Jules

boy in boots

Brilliant, brilliant exposé by Alex Thomson @alextomo on @Channel4News last night, blowing the lid of the corrupt, and it is corruption of the @EnvAgency allowing water companies to walk away from criminal charges, jail time, unlimited fines and all for nothing more than a slap on the wrist and some blood money paid to local charities. It's time to put an end to this nonsense, it's time to hold people to account, it's time to send the fat cats to jail. channel4.com/news/the-dirty…

@JonathanPieNews gift or grift?

Well of course they bloody should - when you become an MP you have to declare the previous 12 months income. Unless he just forgot about his 5 million pound gift?

@docrussjackson grow as a nation shurely

FB post by Simon Day: I’m a 61-year-old from Kent who has spent the last 20 years in Ireland so I have had a lot of time and "encouragement" to reflect on my English identity and English Nationalism generally especially in the light of the rise of Reform UK PLC and the forthcoming elections. From here, the view of home is clear: England is a country that has been gaslit by its own leaders for a millennium. We are taught by the media and vested interests to punch down at refugees and immigrants. Why? Because the people at the top are terrified we’ll start looking up. Since 1066, a tiny elite has hoarded the wealth and land of this country. They built the Empire to enrich themselves, using the English working class as the engine—and often the cannon fodder. We weren't the beneficiaries of Empire; we were its first colony. They stole our common lands, forced us into the mills, and told us to be "proud" of their bank accounts. What a Real English Nationalism Looks Like: Land for the People: We need a Public Land Register. It is a scandal that in 2026, we still don't know who owns half of England. Reclaim the "commons." A Modern Republic: If Ireland can thrive as a republic, why can't we? Abolish the Monarchy and the House of Lords. Power should be earned, not inherited like a family silver set. Education for All: End the "Educational Apartheid" of private schools. As long as the leaders of our country are all groomed in the same expensive classrooms, they will never understand—or care about—the rest of us. The Flag is Ours: The St George’s Cross doesn't belong to the far-right or the aristocrats. It belongs to the Levellers, the Diggers, and the NHS nurses. I am proud to be English. But I refuse to let my identity be defined by deference to a King or hatred of a stranger. I want an England that belongs to the people who live in it, work in it, and build it—regardless of where they were born. That isn't "radical"—it’s the only way we survive as a nation.

I’m sure we have all now seen the footage of Metropolitan rozzers kicking a suspected terrorist in the head, repeatedly, when he was down. We can all play a part in putting an end to this sort of police brutality. Mainly by not going around stabbing people.

@BritIndianVoice @docrussjackson gets a follow from me

My grandfather came to Britain in 1965. He didn’t speak much English. He worked night shifts in a factory in Birmingham. He paid his taxes. Kept his head down. Never complained. His son became a doctor. His granddaughter is a tech engineer. His great-grandchildren were born British. Three generations. Zero crime. Zero benefits fraud. Zero debt to this country. And still, STILL someone tells us to go home. Where exactly is home supposed to be? 🇮🇳🇬🇧 #BritishIndians

@WalesOnCraic finally wales has got a waitrose

The Menai Suspension Bridge is a suspended bridge over the Menai Straight. Built by the Romans in 1066, the bridge connects the Antelope pub on the Welsh mainland to Waitrose on the island of Anglesey. At over 3 miles long, it is one of the longest bridges in the world.

@VeryBrexitProbs @terrychristian fucking charlatan carpet bagging scum, allegedly….

