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I don’t understand how people born & bred in this country can turn against their own people Why? Strange 🤔 Odd🤔 Very weird don’t you think 🤔

My daughter’s school’s uniform shop – run by Tesco – charges £18.50 for a branded cardigan that costs £2.50 without branding from a Tesco store. I spoke to the headteacher + he’s allowing unbranded cardigans for the first time. I’m pleased I found the confidence to speak up.

Gareth Jenkins a lazy, arrogant fantasist. An overconfident idiot, as any decent manager would have seen. He knows a fraction of what he thinks he knows, & "makes stuff up" - mostly subconsciously, with zero self-awareness. A bullshitter. #PostOfficeScandal #PostOfficeInquiry

@nicoatridge @Jusmasel2015 @nickwallis As an employee over my many years of work if I didn't understand something sent to me, I would ask for help. Especially if it related to something legal. I don't buy his I didn't understand excuse at all. He understood the verdict in #Seemamisra case even sending wife a copy😡😡

@Jusmasel2015 @nickwallis skewers the toad brilliantly (via the wonderful Jason Beer and Sir Wyn Williams) here: postofficescandal.uk/post/gareth-je…

#PostOfficeScandal I have waited a long time for this day (Seema has waited much longer) and now Jenkins evidence to the questions I want answering are turning my stomach. It is clear that Jenkins sent Seema to prison due to wilful neglect of his duty as a witness.

We stand with Thornaby FC Women. Football is for EVERYONE.

Every #DDay I come back to Harry Billinge ❤️ If you’re tempted to moan about something meaningless or complain today… watch Harry and think about what he, and many others, went through for the freedoms we all too often take for granted. There aren’t many of those heroes left but they have so much to teach us. We’ll be playing music to commemorate the anniversary throughout the day on @ClassicFM #DDay80 #LestWeForget

@mrdanwalker A very sad loss taken too early. My thoughts are with his family and friends. #RIP

He was the little fella who made a massive impact on the pitch and an even bigger one off it. Rob Burrow taught us so much in the way he dealt with his MND diagnosis and inspired millions with his continued determination to help others, despite what he was going through himself. He was a class act. Sending all my love to Lindsey and their kids, his sisters, his mum and dad and all those who will miss him so much ❤️ The fight goes on.

Busy building a teepee for EYFS area @PrimaryCrowle . Heavy rain and high winds today slowed progress. It will be ready for next week. Can't wait to see the sweet peas, beans and peas growing up it.

Yesterday @MartinDaubney went to Parliament to report on the crowd demonstrating. Recognised, the @GBNEWS presenter was subject to abuse & an egg was thrown at him. This is the lady responsible, let's make her famous & name her. You can DM me in confidence.

