Texanne

[Emma @MrsEmmaWebber]

Barnaby Philip John Webber
11/01/2004-13/06/2023 💔

If you can, share these images of the beautiful soul stolen from us by the worst of humanity.

Let his face today burn bright.
Barney, I promise you there will be accountability 💛💚

For You. For Grace. For Ian.

[Texanne @pfeaster54]

RIP Henry 💔

[Paul Embery @PaulEmbery]

Heart-wrenching.

[Bishop Ceirion H. Dewar FSHC @BishopDewar]

As a Bishop, I cannot stay silent. I have today drafted and sent an open letter to His Majesty King Charles III, the text of which reads as follows:

To:
His Majesty, Charles III,
King of the United Kingdom and the Realms,
Supreme Governor of the Church of England,
Bearer of the ancient title Defender of the Faith.

Your Majesty,

I write to you neither as a politician nor as a commentator, but as one of your loyal subjects who, as a bishop of Christ’s Church, cannot remain silent while the Christian foundations of this kingdom are steadily dismantled.

Sir, there are moments in the life of a nation when silence becomes a form of betrayal. If I refused to speak to Your Majesty now, this would be such a moment.

For more than a thousand years the Crown of this realm has stood in solemn covenant with the Christian faith.

The laws of this land were shaped by it.
The liberties of our people were nurtured by it.
The conscience of our civilisation was formed by it.

From the abbeys of medieval England to the parish churches of our villages, from the preaching of the Reformers to the missionary zeal that carried the Gospel to the ends of the earth, the Christian faith has not merely influenced Britain — it has defined her.

Yet today that inheritance is being quietly but deliberately eroded. Across the institutions of this nation there is a growing hostility toward the faith that built them.

Christian belief is mocked in the public square. Christian morality is dismissed as intolerance. Christian institutions are pressured to surrender doctrine in order to conform to the ideology of the age.

Within the very Church that bears the name of England, voices have arisen that appear more eager to mirror the spirit of the age than to proclaim the eternal truth of the Gospel.

Meanwhile, beyond the walls of our churches, powerful political movements openly speak of removing Christianity from its historic place within the life of this nation.

What would once have been whispered is now proclaimed openly: that Britain must become a post-Christian state.

It is in this context that I write to you, Your Majesty. For the British Crown does not stand apart from this crisis.

The Sovereign of this realm bears a title that is not merely historic but sacred in its origin and meaning: Defender of the Faith. Those words are not decorative. They are a charge.

They speak of a monarch whose duty is not merely to preside over the ceremonies of the Church, but to stand as a guardian of the Christian inheritance of the nation.

Yet many among your subjects now ask, with increasing anxiety: “Who will defend that inheritance today?”

They see a nation drifting from its foundations. And they ask whether the Crown will remain silent while that inheritance is dismantled.

Your Majesty, may I be so bold as to observe that your coronation oath was not a poetic formality. It was a solemn vow made before Almighty God to maintain and preserve the Protestant Reformed Religion established by law.

Those words bind the conscience of the sovereign. They remind the Crown that its authority is not merely constitutional but moral. The monarch is not merely a symbol of national continuity, but a custodian of the spiritual inheritance that shaped this realm.

History records moments when kings and emperors were confronted by the Church and reminded that their authority was accountable before God. In the fourth century Ambrose of Milan stood before the Emperor Theodosius I and reminded him that even the ruler of an empire must bow before the moral law of Christ.

That tradition of prophetic witness has never disappeared. Nor should it. For when rulers forget the foundations upon which their authority rests, the Church must speak — not with hostility, but with holy clarity.

And so, I write to say this, Your Majesty: The Christian character of this nation is under profound and accelerating assault.

If the Crown does not stand visibly and courageously in defence of that inheritance, history will record that the guardians of Britain’s institutions watched in silence as the foundations were removed.

The issue before us is not nostalgia. It is civilisation. Remove Christianity from the story of Britain and you do not create a neutral society — you create a moral vacuum. And history teaches us that moral vacuums are never left empty for long.

Your Majesty now stands at a crossroads that few monarchs in modern history have faced.

For the erosion of Britain’s Christian inheritance will not ultimately be judged by speeches made in Parliament or debates in the press. It will be judged by whether those entrusted with the guardianship of our ancient institutions chose to defend them — or merely preside over their quiet surrender.

You may preside over the quiet dissolution of Britain’s Christian identity. Or you may rise to the ancient responsibility entrusted to the Crown and speak with clarity about the faith that built this kingdom. The first path requires little courage. The second will require a great deal. But it is the path that history honours.

Your Majesty’s subjects are not asking for religious coercion. They are asking for leadership. They are asking that the sovereign who bears the title Defender of the Faith remember what that title means.

They are asking that the Crown hear the growing cry of anguish from Christians across this land who feel that the spiritual inheritance of their nation is being surrendered without resistance. And they are asking whether the Crown will stand with them.