The Nigel Farage Guide to Being a Working-Class Hero Step 1: Be born to a City stockbroker. Step 2: Attend Dulwich College, fees currently £53,000 a year. Step 3: Skip university. Become a City commodities trader instead. Step 4: Run one of your metal broking firms into insolvency. Step 5: Get elected to the European Parliament. Spend the next 21 years drawing a salary from the institution you're paid to dismantle. Step 6: Claim £15,500 a year in expenses for an office your party was given rent-free. Step 7: Put your wife on the EU parliamentary payroll. Take her off only when the rules force you to. Step 8: Get investigated by the EU's anti-fraud office. Eventually have half your MEP salary docked to repay misused public funds. Step 9: Throw a Brexit victory party at the Ritz. Decry the "professional political class" to a room of millionaires. Step 10: Take £450,000 in personal gifts from Arron Banks. House. Car. Lifestyle. Step 11: Take £5 million, undisclosed, from a Bangkok-based crypto billionaire. Days later, announce you're standing for parliament after all. Step 12: Win Clacton. Take the £93,904 MP salary. Add £1.2 million a year from GB News at £2,300 an hour. Become the highest-earning MP in the House of Commons. Step 13: Speak in parliament fewer times than any other party leader. Fly to America at least nine times in your first year. Refuse to hold in-person constituency surgeries. Holiday in France while parliament is sitting. Step 14: Tell the working class you're one of them. Tell them to vote against their own interests, over and over again. Pint, mate?

I need 100,000 signatures to win a parliamentary debate about the ownership of the water industry. Do your thing internet. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7626…

@SummoTCB back when the Evening Standard was a worthy paper

Wow

At the top end of the sanctuary we have a right of way along a neighbouring field to the road that runs through the local village. We walk our youngest to school this way. The field was sprayed a number of weeks back to ‘prepare’ the ground for ploughing, harrowing etc. 1/5

@akafaceUS can’t play chess on that

Sometimes I wonder why some stuff is so expensive and then I see Videos like this then I understand.

Congratulations Saab and goid decision EU…. UK MOD you know what to do @10DowningStreet

@JohnSimpsonNews I reserve the right to be abusive to those I deem worthy!

I’ve just spent an enjoyable hour blocking people who can’t be polite when they disagree with me. If you’re rude, threatening, ageist or abusive, straight down the toilet you go. Simple pleasures... Why not just disagree without being offensive? That way I’ll listen to you.

A stop-the-car moment to photograph this greeting to Nigel Farage on his rather unspectacular visit to Shetland today. Apologies to any frogs offended. 🐸 @ProtectTheWild_ @Shetnews @HuntSabs @HsaChair @scruffycop

Can't remember the last time I shed a tear at the end of a bike race. I could not be more pleased for Wout van Aert. It would have been criminal if he'd ended his career without a win in a cobbled monument. To finally achieve it today, at the end of one of the most epic, dramatic and chaotic editions of Paris Roubaix seems fitting. And to do so in front of one of the top 2 riders of all time just adds to the prestige. Well done Wout. And Belgium: enjoy your party. Surely a national holiday has to be called tomorrow?! #parisroubaix

@TodayinHistory Slavery is a bitch.

Construction of Medieval Castles still blows my mind. For example, here’s Bamburgh Castle in England from the 11th century!

@AutismCapital Fructose syrup…. Not honey

Have you ever seen honey in space? This might be the coolest video we've seen all week. Nothing will ever be the same.

Liz Truss wants to raise the state pension age to 80. Life expectancy for British men is 79.

@jgriffintimes @thetimes Try @PrivateEyeNews

It’s because of readers like Mike Flint that @thetimes has the greatest letters page in the world 🤣

I sincerely congratulate everyone in Ukraine and around the world who is celebrating Easter today. In these very difficult times for our people and for all humanity, hope grows stronger than ever – the hope for the triumph of life over death, good over evil, and truth over lies. All that is symbolized by the Resurrection of the Lord. May the strength of every one of our people, their spirit, and everything that is best in humanity – may all of it inevitably overcome evil and darkness, “shaheds” and missiles, injustice and occupation. I wish everyone God’s grace and a peaceful life on our land and under Ukrainian skies, protected by our brave warriors. May all prayers for protection from evil be heard today. May faith unite kind hearts and strengthen those who defend their home. May every nation come closer to true security. We believe in peace! We believe in Ukraine! Happy Easter!