https://youtu.be/BKorP55Aqvg

To cover up the fact that one of their Hitler worshipping Nazi’s who helped arrange the riots of last July has been imprisoned for seven and a half years

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/key-organizer-of-far-right-uk-riots-last-year-jailed-for-7-1-2-years/3443922#

Keep scrolling down the list of countries.

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/average-price-mcdonald-uk-compares-130000629.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmluZy5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHorh8kD6Yy1qMUnXf8kh6v5tUgj55IJtl0HsjUluoRD63j-pPWSgHqrsZ1bXuTX8O5fE3uASzxf-iGxxHsioLNi_wfjJZLXWVpieD5F5pP6dbnYNkGCmltlpETi75WKcrvlchtmC0qiVX-2zIgdxxcMPFSdtX6U5KPPU6QyNBIf

But the pigeons will love it.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/nothing-is-off-the-table-when-it-comes-to-new-46m-tribute-statue-to-late-queen/ar-AA1wVXcx?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=8656af3655074cd08f47c8c58a01d271&ei=71

Ask the man in the street what they think of Musk etc

https://youtu.be/AKUkIofmovI?si=kW0IabgNtlnhH2QI

Drinking fake plant based milk makes you depressed. I tried Alpro once, it was disgusting.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/health/vegans-more-likely-to-be-depressed-as-drinking-plant-based-milk-increases-risk-of-depression-study-101736221289578.html

They want to overturn an important new bill to safeguard children

https://news.sky.com/story/amp/sir-keir-starmer-accuses-kemi-badenoch-of-lies-at-pmqs-as-tory-leader-demands-national-inquiry-into-rape-gangs-13285485

Asked at a press conference at his Florida resort whether he could assure the world he would not use military or economic coercion as he tries to gain control of the Panama Canal and Greenland, Trump said,

"No, I can't assure you on either of those two. But I can say this, we need them for economic security."

Putin/Ukraine ... Trump/Panama

Spot the difference.

What we need is a new General Election based on no confidence.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/they-re-coming-to-us-inside-reform-uk-s-defection-deluge-as-farage-s-charm-secures-tory-bigwigs/ar-AA1x0pTu

Musk now calls for Farage to resign

https://youtu.be/ZsI32gk4e74?si=5W4o1xRKm7ArvfYW

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/the-cheapest-supermarket-of-2024-has-been-named-and-it-s-not-lidl/ar-AA1x0kfq?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=3ee224017ee041c2ce2a4e8496dc1407&ei=16

Shocked this morning to see the Drag Queen The Vivienne aged only 32 died over the weekend .

Similar in many ways to the lovely Paul O’Grady, they appeared on Blankety Blank recently and was the first winner of British Ru Paul’s Drag Race

https://amp.theguardian.com/culture/2025/jan/05/rupauls-drag-race-uk-winner-the-vivienne-dies-aged-32

A year or so old, but worth a look (except if you really hate foxes)🦊

This is in the US

https://youtu.be/u8_fQ0U2UUg?si=pUpKXkIgCgQTd8YG

https://youtube.com/shorts/IE-mpm4nsSk?si=gxaN_UH5EpkYThvI

What worries me, as much as those who walked by, were those online who asked where the parents were. When this was clearly set up as an example.

Go it Granny ! Up and at Him.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1996302/russia-vladimir-putin-ukraine-public-protests

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGdBFhBKm/

https://x.com/Otto_English/status/1874791992192065639?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1874791992192065639%7Ctwgr%5E846b2b34c653b92989596df8983f2c0f233fe7a5%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.scot%2Fnews%2F24828974.suella-braverman-bonkers-italy-turkey-border-gaffe-lbc%2F

World chess number one Magnus Carlsen has quit a major tournament after being told he could not carry on playing while wearing jeans.

The grandmaster said he had offered to change his trousers for the next day, but was fined and told he needed to change immediately.

He said he had been wearing jeans for a lunch meeting, and "didn't even think about" swapping them for a different pair of trousers when heading to the tournament.

He turned up wearing a shirt, blazer, dark jeans and dress shoes and played a few rounds before being asked to change.

In a statement, FIDE confirmed the 34-year-old was fined $200 (£159), and said its rules were applied "impartially".

They cited a case where another player was fined on the same day before changing his shoes...

The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

https://schoolsweek.co.uk/childrens-wellbeing-and-schools-bill-the-15-key-policies/

Besides declining Trump’s humble offer to bring Canada into the United States, Elizabeth May, an MP for British Columbia, offered her own deal instead to neighbours south of the border.

“You think we want to be the 51st state?
Nah, but maybe California would like to be the 11th province,” she said.

“How ‘bout it, California? Oregon? Washington? We’ve got geography in common,” said May, adding that British Columbians are already comfortable with our southern neighbours in the Cascadia region.

“This is what we’ve got for you: Free healthcare, universal, free healthcare...safer streets here, we have strict gun laws, and women have the right to an abortion under the universal healthcare system.

She added an appeal to Trump himself, saying that by Canada taking on those three states, it would “get rid of all these states that always vote democrat.”

A great idea wasted on a man with no sense of humour?

