Jim Clark
@runningape
Primary carer for the family dog. Chief bill payer for the cat and kids. Sporadic runner when not injured, occasional grouch, trying to be an ex-wino, NCFC fan (Magpies, not Canaries) Now French. Advanced level shrugging possible.
Can this also apply to Reform MPs? It seems to be the case for Zia, but there’s another one we could do without
David Willetts, the Conservative former universities minister and an architect of higher tuition fees, said universities were undoubtedly “under increasing financial pressure and that’s mainly because of the freeze in fees for eight years”. My son’s uni education is 270€ per year In other news
If you are where I think you are, then just an hour or two south we have some hope of respite
Major downside of living in France, apart from the absolutely catastrophic fires this year 😩, is the scarcity of English books without paying a fortune or using the tax dodger site. Recent trip to the UK gave up this great haul including a signed @brookmyre.bsky.social from Pz What to read next?
Been on the go since 6am this morning. Now made it to Paddington and now this beauty will keep me sustained for the next 5 hours until Penzance #thingsiyearnfor
Here’s a self service freezer in a San Sebastián supermarket. I see your peas and raise you artichoke hearts
Tickets booked for The Odyssey at BFI IMAX! 👍 And it seems it’s on a 24 hour loop - can’t imagine the crowd at the 4:20am showing 🤔
Honestly I’m amazed we’re still having this discussion about renewables - well obviously the FF lobby wants to keep dissing it. But for homeowners it’s a no brainer. The last day I bought electricity from the grid was 17/4, for a paltry 0.87€
Second extreme heat wave of the year and it’s going to be hell. Kids need to go to school, I need to go to work and we all need to sleep. But global warming is just a myth Nigel
Good riddance! But not quite brave enough to put his own balls on the line. Now get Palantir and all his private healthcare chums out of the NHS.
Sorry to hear that, lots of tossers everywhere But a great result for the Pies, admittedly against a team up against it and on a poor run
My adopted town of the last 17 years. And just around the corner from my first house here
Wow! It’s @markradcliffe.bsky.social and @marcrileydj.bsky.social from about 50 million years ago.
It seems some taxes are more important to collect than others. Or perhaps, as @privateeyenews.bsky.social have argued for many years, there’s a 2 tier system where the little folk pay and the rich get special treatment. Time for serious reform of HMRC, not more cuts to vulnerable groups.
Can only be humbled by Madame Pelicot. And yet I’m astonished, angry and ashamed that so many were willing, and obviously looking for an opportunity, to do what they did. Whilst an ocean away, a rapist takes power in January. I fear even more for the females of this world.
Please, send your thoughts and prayers. Not sure we’ll make it through the weekend