🏴 Happy 1099th Birthday England 🏴
On 12th July, 927AD, King Æthelstan secured control over the last Viking kingdom of Northumbria and united the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms under one ruler, becoming the first King of a united England.
Terrible day for Norway.
Ex TV news reader Jan Leeming states: "So glad I won't be around to see its (England) further demise unless there is a revolution in the next few years."
Revolution, or more accurately Counter-Revolution is where we (Europeans globally) are now if we wish to survive.
What I love about the British transport police is that you can message them about minorities and then they’ll come on the train in 5 mins and tell the wildlife to behave
Police went from releasing the White British murder suspect to now saying they have another man of undefined ethnicity or nationality. Re: Ann Widdecombe murder
Mick Jagger Says It’s Not His Job to Lecture Rolling Stones’ Fans on Politics
NYT: “Bruce Springsteen clearly sees his job as engaging in a meaningful back and forth.”
MICK JAGGER: “My job in the live music world is for those people that come to have the best time … And you don't want to lecture them.”
The Italian Job - Red, White and Blue
The Italian Job's legendary Mini Cooper escape through shopping arcades, down the steps of the Gran Madre di Dio church, across the Fiat factory roof, and through underground sewer pipes is just as glorious today as it was 58 years ago.
"Lucky Man" is from The Verve’s 1997 album Urban Hymns. The uplifting, anthemic track written by Richard Ashcroft became one of the band’s biggest hits, especially in the UK. Its soaring melody and reflective lyrics about life and fortune made it a staple of Britpop and alternative rock radio.
"When we emerged from lockdown, it felt like the world on our doorstep had changed, but we hadn't moved..."
One overlooked consequence of immigration and demographic change is the sense of unease and dislocation.
The people in your town are unfamiliar. New, often illicit businesses appear in your high street to cater to them. You begin to feel like you don't belong in the place where you were born.
It can't be measured on a spreadsheet, but it matters. And it's a good enough reason to want to reverse what has been done to us.
"If you don't address that, you're never going to feel like you live somewhere that feels like a home again."
This idiot attention seeking fool thought she was a dog - until a real dog attacked her. Then she realised she could stand on two legs and was a human. Amazing.
A man attempted to abduct a child outside the Co-op in Wigan Road, Bolton yesterday evening.
Fortunately a male passer-by intervened and detained him until the police arrived and arrested him.
Apparently he was already being sought by police.
Doctor or engineer?