Louise Drayton (A1083603)

Working mum, park runner & volunteer, wife & worrier....! A1083603 🌳

[Ricky Gervais @rickygervais]

Donkeys are the most beautiful, companionable and gentle souls on earth. But every year 6 million are stolen, slaughtered and skinned for fake Chinese medicine. Some people are stupid cunts.

[Virgin Radio UK @VirginRadioUK]

New series Dutton Ranch is bringing Beth Dutton and Rip Wheeler back to our screens… and adding Ed Harris and Annette Bening to the mix 👀🤠

[Ricky Gervais @rickygervais]

The best thing is, they'll never forget it 👍

[ClarksonsFarm @ClarksonsFarm1]

Absolutely!

[Louise Drayton (A1083603) @Louapple36]

@RoyalFamily They should NOT be going .. at all !

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

"Five UK water companies spent more than £32mn on appeal to raise bills."

The Competition & Markets Authority ruled that 4 of those companies would be allowed to increase water bills by a further £463 million.

You gamble £32m and you make a £431m return.... good days work I'd say...

https://t.co/v3wIpQjp7h

[Sophie Corcoran @sophielouisecc]

You know what I think is broken

That children of working parents have to pay for holiday club, breakfast club and after school club, in order to be able to keep working when children are off school etc

But the children of parents who don’t work, get those things for free even though they don’t need them because they’re home and can look after their children

These ‘benefits’ should be for those who work full time. Not the other way round

[ClarksonsFarm @ClarksonsFarm1]

In the 2025–26 financial year, the UK Treasury received £331 billion in Income Tax. In the same period, the Government spent £333 billion on welfare.

This situation is clearly unsustainable and requires urgent change.

For the first time ever, we’re now spending more on welfare than we raise from those who are actually working.

We need to change course: cut the burden on hard-working taxpayers, reward their effort, and create real incentives for more people to get into work and contribute.

The current path isn’t fair — and it can’t last.

What do you think needs to happen? 👇

[Sky Sports Golf @SkySportsGolf]

A magical Masters moment for Shane Lowry! 1️⃣ ✨

[Louise Drayton (A1083603) @Louapple36]

250 parkruns … ✔️ 🌳 @bexleyparkrun @parkrunUK

[Anthony Scaramucci @Scaramucci]

Actual quotes from President Trump:

Trump’s “victory timeline” claims.

Mar 3: "We won the war."
Mar 7: "We defeated Iran."
Mar 9: "We must attack Iran."
Mar 9: "The war is ending almost completely, and very beautifully.
March 10: practically nothing left to target
Mar 11: “You never like to say too ⁠early you won. We won. In ​the first hour it was over.” Mar 12: "We did win, but we haven't won completely yet."
Mar 13: "We won the war."
Mar 14: "Please help us."
Mar 15: "If you don't help us, I will certainly remember it."
Mar 16: "Actually, we don't need any help at all."
Mar 16: "I was just testing to see who's listening to me."
Mar 16: "If NATO doesn't help, they will suffer something very bad."
Mar 17: "We neither need nor want NATO's help."
Mar 17: "I don't need Congressional approval to withdraw from NATO."
Mar 18: "Our allies must cooperate in reopening the Strait of Hormuz."
Mar 19: "US allies need to get a grip - step up and help open the Strait of Hormuz."
Mar 20: "NATO are cowards."
Mar 21: "The Strait of Hormuz must be protected by the countries that use it. We don't use it, we don't need to open it."
Mar 22: "This is the last time. I will give Iran 48 hours. Open the strait"
Mar 22: "Iran is Dead"

Mar 23: "We had very good and productive talks with Iran."
Mar 24: "We’re making progress."
Mar 25: “They gave us a present and the present arrived today. And it was a very big present worth a tremendous amount of money. I’m not going to tell you what that present is, but it was a very significant prize.” Mar 26: "Make a deal, or we’ll just keep blowing them away."
Mar 27: "We don’t have to be there for NATO."
Mar 28: No major quote
Mar 29: Claimed talks were progressing
Mar 30: "Open the Strait of Hormuz immediately, or face devastating consequences."
Mar 31: Claimed a deal was "very close" and that Iran would "do the right thing"
Apr 1: "We’ll see what happens very soon."
Apr 2: Repeated that a deal was likely, while warning of continued strikes if not
Apr 3: "Something big is going to happen."
Apr 4: Said Iran must comply "immediately" or face further consequences.

Apr 5: "Open the fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah."
April 6 :a whole civilization will die
April 7: total and complete victory
April8: objectives were met

A true disaster

[Alastair Hilton @London_W4]

DO NOT TAKE YOUR PHONE OUT IN PUBLIC IN CENTRAL LONDON! Was stood waiting to cross the road at corner Marble Arch and Oxford Street just now and turned to see bloke on very fast electric bike heading up behind me. I turned and he turned away. I stood and watched as it was obvious what was going to happen next and sure enough, he snatched the phone of a young woman stood at the bus stop. Then off down Oxford Street for more. Face fully covered. If we had a police force in London this could easily be stopped, but instead, dozens of people a day have their lives made shit by these vermin. I’m in a shop writing this. Put your phone away on the streets. Take care. Be safe.

[Ben Graham @BenGrahamUK]

£48,174.

That’s how much Hounslow Council spent on a single rainbow crossing, the most expensive in England.

Meanwhile, councils claim they’re struggling to fund basic services.

Is this a justified expense, or a complete waste of taxpayer money?

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

"Ofwat has proved yet again it is incapable, unwilling to and simply does not want to properly regulate the greed, the abuse of customers and the financial engineering that is destroying this industry and the environment".

A little thing I said in today's @Telegraph

https://t.co/CBZV92Td8J

[David__Osland @David__Osland]

Instead of letting Thames Water off the hook for £123m in fines, I've got another idea. Why not ban it from paying a penny in dividends until it stops dumping shit in rivers?

[Louise Drayton (A1083603) @Louapple36]

@JamesMelville Absolutely well said !!!

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

Well said David Dimbleby (on the UK government’s decision to send King Charles on a State visit to the USA):

'We are dealing with a president who is a narcissist and a bully and he has been bullying Britain. He has been rude about our armed forces, about our role in Afghanistan. The King is the head of the Armed Forces and I think a rebuke of some kind is necessary.
A state banquet? While he's bombing the hell out of Iran and people are dying all over the Middle East...? I don't see that the full panoply of a state banquet and a speech at Congress is appropriate, it is a misuse of the King, who has to do what he is told by the Government. It is giving Trump more than he deserves.”

[Jen k 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @Jenny_1884]

Why are we having to pay for an MOT on our cars to make sure they are roadworthy whilst we are driving on roads that are causing damage to our cars because they are becoming unroadworthy?

What’s our car tax being spent on?

[Furkan Gözükara @FurkanGozukara]

Absolute bombshell. Data reveals someone made a massive 580 MILLION dollar trade on oil exactly 15 minutes BEFORE Donald Trump posted his tweet about pausing the Iran war. Someone on the inside just made a life changing fortune. The corruption is blatant.

[Higgy @higgyboson]

And Devon County Council actively encourage fly tipping by banning ANY sign written van from entering ANY of their recycling sites.

I have an old toaster, broken lawnmower, broken table and other domestic household recycling items from my own home but, as my only transport is my decorators van with my name on the side, they won't let me in.

Even if my van is completely empty apart from the toaser I still won't be allowed in.

It's utterly ridiculous and MUST lead to more flytipping.