In 2016, a Parliamentary Committee was forced to summon Matthew Elliot under a parliamentary order to get him to turn up. ME spent 8 minutes refusing to apologise for not turning up previously as requested. ME who disrespected parliament is being appointed to parliament to legislate our laws, what a shambles. Transcript: Chair of the Committee, Andrew Tyrie, "Do you accept it was a mistake to muck Parliament around as you did?" Matthew Elliott, "I regret the fact I was not able to attend when Dominic Cummings gave evidence a number of weeks ago and I am very grateful to you for accepting my apology so gracefully. Then, when it came to the other opportunity to attend, I was sorry that my" AT, "There are two of those, aren’t there? ME, "I was sorry that my diary could not be rescheduled for me to be here, but I am delighted" AT, "There are two of those, now you raise it. The first was that you decided to go to Switzerland—to meet some Swiss politicians, you told my office—rather than coming here. Isn’t that correct?" ME, "I had a trip to Switzerland to see a number of groups, including politicians, business groups—a whole host of activities, yes" AT, "Do you think that is consistent with your duty to Parliament?" ME, "That was arranged or I was invited at about 48 hours’ notice. I did not feel it was appropriate to change my diary at such short notice" AT, "You were notified on the Friday; it was not 48 hours’ notice" ME, "I didn’t receive it until the Monday" AT, "Your office was notified at 2.45 on the Friday before, so it was not 48 hours’ notice but four or five days’ notice. It is important that you give accurate evidence to this Committee. If your organisation is incapable of passing on a message, that is scarcely our responsibility. Do you have any appreciation of what it looks like to a group of MPs when you tell them you would rather go to Switzerland than turn up?" ME, "I can only apologise again for not being able to turn up at that point" AT, "Okay. What about the following week? We asked if you would come the following week, and we had a message to say you were too busy" ME, "The key objective for Vote Leave has always been to make sure that you get the best possible evidence for your inquiry into the economic and financial benefits of Britain’s membership of the EU. For that occasion, we suggested that our former chairman, Lord Lawson, might attend in my place. As I say, he is a former chairman of Vote Leave and a former Chancellor" AT, "Did you ask him first?" ME, "I suggested it to him over the weekend" AT, "You have had ample opportunity to come. You declined two very clear and straightforward opportunities and then declined a third for personal reasons, which we immediately accepted as a Committee. Has your organisation discussed this? It has a core group and a campaign committee, doesn’t it?" ME, "It does" AT, "It has two groups, with the core group meeting daily and the campaign committee meeting weekly. The core group is chaired jointly by Michael Gove and Gisela Stuart. I was not intending to go into all this; I was hoping you would just accept it was a mistake not to attend and we could move on. Did that core group discuss your attendance or non-attendance at any time?" ME, "It was discussed by the board of Vote Leave but not by that core group" AT, "Okay. Who chaired that board meeting?" ME, "It was chaired by Gisela Stuart" AT, "What advice did she give you? ME, "She said that what was most important was that we gave the best possible evidence to the Committee and sent across the best possible witnesses, to give you the best possible facts in this area. I know that she suggested a number of other people who might attend, either alongside me or instead of me. I am very pleased to be here today. I am glad we have been able to schedule this" AT, "I have heard that, but what I want to know is whether they told you to turn up or not" ME, "It was discussed at board level" AT, "Did they tell you to turn up?" ME, "The board discussed the letter we sent to you about having the best possible evidence for the Committee" AT, "Did they tell you to turn up?" ME, "No" AT, "Did they tell you not to turn up?" ME, "No. We discussed the best way to proceed so I could come here at the earliest opportunity, which was always my intention, and I am very pleased to be here now" AT, "You need to realise that the only other witness, certainly in a Committee that I have chaired, who decided he didn’t want to attend, in the six years I have been chairing Select Committees, was the Prime Minister before the Liaison Committee—and he thought better of it reasonably quickly. We have had considerable difficulty getting you. Now that we have had this further exchange, can I just go back to what I said earlier? Do you now accept it was a mistake not to come?" ME, "On the first occasion I wasn’t able to attend, I don’t think it was a mistake, no. I wasn’t able to be here. I am very pleased that we" AT, "We have accepted that point" ME, "Okay" AT, "You have had two further opportunities. Do you accept that it was a mistake not to have accepted one of those opportunities and instead to have argued, as you did, that you should attend with somebody? In fact, you refused to attend with the other leave group, Leave EU, point blank, which required us to hold two sessions. We could have forced it, but we decided not to bother—just to get on with our business. Do you accept that all of this—the mucking around of Parliament that you have gone in for here—was a mistake?" ME, "I regret that it has dragged on longer than I would have hoped, and I am very pleased to be here today" AT, "I find it astonishing that you don’t just say, “Yes, it was a mistake. I understand. Let’s move on and discuss something else.” I’m not going to pursue it further, but I think people watching this session will note that the message still doesn’t seem fully to have got through about how close to the wind you have sailed"

@Dahshur11 Good on you. 👍I think I will do that next time I am in my local supermarket. Most don't have manned checkouts before 8:30 in the morning.

