"This guitar is such a pal. It's a psychiatrist. It's a doggone bartender. This guy is everything. Whenever I find that I've got a problem, I'll go pick my guitar up and play. It's the greatest pal in the whole world."
Remembering Les Paul, born OTD 1915 in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
The Battle of the Imjin River
Outnumbered and surrounded, British troops of the 29th Brigade stood against a massive Chinese offensive during the Korean War. Around 3,000 British soldiers faced an estimated 20,000–30,000 Chinese troops along the Imjin River. For days they held their ground under relentless attack, buying vital time for United Nations forces to reorganise and prevent a breakthrough towards Seoul.
The most famous stand was made by the 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, who fought on despite being cut off and heavily outnumbered. Their resistance became one of the greatest defensive actions in British military history.
Against odds of roughly ten to one, they held the line when it mattered most. The battle became a lasting example of British grit and British stubbornness. When lesser men might have broken, they stood fast and fought on.
"The battle that saved Seoul." 🇬🇧
So Port Talbot’s electric arc furnace is being ‘delayed’. Ask yourself if Steve Kinnock’s previous employer, a foreign owned consultancy called Xyntéo retained by Tata to promote a low carbon economy, just prior to him being parachuted into Port Talbot, was coincidental.
NEW🚨: This is PC Paul Beckwith
He has been allowed to walk free from court despite being convicted of possessing indecent images of children and voyeurism. He had catergory A (most serious), B and C images on his devices.
But instead of going to jail... He was given a 14 months imprisonment, suspended for 18 months.
Meanwhile these police officers are arresting people for social media posts and getting jailed for them and jumping on you for sitting on a wall watching a riot 🤦♂️
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This is deeply troubling. I hope my union - @fbunational - will explain to fire service bosses that firefighters must be free to express their political views without fear of sanction by their employer. @manchesterfire has seriously overstepped the mark here.
The Heroes of Graignes – Meet the Normandy Villagers Who Saved the Lives of 100 U.S. Paratroopers
"The SS carried out ruthless reprisals against the civilians for the crime of ministering to wounded GIs."
https://t.co/HxUzIfNDp8
This day in history 6 June 1944, #DDay, British soldiers landed in Normandy alongside Allied forces to begin the liberation of Europe 🪖
Today, we remember their courage, sacrifice, and service 🫡
Lest we forget.
Kim Jong-un says he is seriously concerned about free speech in UK and says he stands ready to welcome British refugees fleeing Keir Starmer's dictatorship.
Keir Starmer can complain about foreign interference from @elonmusk and @JDVance all he likes but:
He's the one who led the UK's martyrdom of George Floyd in 2020
And he's the one who led a party which campaigned for Kamala Harris in battleground states during the US election
I’m getting sick and tired of Keir Starmer and other left-wing politicians cherry-picking one segment of the Nowak family’s statement about not wanting this to cause further division in an attempt to silence political opponents through guilt.
That isn’t all the Nowak family said.
They also said that Henry was treated differently by the police to Vickrum Digwa. They also said they wanted the Kirpan banned along with all other knives.
Starmer has respected neither of those wishes. He has denied that two-tier policing exists and refused to support banning the Kirpan.
So please don’t start lecturing other politicians about respecting the family’s wishes when you are not doing so yourself.