Elizabeth Brogan

@9MonoNoAware @MattLismore Depends on how long your lease was. If you’re on a lease of 80 years or less buying the freehold adds value because you’re getting dangerously close to the 60 year limit where mortgage companies won’t lend so you can only sell to cash buyers.

@MattLismore We sold our flat in Wandsworth with a share of freehold. Two years prior we had baught the freehold. This added nothing to the value, on the contrary we lost money as we paid for the freehold. Estate agents the buyers didn’t care. It was not a selling point.

I wanted to stay in central London when moving from my first flat last year. I couldn’t because almost all of the flats available were leasehold & no matter how lovely a flat was, how desirable the area, how convenient it would have been to get to work, I would not do leasehold again. Until leasehold is ended, entirely, people will never view flats as a long term option. That is the reality.

@fesshole The clothes will be dirty and the washing machine actually has to do more work for a quick wash so you’ll have to replace it sooner

When the wife's at work I put the washing in together on a 40 quick wash, no one notices the difference, washing machine didn't explode, and it was done simply rather than 12 separate 4 hour washes, you're wrong Lucy. Obviously I can't tell you you're wrong, but you're wrong.

@DPJHodges It’s best to start from a position of not believing a word that comes from Trump’s lips until it has been verified by somebody else who’s competent. He says whatever he wants in the moment. Not even conscious lies - just careless drops of poison

OK, on this - if it’s true - then Trump has a legitimate reason to be critical. If Keir Starmer stalled him, then briefed he was rebuffing him, then tried to climb back on the fence at the press conference that’s not leadership. If we’re not sending the ships just say so.

@ClarkeMicah If I went back to university I wouldn’t have any GCSEs. I did O-levels. The human mind knows that they are the same thing (qualifying exam at 16) but computer records will categorise them separately

Everything in Britain is comprehensive now. In all fields of life we pay the painful price for destroying rigorous education 60 years ago. From the Daily Mail today..

@Rod__Mason @NBawbag1 @DPJHodges @Kimarielennon The four people would still be alive if Trump hadn’t started this whole war.

@NBawbag1 @DPJHodges @Kimarielennon No; I meant if the Americans were allowed to take off for attacks from UK air bases near Iran, would that have meant the refuel plane wasn’t needed, and the four people killed still alive?

Genuine question. When was the last occasion in British history where UK troops and military forces came under repeated attack from the armed forces of a foreign state, and the UK Prime Minister specifically ordered the UK military to not to respond offensively.

The real reason relationships end is because no one wants to parent their partner. That's how respect and attraction is lost. Here's what you expect from a partner:

@kirsten_hesketh Nice to know there is a dropdown list that doesn’t go all the way back to 1901. Shame it has been set too close to current day. There has to be a happy medium

I'm 62, applying for a PhD .... and the drop down dates on one university's website do not go far enough back for me to enter my A levels ..... 🤣🤣🤣🤣😮😮🤣

@stritenata @bottomley50 If you suffer from severe anxiety it might be better to choose a country in a more peaceful part of the world to take a holiday.

@bottomley50 The women who had severe anxiety was ridiculous

The BBC finding people who say the plane delay was shambolic and a speaking to a women who had severe anxiety.Can these people stop whining you will get out when it's safe and BBC find people who are glad to get out because there is plenty of them.

@London_W4 All the former Yugoslav countries have centuries of history of different cultures fighting over the same land. (Much though I love Croatia the Croats have done their fair share in the past). Also if you don’t like the Whitechapel Mosque sod off back to W4.

It’s the little things you notice at first. Every Uber driver was born in Croatia, was passionate about his homeland, spoke English and keen to show the sights on the way. Then there were the school children skipping home in the afternoons through the streets. Laughing with their friends as they went. I then noticed there was no graffiti. Not one single letter anywhere. There were no cyclists on electric bikes doing a thousand miles an hour through the pedestrian streets, their faces fully covered. There were no Muslims. Not one. No burqas. I relaxed walking around in a t shirt with my watch showing in the street. Dubrovnik was like stepping into one of those films of England from the 1950s. I then arrived back in London. Almost no words of English. Almost nobody that gave a shit about England. Graffiti. Burqas. The call to prayer blasting out across the streets. It was irrelevant to these people which country they were in. They’re here because they were given a house and money and allowed to do nothing to integrate. Ever. England has given up thousands of years of culture. Of enlightenment and is now a third world shithole populated by people who hate us and are paid to be here by our hard work. We’ve sacrificed everything for ‘diversity’ and gained nothing. Heartbreaking.

Did you know? Psychologists said that the most depressed person in the family member is not the father nor the mother. It's the eldest daughter.