For the faith that shaped Britain is not merely a cultural ornament. It is the wellspring from which our laws, our liberties, and our moral imagination have flowed. If it is cast aside, the nation will discover — too late — that it has severed itself from the very roots that sustained it.

Your Majesty, to many the Crown is a symbol of authority. But before God it is also a symbol of stewardship. And stewardship carries with it the duty to defend what has been entrusted.

May Almighty God grant Your Majesty the wisdom to discern this hour, and the courage to fulfil the sacred duty entrusted to the Crown.

Yours faithfully,

Bishop Ceirion H. Dewar FSHC
Missionary Bishop
Diocese of Providence
Confessing Anglican Church

@PhilHs10 @RevBrettMurphy @revwickland @BishopRobert1 @GBNews @TalkTV @danwootton @Jacob_Rees_Mogg @LozzaFox @BackBrexitBen @RupertLowe10 @KemiBadenoch @JohnCleese

[Rafe Heydel-Mankoo @RafHM]

Yesterday, for the first time, the BBC did not broadcast the Commonwealth Day service from Westminster Abbey

Instead, it played an episode of Escape to the Country 🤦🏻‍♂️

Now we learn that for the first time the BBC will not cover the Boat Race on either TV or radio

We're told it is elitist

The core defence of the BBC has been its role in helping shape national identity through its coverage of uniquely British events - events that bring the nation together or which represent the unique or quirky nature of British culture

The Grand National
Royal Ascot
The Derby
Cheltenham...

These pillars of the British "Season" have all been abandoned by the state broadcaster.

Trooping the Colour, Remembrance Sunday and Wimbeldon remain...but for how long.

The Last Night of the Proms remains...but is now unwatchable. Once a Jewel in the Crown, the BBC's embarrassment around patriotism - and the invasion of EU flags - has angered millions.

If the BBC is going to prioritize daytime slop over noteworthy national events, then its claim to be the national broadcaster rests on shaky ground -- and the licence fee becomes indefenisble.

[Texanne @pfeaster54]

Take a minute to listen to this clip below. Then respond via the link provided in the comments. It's so, so important and responses must be in by 6th March. @Katie_Lam_MP has done so much in driving forward a much more appropriate review. Please support!! #GroomingGangs

[Katie Lam @Katie_Lam_MP]

The Government still won't face the truth about the grooming gangs.

Their national inquiry won't properly tackle the role played by race and religion, won't investigate every case, and won't prosecute people for the cover up.

But together, we can change it. Here's how 👇

[Sharron Davies HoL MBE @sharrond62]

I have no time for people virtue signalling today when they were silent when tens of thousands of unarmed Iranians were slaughtered by their own tyrannical government in recent weeks.

[Texanne @pfeaster54]

Well said, @ColinBrazierTV 👑

[Colin Brazier @ColinBrazierTV]

Andrew is a venal, sly, preening shit.
But he is not the embodiment of our monarchy.
An institution which - for a thousand years - has survived good, bad and indifferent sovereigns.
For better or worse, the Crown is the thread that carries our island story.
Today, its enemies are mustering. For them, this isn't about Andrew, but sinking a nail into another emblem of an older, atavistic Britain.
Churchill said democracy was the worst form of government that had ever been tried - apart from all the rest.
When it comes to who our Head of State should be, the Royals are similarly imperfect. But anyone proposing that an elected president is always the answer, hasn't been paying attention.
Now, more than ever, we need the historical continuum that monarchy guarantees. Britain faces revolutionary pressures. Our culture is being effaced. Our certainties eroded. Our ancestral identity traduced.
Many on the Republican Left want to reset out national clock. A new Year Zero. Andrew, and his vile obsessions, have gifted them an opportunity.
Nobody who has met the former prince seems to have a good word to say about him. Was he a product of the deference which governs royal life? Yes. But that same system produced our late Queen, Anne and William.
The Crown has outlived worse catastrophes than Andrew, and will do so again. Today, it's not easy standing up for the Monarchy. But those Britons, for whom patient, quiet goodwill comes naturally, should do so.

[Texanne @pfeaster54]

Save #ErfanSoltani #alleyesoniran

[Elica Le Bon الیکا‌ ل بن @elicalebon]

Urgent: how to help save a young protester’s life.

I cannot believe how many years we’ve had to recycle this dystopian practice. God, when will it end? #ErfanSoltani

[Texanne @pfeaster54]

@elicalebon Save #ErfanSoltani

@POTUS @VP @JDVance @SecWar @SecRubio @SenTedCruz @JackPosobiec @WhiteHouse @elonmusk

[Texanne @pfeaster54]

#FreeIran2026 #JavidShah

[Hen Mazzig @HenMazzig]

Iranians deserve our voice.
FREE IRAN

[Texanne @pfeaster54]

Perfectly put and painfully true.

[Jim Chimirie 🇬🇧 @JChimirie66677]

There's a line in a democracy that, once crossed, changes everything: when elections cease to be an obligation and become a variable. That line has now been crossed in Britain, and it's the state's own elections watchdog saying so.