Hope for 2025

https://youtu.be/2KyAUSqqmZY?si=L4EVKdEIqnqQ-00b

https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/02/live-ones-go-in-paper-bags-dead-ones-in-the-freezer-the-volunteers-saving-birds-that-fly-into-windows

https://youtube.com/shorts/6HWv_4WaLwo?si=-yGMm6iD3FGXp595

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/why-labour-can-t-afford-to-lose-more-muslim-votes/ar-AA1wVkmU?ocid=msedgntphdr&cvid=642c4bc0f71b47da8b9b0c5e5999b851&ei=22

I'm not starting a quiz here. I actually can't find the answer.
On a whisky bottle, what does MBa stand for?

https://youtu.be/vcWmrDZOWBQ?si=noUkbmGuI2PBoZsR

“Do you know what” 😂

https://www.telegraphindia.com/world/hundreds-of-different-dinosaur-footprints-discovered-in-uks-oxfordshire/cid/2075042

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14242739/Russia-fines-nightclub-revellers-looking-gay.html

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H-NO23TPIA

But not seriously hurt 😢

https://www.itv.com/news/2025-01-03/father-of-murdered-schoolgirl-sara-sharif-attacked-in-prison

For those who are interested in avoiding the economic disaster that is being inflicted upon us, there was a well crafted article in Last Saturday's Daily Mail by John Redman.
It is in the form of a letter to Rachel Reeves in which he explains what is wrong and why(supported by fact) and giving sound advice (again supported by fact) indicating how it can be rectified. Well worth reading and I would post a link if I knew how, sorry.

May I wish every member of this group a Happy and Prosperous New Year may all your wishes come true.
May I also suggest that you are prudent in what you wish for as you you may get it.

Women's Lib ? How's this for a game of soldiers ! Worse than the Stone Age.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/taliban-bans-windows-to-stop-women-from-being-seen-at-home/ar-AA1wL7vX?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=0b9959c891294c7f85927fa07870a233&ei=58

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1995352/elon-musk-jess-phillips-oldham

Funny too how those who were in control for fourteen years and did nothing now criticise those new in power for not doing what they did not do themselves

You couldn’t make it up

Seriously though Kia is recalling thousands of its electric cars

https://www.uniladtech.com/vehicles/car-news/kia-forced-recall-23000-cars-forgotten-bolt-seats-120136-20250102

Having forgetful workers isn’t a great advert 🙂

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/agnes-keleti-holocaust-survivor-and-oldest-living-olympic-gold-medallist-dies-at-103/ar-AA1wQO08?ocid=msedgntphdr&cvid=e1ff91fbb3ca4a31ec8c02a0146ab082&ei=91

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/romney-marsh/news/farage-to-flatten-tired-house-on-kent-coast-for-swanky-new-b-318008/

click on pic

The author Jaqueline Wilson gets the highest honour for her contribution to literature and Stephen Fry gets an award for his work with mental health

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-celebrates-unsung-heroes-and-community-champions-in-hm-the-kings-new-year-honours-list

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1995280/bashar-al-assad-poisoning-attempt-russia

The Met Office has issued a number of weather warnings for rain and wind across the UK and several New Year's Eve events including London fireworks including part of Edinburgh's Hogmanay activities have been cancelled.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/travel/uk-ireland/new-years-eve-events-cancelled-34399557

It’s not an escaped canary

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14235737/Kent-village-extremely-rare-sighting-American-bird.html

https://theintercept.com/2024/12/28/trump-irs-billionaire-tax-returns-leak-charles-littlejohn/

https://liberalhistory.org.uk/events/whatever-happened-to-orpington-man/

Has Orpington Man moved to Clacton-on-Sea?

Your thoughts...

https://youtube.com/shorts/0QewqwJPDb0?si=vUvR67MEnl5PC73n

A nice article here by Gordon Brown - what a contrast between Carter and the greedy, dishonest nightmare that is Trump. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/30/friend-jimmy-carter-remembered-statesmanship-public-service

"Dublin Airport's cafes served up more than 2.5 million cups of tea and coffee during 2024 to passengers - equating to a cup of tea or coffee being poured at the airport every 12 seconds.

New figures from airport operator daa also reveal that the bars in Dublin Airport sold more than 1.5 million pints of Guinness this year to passengers.

Meanwhile, Dublin Airport passengers ate a full Irish breakfast every minute on average during the year daa.

The top-selling crisp sold in the airport this year was Tayto, with more than 500,000 packets sold over the past 12 months.

When it comes to chocolate, Toblerone is the favourite of passengers, with a total of 72 tonnes of Toblerone sold this year - the equivalent of 72 family cars.

A total of 1.4 million passengers were set to travel through Dublin Airport this Christmas.

A total of 550 wedding and engagement rings were also handed in to the airport's lost and found department this year. More than 100 of those rings remain unclaimed, including many engagement rings, daa said."

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14236271/baby-boy-accidentally-suffocates-breast-feeding-sling.html?ico=related-replace

"House prices are not just a popular conservation topic, but a British obsession.

While it is easy to take the view that prices will keep rising in the long run, short-term sluggishness can still have a big impact on those with a pressing need to buy or sell.

Over the last 50 years, the average UK property price has risen from £9,139 in October 1974 to £292,059 as of October 2024, based on the latest Land Registry figures. That represents an average increase of more than 3,095 per cent.

If history were to repeat itself and house prices grew by the same levels over the next 50 years, that would mean the average UK home could cost over £9million in 2074."

Your thoughts?

We may get an additional bank holiday in 2025 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/extra-uk-bank-holiday-and-new-4-day-weekend-in-major-2025-shake-up/ar-AA1wDX4m?ocid=msedgntphdr&cvid=c0f1e7e0aee74462b607a0a9be9b9b73&ei=122