Nick Hilditch

Comments on running, early medieval England, world affairs, allotments and more.

[Nick Hilditch @Nick_Hawkinge]

@susanjcarey @DamianGreen Burnham could do a great deal of good for the cause by asking @DamianGreen to lead the cross party task force on this issue. I’ve no idea how the odd shaped new Kent unitary authorities will cope without change to the social care system.

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@ManOfKent15 @Cantwara_ Good plan, but perhaps I’m not totally convinced the Government is listening to Kent. It’s all about No 10 North, now.

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@Cantwara_ Thanks - interesting, and sounds reasonable. I’ll check David Wilson and his opinions on this.

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@MGmotor I’m a slightly over average height at 1.83m/6 ft. My view is not the windscreen, it’s the header bar. It’s impractical for me.

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@MGmotor Not so much turn as tilt your head, so you can see under the Header Rail above the windscreen

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@susanjcarey @reformparty_uk @UKIP I am certainly no supporter of Cllr Randall, but as long as we have a FPTP voting system and a representative not delegated democracy, then I support the principle of voting for an individual not the label/party they choose at election.

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@forallcurious But how many football pitches? How many times the size of Wales? How many London buses?

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@beatricegroves1 @oldnurse55 I am (accidentally) growing a small patch of self-sown cowslips in my garden. I mow around them, and they return every year.

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@Matt_Pinner All of the above, and most of the consumer technology. Our generation has much more experience in tech than millennials.

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@Prosper_UK_ Two mistakes: Accepting a hard Brexit, giving ground to the MPs who have now joined Reform; Electing Johnson as leader. Openly stating these errors would be a massive boost to credibility for @Prosper_UK_

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@JamesFl Be careful with your insults. I’m retired and grey haired, but definitely not a Reform supporter. Not all older people are wealthy or feel entitled. Don’t drive us away with your casual disdain.

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@Cantwara_ @Lee_MJ_Chapman You’re right, people don’t know our history. In primary school we were taught about ‘Angles, Saxons and Jutes’. That phrase stuck with me, although I had only the vaguest idea what it meant until much later in life.

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@Cantwara_ @Lee_MJ_Chapman Or technically, I think the Jutish.

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@Cantwara_ @BradfemlyWalsh I’ll watch this, but I bet it’s not a patch on the annual Wuthering Heights on the Folkestone Harbour arm. 💃

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@Cantwara_ @WhiteHouse I’ve seen some in Regent’s Park zoo. That’s northern hemisphere.

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@DrFrancisYoung @holland_tom Why would anyone want to venerate a convicted witch? It sounds contradictory to me.

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@ScrivenerApp Interesting podcast, but a strange usage case. I’m glad it works for her, but it’s not a method I will be using.

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@BritainElects @YouGov Approximately 45% broadly right wing parties, and 55% broadly of the left. I wouldn’t say UK voters have swung right, it’s just that the vote has splintered.