@withnailjones Special Relationship is simply: Churchill’s mother was an eye wateringly rich Yank. And this island provided an excellent lump of rock for the U.S. to use to prep for war in Europe, first with us in WW2 then during Cold War. Once that ended they dumped us.

I’ve tweeted this before but it’s worth saying again. In 2005 I worked for a UK entity that put me slap bang in the middle of the “Special Relationship”. I was at the US Embassy for meetings regularly. Their view of the “special relationship” was “maybe it’s special for you!”.

@tiredverytired Well Trump ignores all the lawyers (even the ones he stuffed into the Supreme Court) and see what the result is…!

Government by lawyers is not working well. Slow,process ridden and dogmatic.

@andrw100 @DPJHodges Snuck out on Sunday night after the 10pm news. No panic but getting ahead of the curve.

@DPJHodges Did no one fill up a couple of days ago?

And so it begins...

@michburt_burt @DPJHodges Or the cost to the economy of oil prices going up (once again) or possible delays to international trade if shipping routes are affected.

@DPJHodges Of course they all don’t all have to worry about British businesses being slapped with massive tariffs because of their opinions.

Whatever your view, every single major party leader has given the British people a clear and unequivocal statement on where they stand on the ongoing military action. Except the one that actually matters, the Prime Minister.

Trump: 'If Iran retaliate, we will hit them with a force that has never been seen before.' Iran: *hits back* Trump: *releases Melania documentary in Iranian cinemas.*

@Charl_H79 Every year I look out for the new ways in which supermarkets (esp M&S) bastardise pure hot cross buns. Winner this year: tiramisu buns 🤢🤮

I’m a sucker for a hot cross bun. But I can’t be dealing with these different flavoured ones. I don’t want a cream egg flavour. Or sickly chocolate ones. Just a good old, hot cross bun. Plenty of fruit and loads of butter. Cold or hot.

@A_MacLullich She’d just been allocated a new GP so this was the first time they’d seen her. Same thing: ‘it’s probably a stroke’ until GP did blood pressure check after which she came racing out of the room to find a phone to call hospital for admission. 2 week stay followed

@A_MacLullich I had this with my mother - was completing the Times Cryptic crossword every day with clear writing - then one day her writing was a scribble and crossword barely quarter done. And she was talking rubbish. I rang her clinic and managed to get a GP visit.

Family experience of delirium: My mother is 79. Sharp. Reads the newspaper every day. Does the cryptic crossword in pen. One day after her hip fracture repair, she told me the nurses were stealing her clothes. She said there were children hiding under the bed. She grabbed my wrist and whispered that we needed to leave before "they" came back. I knew this wasn't her. I'd read about delirium after a friend's father went through something similar. So I spoke to the doctor and said: "There's something wrong with my mother - she's behaving strangely - not the same as her usual self at all." The response: "She's just a bit confused after the anaesthetic. It's normal to see this." But she stayed confused and actually she got worse. The next morning when we visited the nurses told me that she had pulled out her drip. When we were with her she was barely making sense and at one point tried to climb over the bed rails. She seemed really frightened but couldn't say why. I again spoke to a doctor. The doctor listened carefully then went to see my mother. He did a brief assessment involving asking her some questions. He had a look at her records and spoke to the nurses. He told me that he thought my mother had something called delirium. I knew the word but didn't know that this was a medical condition. The doctor examined her found that she likely had a chest infection and also had a full bladder but she was not able to pass urine - I was told this was called 'acute retention'. The doctor started antibiotics and a urinary catheter was inserted. She immediately became less agitated though remained confused. She had a more peaceful night and by the next morning was much more like herself. 🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴 Learning point: ↳ If a family member tells you their person "isn't right" - that is essential clinical information. It very often means delirium. Have you ever had a family member make the diagnosis of delirium for you? #hipfracture #surgery #elderlycare

@PhilipOConnor5 @Charl_H79 Easter is about the resurrection which is supposed to be a sign of hope so is something to be celebrated. Lent, as you say, not so much

@Charl_H79 Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent. In Christian tradition we do not wish each other, "Happy Lent". Lent is a time for penance and fasting. The happiness starts at Easter. At least that's always been my understanding.

It’s strange I’m 46, English Christian. (protestant) my son is Catholic. Went to a catholic school. Some of my close family still go to church weekly. Not once have I ever heard them say “happy Ash Wednesday”

@celestialbe1ng @Pompytrunk There was a criminal on the cross next to Jesus and he showed him compassion even then.

@Pompytrunk Not frightened. JOINING. Only criminals should be frightened.

My sister just went to Ash Wednesday mass in the City of London and listen: church packed to the brim! They literally ran out of Holy Communion. Priest said it’s the first time in his life. The Restore Britain effect. I think we’re going to be just fine 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿:)