I did a late night shop at Morrisons a while back and all they had open were the self serve tills. A group of five staff were standing together chatting. I asked if there were any manned tills open as I had a trolley load to scan? They laughed at me and said “what do you think those are?” pointing at the self service tills. I responded pointing at the trolley - “what do you think that is, guess what you can put it all back!” One of them then jumped on a till for me, giving me a look that would have curdled milk. What a naughty boy I am eh?🤣🤣🤣

This TIMES article on Long COVID research failure not only does a disservice to the intricacies of biomedical science but also prematurely calls for a paradigm shift that could potentially derail years of progress. The authors' suggestion to pivot from the biomedical model to a focus on symptom management and health services research is a regressive approach that risks abandoning the pursuit of a deeper understanding of Long COVID's underlying biological mechanisms. Such a shift is a capitulation to complexity and an implicit endorsement of ignorance. Furthermore, the proposed centralization of research under a government agency, such as the Health and Human Services Office of Long COVID Research and Practice, is a simplistic solution to a multifaceted problem. History has shown that bureaucratic centralization often stifles innovation and delays action, which is the antithesis of what is required in the dynamic field of emerging diseases. The call to concentrate power within a singular entity seems to be a knee-jerk reaction to the understandable frustrations with the pace of research, yet it disregards the benefits of a diverse and decentralized approach that can spark creativity and rapid responses. Lastly, the article's call for patient involvement rings hollow when the authors themselves advocate for a narrow focus on management over treatments. This token nod towards patient advocacy groups contrasts starkly with their recommendation to step back from research aimed at unraveling the disease's mysteries. Patients are not just seeking empathy and management of their symptoms; they are desperately seeking answers and solutions that can only come from a robust and sustained scientific inquiry into the fundamental nature of Long COVID. By suggesting otherwise, the authors seem to be out of touch with the very community they purport to serve, and the article reflects a resigned attitude that patients, researchers, and clinicians should find unacceptable. Finally, the conflation of ME/CFS with Long COVID is a disconcerting oversimplification that dismisses decades of patient experiences and scientific inquiry. ME/CFS is a distinct clinical entity that existed long before the COVID-19 pandemic, and while there may be symptomatic overlap, each condition warrants its own separate consideration in research and patient care. To assume that Long COVID is simply a rebranded form of ME/CFS is to erase the unique challenges and struggles faced by patients of both conditions. It is only through dedicated, condition-specific research that we can honor the lived realities of those affected. Science, not supposition, should lead the way in our efforts to understand and treat these complex syndromes. Only with clear, evidence-based insights can we hope to provide the recognition and respect that patients with ME/CFS and Long COVID rightly deserve. The medical community's responsibility is to keep these conditions distinct in research and treatment until such time as rigorous scientific evidence suggests a unified approach. time.com/6335177/long-c…

As I travel a lot with my work, I see a lot of new build housing estates. Rarely do I see new tree planting schemes that survive past the first year. The country seems to be littered with skeletons of newly planted trees. As a landscaper, it frustrates me that in this industry, there’s a complacency around the establishment of newly planted trees/shrubs/hedging and their management in the first 2 years. It’s a waste of resources and in my opinion, money would be better spent on planting younger and native specimens, which haven’t spent years in a fertile container of compost, only to be put into (more often than not) heavy clay soils or builders rubble and be expected to flourish. Out of these 10 specimens at the end of my road, only 3 still have some leaves on (the rest have died) are in decline and will probably not survive past next year. The industry needs a reform to ensure that the efforts made to plant new trees isn’t a waste of time/resources.

@fjbeecher I was in infant school at the time and we were told about it. We had a collection for the families.

@LincsPoliceFCR My advice is don't travel unless absolutely essential.😍

We are aware of footage circulating on social media of a police van being attacked in Nottingham City Centre by protesters. Please note this is historic footage and we have received no reports of large-scale disorder in Nottingham today.

Just a small sample of the wife variety of fungi currently in Twigmoor Woods today.