Sue Bailey

Also known as Country Granny. My grandchildren think I'm cool as I own an iPhone, iPad, Kindle & love social media.

[James Vitali @VitaliJames]

Hardy wrote that in Dorset's Blackmore Vale, the "world seems to be constructed upon a... more delicate scale... The atmosphere... is so tinged with azure... while the horizon beyond is of the deepest ultramarine".

Here it is, viewed from Marnhull or Hardy's "Marlott" this week

[Mark Cockerton @CockertonMark]

Urgent:
Nigel Farage says he barely knows Trump. He’s heard of him but he’s never campaigned for him, or modelled himself on him.
He DOESN’T want photos like those attached to be circulated at a delicate time with local elections looming.
Please DO NOT circulate these.

[Furkan Gözükara @FurkanGozukara]

Absolute insanity. A former US diplomat confirms the Trump administration had ZERO experts handling Iran. They literally entrusted the entire mission to real estate developers Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. Their incompetence directly led to this catastrophic war.

[The News Agents @TheNewsAgents]

Pete Hegseth celebrating the deaths of 100 Iranian soldiers was a "repellent" example of "bloodlust" never seen before, say @jonsopel and @lewis_goodall.

But is his big mistake thinking US military is loyal to Trump, over the Constitution?

https://t.co/mC3qt5XWjs

[Rahm Emanuel @RahmEmanuel]

Russia is providing Iran with satellite intelligence on U.S. military targets and American service members — helping Tehran strike Americans in the Middle East.

At the same time, President Zelensky and Ukraine are offering their battle-tested expertise to help the U.S. and its allies defend against Iranian drones.

It’s not complicated. Russia is helping Iran target and kill American service men and women. Ukraine is offering to help defend Americans risking their lives.

Somebody needs to walk into the Oval Office and tell the President what he needs to hear — the difference between friends and foes. When your back is against the wall and the chips are down, you find out who shows up to help and who stabs you in the back.

https://t.co/pebbr82A4u

https://t.co/NkVyROZAo8

[Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire]

Amazing Steve Rosenberg - our Russia Editor - has won the Outstanding Contribution Award at the Royal Television Society TV Journalism Awards

He’s genuinely a legend ❤️

[John Simpson @JohnSimpsonNews]

I’ve rarely seen this feeling so well and so concisely put.

[Nick Bryant @NickBryantNY]

This from a former Conservative MP who served at the UK Foreign Office......

[Sue Bailey @sue_bailey]

@fergalkeane47 The greatest of correspondents- you will be missed

[Simon Hoare MP @Simon4NDorset]

This is a fascinating insight. In the Commons he certainly seems prickly, coming across as thin skinned and shunning scrutiny, challenge or cross examination. His “hail fellow well met” persona seems a pretty thin veneer for what lies beneath?

[James Cleverly🇬🇧 @JamesCleverly]

Housebuilding has collapsed. House sales are projected to fall.

Under Labour, the dream of owning your own home is slipping away. That’s why we need to scrap Stamp Duty.

It isn’t just a tax, it’s a barrier. Its gums up the market and hits economic growth.

[David Axelrod @davidaxelrod]

A simple, direct and forthright response to another perversion of the rule of law.

[Maria Shriver @mariashriver]

The Kennedy Center was named after my uncle, President John F Kennedy. It was named in his honor. He was a man who was interested in the arts, interested in culture, interested in education, language, history. He brought the arts into the White House, and he and my Aunt Jackie amplified the arts, celebrated the arts, stood up for the arts and artists.

It is beyond comprehension that this sitting president has sought to rename this great memorial dedicated to President Kennedy. It is beyond wild that he would think adding his name in front of President Kennedy’s name is acceptable. It is not.

Next thing perhaps he will want to rename JFK Airport, rename the Lincoln Memorial, the Trump Lincoln Memorial. The Trump Jefferson Memorial. The Trump Smithsonian. The list goes on.

Can we not see what is happening here? C’mon, my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny. This is way beneath the stature of the job. It’s downright weird. It’s obsessive in a weird way. Just when you think somone can’t stoop any lower, down they go…

[Simon Hoare MP @Simon4NDorset]

That will add to the A303 rubber neckers

[David Yelland @davidyelland]

This post by Tom Fletcher is extraordinary. There is nothing there. It has all gone.

[Nicholas Shakespeare @dolphinsands]

Poetry. Calming poetry.

[Monkey World Dorset @MWApeRescue]

Fab to see male Bornean orangutan Tuan storming around at height in hunt of breakfast. In the wild adult males spend less time in the trees than females, as their large bulk means only strong, thick branches can accept their weight.
Thanks to PCS Toby for this one.

[Kirstie Allsopp @KirstieMAllsopp]

This is illegal and the disgusting morons that do it should know that. I also have ZERO tolerance for the “I’m coming back later” brigade. Your dog, your responsibility.

[The News Agents @TheNewsAgents]

"The right, generally speaking, are more disciplined - under pressure, they stand shoulder to shoulder. That’s one reason the Tories have ruled most of the last century.”

Neil Kinnock on why the right win and the left are often divided.

@lewis_goodall