Roger Margerison

Retired engineering geologist, socialist who enjoys most music, especially folky stuff. Birds and photography
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[Roger Margerison @Willastonrog]

Noooo
#CelebrityTraitors

[Normal Island News @NormalIslandNws]

When the Fairford plot fell apart before it had got going, I honestly thought that was the end of it. The whole thing was so stupid that the internet saw through our lies and we just gave up trying.

I mean our story was that “Middle-Eastern-looking boys” circled around a military base on high alert while the MoD ignored calls from the public, then blocked off a road with their vans until a plucky farmer chased them into the woods where they politely waited for 40 minutes for the police to arrive.

When social media users took the piss out of our script, the false flag was officially called off. The police released the lads on bail and said they were a bunch of British nationals with no explosives. Obviously, there was no way they would’ve been let out if there was the slightest indication of terrorism. Therefore, we couldn’t possibly change our minds again, or so I thought.

It turns out I was wrong. Andy Burnham is now saying there was evidence of Iranian involvement after all—just not enough to detain the lads for the legally allowed 14 days.

If you’re confused about how we got to this point, let me explain. My sources tell me that after Trump and Rubio expressed concerns about the lads being released, they got on the phone and said: “Andy, you’re ruining our psy-op. We need to pretend they are terrorists so we can continue using Fairford to escalate against Iran.”

I’ve got no idea how we convince anyone now. All I know is that Burnham apologised for fucking things up and politely asked Mossad if he can have its assets back. The whole thing is a huge, uncoordinated mess.

To make matters worse, the Israelis are currently dealing with their latest botched false flag, involving a pretend hijacking of an airliner.

Poor Netanyahu has an electorate to manipulate and he needs that escalation against Iran before polling day. He angrily told Trump and Burnham to get their story straight if they don’t want to face an “exploding smart phone incident”. Andy gulped and threw his iPhone in the bin.

To clarify, the official position is now that we think the lads are Iranian terrorists who tried to blow up a military base with no explosives, and they are free to try it again…. Hold on, I’m getting an update on WhatsApp…

We’re now saying it was actually a “dry run”. The reason the lads drove around in circles and made themselves super-conspicuous was “preparation”. They had to get close to the base because it’s not like they could launch drones from tens of miles away. Just know that if they do launch drones, our media helpfully flew over the base and showed the locations of all the stealth bombers.

If our latest story was remotely true it would be hugely concerning, but luckily no one’s worried because they all know this is a load of bollocks. I honestly don’t know who we’re tying to kid here.

[Carl Bovis @CarlBovisNature]

I don't know about you, but I could do with cheering up... so here's a little Puffin going for a little walk. 🥰
Always makes me smile! 😁🐦

[RNLI @RNLI]

We're proud of the lifesaving work our volunteers do in the Channel – we make no apology for it. Those we rescue are vulnerable people in danger & distress. Each of them is someone’s father, mother, son or daughter - every life is precious. This is why we launch:

[Roger Margerison @Willastonrog]

Gannets off Cape Cornwall

[Roger Margerison @Willastonrog]

@CarlBovisNature South Walney a couple of years ago

[Breaking911 @Breaking911]

WATCH: A humanoid robot training for the “Robot Olympics” in Beijing runs too fast, fails to stop, slams into a safety cushion, and breaks at the waist

[Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis]

The Uberisation of water must be stopped.

Profiting from scarcity in an essential of life is bad enough. But these companies helped create the scarcity.

🚰 No major reservoir built since privatisation
💧 2.9 billion litres leaked every day
🏗️ Just one operational desalination plant

For 35+ years, they’ve sweated the assets instead of investing in them. Now they want us to pay even more for their failures.

Water is a common good, not a commodity.

Bring it back into public ownership.

[Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis]

Nothing represents “business as usual” and “neoliberalism” quite like the oil industry: an extractive model that has generated trillions in profits while helping push the planet towards an increasingly uninhabitable future.

If the PM is serious about his stated ambitions, then allowing further extraction while the world quite literally burns would send the opposite message to the British public. It would suggest that, when confronted with the power and interests of the fossil fuel industry, those ambitions are negotiable.

If we believe oil still has a strategic role during the transition, then nationalise it and treat remaining reserves as a strategic national asset. Better still, leave as much of it in the ground as possible. But allowing new oil to be extracted and sold on international markets for billions in private profit, while doing little to lower UK household bills, is incompatible with any government claiming to be serious about the climate crisis, particularly if it wants to retain credibility on the international stage.

[Roger Margerison @Willastonrog]

I think it's a willow warbler (or could be a chiff chaff) Smardale Gill

[Roger Margerison @Willastonrog]

@Palumbus_Pics @CarlBovisNature Starling?

[Roger Margerison @Willastonrog]

@CarlBovisNature Does a herring gull pinching my wife's ice cream in Tenby last week count

[Bill McGuire @ProfBillMcGuire]

40C in London on Wednesday and a Red Heat Alert

As far as I know, nothing from the mayor or the government about mitigation - establishment of cool refuges, closing of schools etc

The approach seems to be to pretend it's just normal hot weather

It really isn't

[Roger Margerison @Willastonrog]

@swlines @RealtimeTrains Even had a helicopter filming it on @BBCNews approaching Euston!!!

[Bill McGuire @ProfBillMcGuire]

So rapidly is the heat building that I think I might have been a couple of decades late with at least part of this scenario

https://t.co/hlKSuP1clM

[Roger Margerison @Willastonrog]

Pretty chuffed this afternoon. Marloes beach. It's been a while since I saw a chough

[Roger Margerison @Willastonrog]

@CarlBovisNature

[Roger Margerison @Willastonrog]

@CarlBovisNature I was there today.
Dropped in at Newgale on the way there. Lovely to see the gannets in the distance

[Roger Margerison @Willastonrog]

@daveliverbirder Thanks for that. I'll not assume a tufted in future, although it most likely will be