Karen Harris

@KTHopkins Fab Katie, loved the show last night …… be great if you could come down to Cornwall - thank you for providing my daily dose of optimism and humour

Thank you Babbacombe for THREE FULLY SOLD OUT shows. You broke the all time bar record - two nights running “My face still hurts from laughing. I needed this night. I’ve never felt so welcome… ‘ Stella, Sturdy Lez.

2,300 years ago, a Greek astronomer sailed to the edge of the known world 🇬🇧 His name was Pytheas. He sailed from Marseille through the Strait of Gibraltar and turned north. He was looking for the source of something the entire ancient world depended on. Tin. Without tin, you can't make bronze. Without bronze, there's no Bronze Age. No weapons. No tools. No armour. And the richest source of tin in the ancient world? Cornwall. For over a thousand years before Pytheas arrived, Cornish tin had been reaching Egypt, Turkey, and Greece. Tin ingots chemically matched to Cornish earth have been found in ancient tombs across the Mediterranean. Britain was connected to the ancient world 1,000 years before Rome set foot here. Pytheas visited the mines. He described a tidal island where tin was loaded onto ships at low tide. Most historians believe that island is St Michael's Mount. Still there. Still beautiful. But here's what matters most. Pytheas didn't find savages. He found a civilisation. Hospitable people. Grain farmers. Beer brewers. Kings with trade networks spanning the known world. He wrote the first ever description of Britain and its people. His book "On the Ocean" has been lost for 2,000 years, but fragments quoted by later writers tell us something extraordinary. Britain wasn't at the edge of the world. It was at the centre of it. Every bronze sword in Greece. Every bronze shield in Egypt. Cornish tin inside every one. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏳️🏴 They taught you Greece was the cradle of civilisation. They didn't mention who supplied the metal. You can walk that causeway today. The same path they carried tin across two thousand years ago. And nobody's teaching it. We are 👇 👉 proudofus.co.uk/support Be proud of us. Be proud of us. 🇬🇧

@MrsNickyClark Billy Budd ….. always

RIP Terence Stamp and contrary to what Sky News & truly shockingly the BBC is telling the world, I don’t think he’s “best known” for playing General Zod in Superman, no. Please stop putting kids in charge of public news feeds,it’s getting ridiculous. #ActingYourAgeCampaign

@saintbobglasgow @MrsNickyClark He was the most gorgeous as a young man in Billy Budd

@MrsNickyClark Low level in cultural stupidity if you can only refer to Stamp for one movie. Billy Budd. The Hit. Priscilla Queen of the Desert. Far From The Madding Crowd. Just off the top of my head.

The so-called Reset with the EU will be a disaster for Labour and I predict the measures agreed will be reversed in 2029. The trade deal we already have with the EU is the best any country has - there's very little still to go for. Immigration is at record levels - more immigration is the last thing we need. There will be more selling off of British interests in areas like fish and red tape. Labour is still peddling the narrative that our problems are caused by Brexit. But it's not true. Britain's problems are made in Britain. Our crazy Human Rights laws. Our Net Zero economic suicide. Our unaccountable institutions made much worse by Blair. Only a Great Repeal Bill to reverse these laws and appointing new leadership to our failing institutions will deliver the change Britain needs. Labour is still in the mindset of "narrative" and "optics" not in fixing real problems. The public are way past that.

@KenBerenger Bloody hell - a real PR push ….. out of necessity ?? And who are you Ken Berenger ?

Ryan Reynolds Is the new Steve Jobs. In 2020, Ryan Reynolds bought a struggling 5th-tier Welsh football club for $2.5M. Everyone called him a Hollywood dreamer. But what he did next changed sports & business forever... Here's the story: 🧵

@Uptown_Otter Ah Paul (sorry Chywoone) Hill should have guessed

@Uptown_Otter Where ?

Well, Cormac have exceeded themselves with the ( & I quote) *Kerbing and footway works* (apparently widening the pavement) I’m particularly impressed with the fella at the end of our road, smoking fags all day, complaining his feet are hurting, just stood there 🙄

@STILLTish I am confused, not sure what ‘this conversation’ means - the left wing have been clear supporters of immigration - will they now be seen as “far right”

More and more of my left wing friends are having this conversation and are seriously angry about this…I fear a real backlash is coming.

@JaneJohnsonBakr I thought they were turned off in remembrance on the anniversary ?

The Mousehole Christmas Lights on the anniversary of the loss of the Solomon Browne lifeboat and her heroic crew in 1981 when they went out in a ferocious storm to save those aboard the Union Star, foundered off Tater Du. The lights will go off at 8 in their memory. #Cornwall

@Uptown_Otter I remember - my father was first reporter on the scene ….. was a long night for all - thoughts remain with all the stricken families, we remember God bless xx

Of course the bleddy wind is round the wrong way….half mast as it should be today….Lest we should forget ⚓️

@HarrietSergeant Yup - Pension Trustees need to ensure optimal return for needs of beneficiaries

I am no financial wizard like Rachel Reeves. But for pension funds to invest in an infrastructure project, don’t they have to be sure of a return? “Investment” in HS2, for example, would have left pensioners facing a cold and hungry old age. thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

@Jenny_1884 But boy did we as women have to put up with some sh*te in the workplace and just get on and deal with it ….. would not be accepted now

I’m just so pleased to have been born in the 60s & enjoyed the 70s 80s 90s & not having to work with all this Woke & Gender nonsense. I think the best times are behind us & most of it was good. It’s just a shame youngsters won’t have it so good.

@Uptown_Otter Grandad’s boat out of Newlyn way back when - the Peel Castle

Move aside Capt Quint, Mousehole boi’s didn’t need no ‘bigger boat’ back then….

@MailOnline How can you call yourselves Daily Mail ….. the end of a long relationship !

Tommy Robinson-supporting 'football hooligans' arrive in London for 'massive' protest as counter-demonstrators vow to 'stand together against attempts to divide us' trib.al/72H9dhr

Tickets are selling fast! All seats unreserved £20, free for U19s. Note online sales end 4pm on concert day 9th December. Then tickets cost £22 (U19s £2) at the door if there are any left! #HallelujahChorus #TruroCathedral #Cornwall @BBCCornwall

@RupertMyers Seriously ???

Damn he’s good

@GoodwinMJ I’m SW - southerner ??? - now lost my vote

And so we have it. The British Tories have now fully given up on a unique opportunity to reshape the country around a new politics. From Boris Johnson to Rishi Sunak, they inherited a coalition they neither understood nor looked particularly interested in retaining. And now they will face a heavy, most likely history defeat as a result. Those voters should not be forgotten. We need a new politics. A new movement.

@RishiSunak Looks like my membership is on the way down the toilet as well as my voluntary association support ….. SE votes won’t save you ….. SW votes are on the way out with the red wall

Today we have built a united team ready to deliver the changes this country needs for the long term. Professionalism, integrity and experience – this is a team that will be bold in making the right decisions for our great country, not the easy ones.

@Conservatives @David_Cameron Seriously ???

He’s back 🔥 Congratulations @David_Cameron 👏