bad” for his party but denied it had ever taken foreign money in breach of electoral law. The Reform leader, who is battling to contain the fallout from the allegations, was asked to categorically rule out that foreign money had ever been funnelled to his party. He replied: “I can … never happened.” Continue reading...
Jonathan
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Yes a small number of unelected peers blocked it.

The Observer@theobserveruk.bsky.social

We failed but will do better, say Lords requesting speedy return of assisted dying bill More than 100 peers are urging MPs to send the bill back to them, citing a ‘filibuster’ by a minority in the Lords that ‘undermined trust’ ✍️ James Tapper https://bit.ly/4ieR20L

observer.co.ukWe failed but will do better, say Lords requesting speedy...More than 100 peers are urging MPs to send the bill back to them, citing a ‘filibuster’ by a minority in the Lords that ‘undermined trust’

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Investigations launched into polling firm at centre of Reform UK allegations

theguardian.comInvestigations launched into polling firm at centre of Reform UK allegationsBritish Polling Council and Market Research Society announce inquiries into JL Partners, which has been accused of breaking transparency rules * What is the latest finance scandal facing Reform UK? A polling firm at the centre of allegations that Reform UK breached electoral law is being investigated by two industry bodies. JL Partners, which is run by former Conservative aides, has been accused of breaking transparency rules by failing to declare that three separate polls had been commissioned by the party. Continue reading...
Jonathan
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The engineered polls, them being published and the elections being held all linked

Peter Geoghegan@petergeoghegan.bsky.social

Farage saying that Reform didn't commission the polling in the Channel 4/Verbatim sting. The footage seems to show something very different - Reform chose scope of polling; the price; got it on newspaper front pages and hawked around the invoices to be paid by an impermissible donor!