@MichaelRosenYes Remembering my dad today, when he was a choir boy, he misheard the line 'I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of the Lord...' as 'I would rather be a dorkeybird in the house of the Lord...' we had fun imagining what a dorkeybird looked like!
Consider the panic of scientists over this weekend about various shocking stats. I don’t think I’ve seen one major U.K. news media outlet cover it. Even Taiwan TV has, but not @bbcnews@skynews@itvnews Politicians are still prioritising attacking protesters. Incredible.
Boris Johnson’s “landslide”?
2017 Theresa May
42.4%
13,636,624
2019 Boris Johnson
43.6%
13,966,451
Johnson added just 1.2% or 329,767 extra votes
It was WHERE he gained votes + FPTP that gave him an 80 seat “landslide”.
He wasn’t massively more popular. That’s a myth.
LAMPORT HALL Northampton NN6 9HD
TOMORROW 10 June 10-4. Adm £7, chd £4
Light ref in The Café
2-acre walled garden, full of colour with 250 rows of perennials
A highlight - Lamport Rockery, among the earliest in England and home of the oldest garden gnome
https://t.co/1mQazcVDHp
1 HINWICK CLOSE
Kettering, NN15 6GB.
Sun 4 June 12-4.30. Adm £3.50, Home-made teas & savouries.
Seaside, woodland and English country garden. Ponds and waterfalls. Vintage signs, numerous figures and seating areas at vantage points are dotted throughout.
https://t.co/q2vTwAcbWc
• Tories announce they are to open 75 Sure Start Centres. They closed 1,189 Sure Start Centres
• Tories announce they’re opening 5,000 NHS Beds. They closed 22,000 NHS Beds
• Tories announce they are opening 19 new NHS Diagnostic Centres. They closed 140 NHS Walk In Centres
WILLOW COTTAGE
55 Upper Benefield, Upper Benefield, PE8 5AL.
Sat 3 June 1.30-4.30, Sun 4 June 10-2. Adm £5.
Home-made teas at Cricket Club.
Herbaceous borders with a wide variety of plants. Large pond, water features, and trees. Partial wheelchair access.
https://t.co/Z4wHBd2CXD
Dear @ElectoralCommUK,
Did you know...?
A man who was in Johnson's Cabinet when the voter ID law was introduced, has publicly admitted that this was an attempt to gerrymander the election by suppressing votes
His name is @Jacob_Rees_Mogg
We eagerly await your next steps...
As parliament debate #AccessToNature today, a personal essay.
Deep in my valley is a tree so old it makes my bones ache. There are only a handful like it in the country, and its boughs harbour some of our oldest stories.
Yet almost no-one has ever seen it. 🧵
Don’t want to go over the top, but this is absolutely jaw-dropping. Someone who was in the cabinet when legislation on voter ID was agreed and went through parliament acknowledges it WAS an attempt to gerrymander the elections https://t.co/onD8iPUsJO
Fact checkers @FullFact have examined claims that asylum can be applied for through UNCHR 🔽
There is no mechanism through which refugees can approach UNHCR with the intention of seeking asylum in the UK. There is no asylum visa or ‘queue’ for the UK.
https://t.co/qaBDdrT3WI
There are only 2 small stretches of river in England designated as bathing waters
This morning both have 'No swim' advisories posted.
https://t.co/jVrJ8vDAJc