Alisonbrc

Eats too much, looks at birds, rants about politics. European today and always.

[Alisonbrc @Travnat]

@michaelhogan And Schitt's Creek launches on iPlayer, which has made my weekend look a lot brighter.

[Alisonbrc @Travnat]

"Nothing but a two-tier politician". Magisterial from @MarinaHyde on misogyny, murder and Farage.

[Marina Hyde @MarinaHyde]

My column on Nigel Farage’s wildly differing conduct in the wake of three murders that horrified the nation

https://t.co/reI7oQbjVc

[Alisonbrc @Travnat]

Sometimes the straightforward, simple questions are the best arguments.

[Why Female Matters 🇬🇧 @whyfemalematter]

Firstly, the EHRC guidance doesn't refer to workplaces @unisontheunion

Secondly, I'm 58 yrs old & started work at 18. Until 5 minutes ago there were Male & Female spaces which worked perfectly. Why, all of a sudden, are they "unworkable"?

[David Henig 🇺🇦 @DavidHenigUK]

What strikes me in writing about the last ten years is just how much of the UK approach to the EU was set in stone in 2016 and never revisited - the secrecy, the believe in a regulatory dividend, the idea of hero negotiators or special deals - all wrong.

[Alisonbrc @Travnat]

@AudreySuffolk It's a cracking book, isn't it? She apparently said that the best thing about marrying an archaeologist is that the older you get, the more interesting he finds you.

[HeCheated.org @hecheateddotorg]

"AB" Hernandez finished the season ranked #4 in the entire nation compared to girls in the triple jump.

Compared to other boys, he was tied for #3,053 with 15 other boys.

[Alisonbrc @Travnat]

@georgialewis76 I am 65 and I endorse this message.

[Alisonbrc @Travnat]

@LissaKEvans @AmandaPCraig That's enough to send me in pursuit of the book!

[Akua Reindorf KC @akuareindorf]

@tomgordonLD It's the law, Tom.
And as for your disingenuous comments about Mary-Ann Stephenson, I suppose they're at least consistently within the spirit of the disgraceful, legally illiterate performative politicking your Committee subjected her to when she appeared before you.

[Alisonbrc @Travnat]

@Unenlightened_c In about 1982 my history professor told a story of meeting a fellow scholar at a conference, realising Latin was their only shared language, and chatting away merrily about mediaeval monasticism.

[Alisonbrc @Travnat]

@TwisterFilm "I did not have relations with that motorhome."

[Sonia Sodha @soniasodha]

Not sure how anyone could vote for a political party that spouts this kind of legally illiterate - and frankly, stupid - guff. Does anyone in the Liberal Democrats actually know what ‘the rule of law’ means? 🤪

[Alisonbrc @Travnat]

@abertrotzdem Same, except I was 13 when the TV arrived. (We lived in Germany at the time, so we'd watch Dutch TV as they subtitled rather than dubbing. Native American chiefs saying "Wie geht's?" still cracks me up.) Card games as well as board games, and hobbies: sewing, origami etc.

[Joanna Cherry KC @joannaccherry]

Don’t be fooled. Nicola Sturgeon (wife) is not being held responsible for her husband’s crimes. As leader of the party she is being called to account for her deliberate frustration of the legitimate scrutiny which might have revealed those crimes. The distinction is 💯 clear.

[Alisonbrc @Travnat]

@feebee_69 @idlewildgirl I used to do little shapes at the end of my eyeliner - arrows, feathers, hearts. Wouldn't have a steady enough hand now.

[Alisonbrc @Travnat]

@soniasodha Yes. Nobody will be barred from accessing services - they just won't be able to use facilities that they were never entitled to use.

[Alisonbrc @Travnat]

@BrianSpanner1 @LucyHunterB That magnificent pun filtered through very subtly.

[Alisonbrc @Travnat]

@feebee_69 Am I too old to be a bridesmaid?

[Alisonbrc @Travnat]

@LucyHunterB @TheParty1sOver @afneil Point of order: coffee machineS, plural.