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@DIRE20211 @Jenny_1884 The Swiss manage to hold referenda quite regularly and they seem to operate smoothly and efficiently.

I'd go further and say the government shouldn't be able to implement anything without a referendum. We already have the technology to create a safe and secure online voting system, so we could vote on issues much like people do on reality TV shows. The process would be simple: 1. an issue is raised, 2. the government debates it 3. the people vote on it 4. the government goes away and implements what the people decided. It would doubtless be complete chaos at first, but if it's done properly, people will engage, they'll learn from their mistakes, and the system will improve over time. When a mistake is made, another issue can be raised to fix it. The only real downside I can see is that we'd probably need a digital ID system - and that's honestly the only practical use for one that actually benefits ordinary people. I can think of a few things I could do with a digital ID system, but while I might benefit… well, 'disagree with me and I'll "unperson" you' comes to mind.

Anything not in a governments manifesto should be agreed & voted for by the general public. This would stop governments just doing whatever they want. Who thinks this should be the case?

@Jenny_1884 Zelensky can offer the UK the availability of economically priced and effective drones plus training in how to use them. We should not ignore the offer.

Who agrees that Zelenskyy has had enough of our hard earned money & it’s time Keir Starmer started to look after our own for a change? UK 1st

@history99917180 I was told yesterday I was eating my dinner in the wrong order!

Gareth’s husband tips #22 After 24yrs of living with Mrs W I have yet again received ‘feedback’ regarding how I replace milk into the fridge. Despite previous feedback from Mrs W. It was only after I got married I learned there was a wrong way to put milk into the fridge.

@MrPitbull07 I get my own back on him by reducing his meals by one piece of chicken. My wife laughs at me but I'm not going to be bested by a dog.

@MrPitbull07 Our dog started coming back into the house rattling small bits of gravel round his mouth and would only give them up for a biscuit. Then one day he decided a biscuit wasn't enough and he started holding out for a bit of chicken.

No snacks today—because Mr. Rio the Bernese Mountain Dog has been running a full-time con job in this house. A month ago he slipped getting down from his favorite throne (the couch) and tweaked a paw. We did the whole thing: vet visit, treatment, and strict instructions—rest, monitoring, and a few gentle exercises. After that, I started my daily “inspection.” Short walk, quick look at the paw, and a treat as a reward—just to make sure everything was healing the way it should. Well… Rio took notes. Now he’s invented a new hobby: kitchen limping. The second I walk toward the kitchen, he magically remembers he’s “injured.” Limp appears out of nowhere like a light switch. I say, “Nice try, Rio—no treats today,” and he locks eyes with me like I’ve committed betrayal on a historic level… then turns the limp up to 110% in full Oscar-worthy “tragic dog” performance. And just when I thought I couldn’t be outplayed any harder… Yesterday he switched paws. I really believed I’d only get manipulated by humans. Turns out I live with a furry little actor.

@honeymoon250 22

Only 7 for me. How about You?

@Theclassiccomp That's not a two stroke!

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@carlafrancome @bookingcom Email that photo. That stare will have them quaking in their boots and rushing to refund you.

This, folks, is why you should never make a hotel booking on @bookingcom AKA booking.com. I’m booking two rooms in a hotel for later this week near Manchester for myself and a colleague, and started by ringing a B and B directly, the Ascott Hotel. They told me .. /1

Sir Lenny, I've never owned slaves and you've never picked cotton.

@TansuYegen Test, turbot, taint, treat, text, tacit, talent, tenant, turret, trait, trust, tract, treatment, testament, tolerant

Challenge…

Don't they say that a fish rots from the head downwards?

And this last weekend I was filming the young salmon in the river wharfe @BBCLookNorth, which has confirmed for me they are breeding well in this river too. First time I have properly captured them in 35 years.

Environment Agency issues Drought Permit to Yorkshire Water gov.uk/government/new…

@InterestingSTEM No, twelve

@InterestingSTEM Eleven

@TheFigen_ Golf, calcio

Can you name one?

Perhaps it's so that they can burn them at public protests later?

You can catch up with me again this Sunday 17/08/25 on Countryfile at 18.20 where it covers the river Nidd and delves into the archives to see how water has shaped other parts of the Yorkshire landscape. #freshwaterfish #yorkshiredales #rivers

@derspiegel Auch fuer Hamas?

Israel plant den Krieg im Gazastreifen trotz internationaler Kritik auszuweiten. Nun reagiert die Bundesregierung. Laut Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz werden alle Rüstungsexporte gestoppt, die im Konfliktgebiet genutzt werden können.#ref=rss" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">spiegel.de/politik/friedr…

@Iromg I'm always reminded of the question "You can talk the talk but can you walk the walk?"

But no one knows when…