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@SandyofSuffolk @DPJHodges I have no idea whether this candidate has anything to be embarrassed about or not. Let’s say he hasn’t. However, how compromised would candidates in other elections have to be for Reform supporters to start caring? Same question applies to candidates of other parties of course.

@DPJHodges We. Don't. Care.

Understand Robert Kenyon has attempted to delete his entire recent social media history.

@stephenkeeler @britishmuseum And when you’ve seen the tapestry you can have a look at the Roman material from Silchester.

In light of news that @BritishMuseum will charge £33 to see the Bayeux Tapestry . . . bayeux tapestry in reading - Google Search google.co.uk/search?client=…

@shaunrg1985 @MagnaAulae @EconBerger Like Benny Hill; he was also born in Southampton and spoke fluent English. He later became proficient in French.

@MagnaAulae @EconBerger He was born and raised in England. Of course it’s his first language

The only British Prime Minister to speak English as a second language was followed by the 1st British Prime Minister who wasn’t British by birth

@YesterdaysBrit1 Yes; I couldn’t stand the sight or sound of the irritating little git.

Did anyone else have a 'thing' about Donny Osmond? 📸John Myers

@mrhenrymorris Not true; that’s the road outside Badgers Hill when Frome Town lifted the Southern League Division One championship trophy the other week. @FromeTownFC

Incredible scenes as 8 million patriots cram into the Walton district of Liverpool to watch Andy Burnham go for a jog.

@naturebeauty760 Chewton Mendip. Absolutely unmistakable.

Can you guess the location?

MI6 isn’t what it used to be anymore.

@YesterdaysBrit1 A hostage video in fancy dress.

In a time when millions of Britons are struggling to make ends meet, is the sight of someone wearing a diamond and sapphire-encrusted crown on their head, and dressed in an ermine robe, really relevant in Britain today?

@paul__johnson The whole thing came across as a hostage video in fancy dress. It’s faintly embarrassing.

‘My ministers will control the cost of living’ -A King. On a throne. Wearing a crown. Bejewelled. Talking of cost of living

@archer_rs I’d laugh like a badger if the MP bit turned out to be true, but I doubt if will.

This may well be the funniest development of the day. It seems some new Reform Party councillors and possibly one MP are planning to defect to the Conservatives. #JudeanPopularFront

@apsamuelson @PaulEmbery Leaving aside the question of whether Brexit was a good thing or not (something that will be chewed over for decades) it is certainly true that since the referendum in 2016 there has been an undesirable turnover of PMs.

@Bathonian581 @PaulEmbery Because none of them will admit that Brexit screwed the economy and all the things they try to do to mask iy blow up

@jjbiggsy Are you still standing by this? Genuine question. They could do worse!

Darren Jones will be the next Labour leader, there, i've said it.

@DavidJaques10 @RichardWellings 👍

@Bathonian581 @RichardWellings I live in a rural hamlet…bus is regular and stops 100 feet from my house….it’s why I chose the house in part!

Anti-car policies also slow down buses, so the bus lobby is now calling for priority measures, which will further penalise motorists. This is a classic scam where deliberately created problems require "solutions" that accelerate a predetermined agenda. route-one.net/news/bus-speed…

@RichardWellings @DavidJaques10 Ok, I live in London but 3 routes at 2 different stops both less than 5 mins walk away and an app that tells me when the next bus is due. Different in rural areas, of course.

@DavidJaques10 Buses aren't efficient because passengers have to walk to the stops and then wait around. They may be a "last resort" in big cities, where, for historical reasons or due to planning controls, there are severe space constraints.

@thesundaysport The faded flower of Wessex will rise and bloom again.

Now is the time for the Kingdom of Mercia to declare independence

@hmv666 @RichardWellings Quite. My satirical point, if I can dignify it as such, is that it is not only motorists who pay tax and that the interests of others need to be balanced with theirs. Is too far fetched to think that the pro-car lobby really would rip up pavements if they could? Probably - just.

@Bathonian581 @RichardWellings I do wish that we were really 'freeloading' - I wouldn't mind some of my council tax back.

Motorists pay vast amounts of tax to use the roads but are increasingly banned from significant parts of the network, while cyclists and heavily subsidised buses are allowed through. Typical socialism, where those paying the most get the least in return. cambridge-news.co.uk/news/news-opin…

@cmpd_date @YesterdaysBrit1 I’ve found the rat hole very convenient, using both Eurostar and Shuttle. However, no doubt some think it should never have been built, and perhaps even a few who think it should be closed even now.

@YesterdaysBrit1 That rat hole in Folkestone fucked it.

Dover Western docks in its prime. All of those tracks have long since been ripped up, and it's now a shadow of its former self.

@McWhirterAlex @YesterdaysBrit1 Fair enough. I haven’t been to or through Dover since the tunnel opened. It struck me as a rather dismal place. An awful lot of money passed through but not much stayed.

@Bathonian581 @YesterdaysBrit1 Western Docks were primarily for foot pax and that traffic (using today's car ferries has almost all disappeared). Car ferries operated from Eastern Docks.