The Electoral Commission has been explicit: Labour's justification for delaying local elections is not legitimate. Not unwise. Not clumsy. Illegitimate. Extending mandates damages public confidence, undermines local legitimacy, and creates a clear conflict of interest by letting councils decide how long they can avoid voters. In any functioning democracy, that would end the matter. Here, the government presses on regardless.

That's the scandal. This is no longer a party political dispute or a row between Reform and Labour. The referee has intervened and said the game is being rigged, and the players have decided to ignore the whistle. When a government continues with election delays after being told by the independent authority charged with protecting electoral integrity that its reasoning does not hold, the issue stops being reform and becomes power protecting itself.

The language Labour uses is revealing. Elections are framed as an inconvenience. Voters are framed as an administrative burden. Democracy is reduced to a cost-saving exercise, something to be postponed if the spreadsheets look untidy or the reorganisation plans are mid-flow. Ministers speak of "capacity constraints" as if the right to vote is a luxury item that must wait until the filing cabinets are rearranged. In a democracy, administration exists to serve elections. Elections do not exist to suit administration.

The conflict of interest identified by the Electoral Commission should alarm anyone who still believes in democratic norms. Councils are being asked whether they would like to delay the moment they must answer to voters. That's not consultation. It's self-dealing. No serious system allows those in power to decide how long they may remain there without consent. Yet this is now presented as a "locally led approach," as though outsourcing democratic suspension makes it virtuous.

Worse still is the uncertainty. Candidates have been selected. Campaigns have begun. Money has been spent. And with months to go before polling day, the government is still dangling the possibility of cancellation. The watchdog describes this uncertainty as unprecedented. That word matters. Democracies rely on predictability. Once elections become provisional, subject to last-minute ministerial approval, the entire process is degraded.

When challenged, ministers retreat into condescension. Chris Bryant waves away concerns as conspiracy and insists that "ordinary people" would think elections are "a bit daft." This is a familiar trick: speak for the public while denying them a voice. Redefine democratic rights as common-sense nuisances that sensible adults should stop fussing over. It's the rhetoric of managed democracy, where participation is tolerated only when it produces the correct outcome.

None of this is happening in isolation. Mayoral elections have already been postponed. Now council elections are being pushed back again. The pattern is clear. When the polls turn hostile, the timetable moves. When voters become unpredictable, the vote is delayed. Governments confident in their mandate do not need to buy time. They face the electorate and take their chances. Labour is not doing that because it knows what the numbers say.

The danger is not just that millions of people may be denied a vote next year. It's the precedent now being set. Once a government learns it can delay elections after the watchdog objects, after campaigns have begun and candidates are in place, the principle is broken. Elections become conditional. Democracy becomes something you are granted when those in power feel safe enough to allow it.

"Chris Bryant waves away concerns as conspiracy and insists that "ordinary people" would think elections are "a bit daft.""

[Texanne @pfeaster54]

This!! ⬇️⬇️⬇️ #itsachristmastree 🎄🎄🎄

[Henry Bolton OBE 🇬🇧 @_HenryBolton]

For the attention of all UK retailers… these are Christmas trees.

"Christ's Mass," is a shortened version of the Old English term “Cristes Maesse”. This phrase means "Mass of Christ" and was first recorded in 1038. The evergreen tree has been associated with Christianity since the 16th century.

@Tesco it’s a fair question to ask why you are undermining this ancient Christian tradition?

[Texanne @pfeaster54]

Bring them home now #October7

[Rob Rinder @RobbieRinder]

On the second anniversary of October 7, we remember the lives cruelly taken, the hostages still held and the grief that endures. Mourning the innocent is not a partisan act, it’s the beginning of our shared humanity.

[Paul Joseph Watson @PrisonPlanet]

Ah yes, that notorious "far-right" platform....Reddit.

[No Farmers, No Food @NoFarmsNoFoods]

“Where are you lot going? Go back to where you came from.”

“Ok boss.”

#InternationalDogDay

[ClarksonsFarm @ClarksonsFarm1]

Repost!🇬🇧

[No Farmers, No Food @NoFarmsNoFoods]

Ashley Fox MP gives Marina Purkiss a financial lesson on why the Labour government’s inheritance tax puts family farms in huge financial peril.

[ClarksonsFarm @ClarksonsFarm1]

Farming contributes £120 Billion to the British economy and 64% of the food eaten in the UK. 🇬🇧

[Colin Wynter KC @QcWynter]

A KC friend sends me this for my amusement.
That it has become a recognisable joke speaks volumes.
Only a short while ago, we would all have responded, "I don't get it. What's the joke?"
Now, we get it.
That presents a big problem for the government.

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

Inheritance tax is the most vindictive of all taxes. Robbing the dead. Punishing the bereaved. Destroying a lifetime of family work, legacy and assets.