ajlowton.bsky.social
Retired public sector lawyer, school governor, London based traveller
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I strongly support assisted dying but would not have helped my mother who believed all her life that she should decide when to die. Hoarded sleeping pills. Never wanted the indignity of being kept alive. Developed dementia. Could not and still could not now exercise her choice.
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I wouldn’t share a joke with anyone at a bus stop. What a weird thing to do. If someone did it to me as a white English London resident I’d edge as far away from them as possible.
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👏👏👏👏👏👏
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It doesn’t matter for your challenge but the new ferry terminal in tangier is *some* way out of town
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Oh I’d thought you’d be getting the ferry from Algeciras to Tangier.
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I remember big fogs up to about the age of 10 (I’m 73)
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I loathe trump but hey we’ve all stumbled going upstairs - well I have anyway
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Much of South America where the spanish wiped out the Indian population
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I’m from the UK and really do not understand the love of supermarket sandwiches. I mean if there’s absolutely no alternative I would get one but try to avoid. Whatever the filling they taste the same. Crisps though….
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I make felicity cloake’s granola. There are two. The one without spices. Think the egg white is just for clumping. I don’t bother.
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Poor photo as evidence
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Either it is unfair in which case explain why and change
Or it isn’t unfair. If that’s the case then explain
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As a pensioner- I agree
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Taylor of Gloucester. Not in itself scary but the illustration of the cat looking under the door scared me!
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It would only work with ‘none of the above’ as an option
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As a child I could not work out how Jesus managed to do so much in the three months between being born and crucified
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The bbc was saying from yesterday morning that it wasn’t a full on trade deal.
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He’s already younger than me
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Once tried to advise some ukip councillors- not remotely interested. Didn’t care they knew nothing. Didn’t run that particular council but couldn’t have. Didn’t want to
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Egyptian goose I think
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Just.
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Oh Black Doves was ludicrous- wife of the Home Secretary an assassin for hire?!
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I am still filled with gratitude to the health visitor who saw I was really struggling with breast feeding, understood I was not
Producing enough and recommended mixed feeding. Life saver. Never looked back.
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Trouble is this is not the only context in which lack of headphones is annoying. Cyclists with loudspeakers on their bikes; mobile discos etc. are we going to ban them all?
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I can send you a few!
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My god. I plant this many but this year the squirrels got them all. Covered in garden fleece
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Same difference to a heron
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Soon find out! Unless there’s no fish
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Hope there’s not a plastic lining to that pond!
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The FO travel advice has been warning about the risk of detention if your docs aren’t in order for weeks
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The very same
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First direct has been good for me
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I thought in itself it was a great piece of tv but it marginalised girls in the same way as the manosphere types do. V little re victim and some suggestion she was to blame. Nothing about Jamie’s sister and what happened to Jade?
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Fair enough. Some people think a bag of tomatoes is better
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Yes but sometimes constituents wanted to thank them for casework or similar. £25 seemed reasonable.
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I worked for local government- same regime applied to local elected councillors. No gifts above £25
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Though I took issue with BBC world at one describing academies as ‘popular’. They were highly funded, enforced and fought against. There needs to be a way out. Which there isn’t.
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Too many dogs I’d say
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Abolishing NHS England
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Such a deeply flawed understanding of the British in India
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@netflix.com what are you thinking? These guys are self confessed rapists and abusers. They are 100% toxic
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When does that happen? I’m 73
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And that is precisely why I never say I’m English (as a white woman). I don’t want to identify as something so obviously racist. I just say I’m from London, not feeling comfortable with British either
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It’s the huaca pucllana probably
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Also the fish market outside miraflores which has a masses of pelicans. The central market is pretty good
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Jobs being lost across the world because of this
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The guidance seems pretty bog standard legal advice. As ex local govt lawyer legal advice was more akin to risk management. This decision fine/within the law; that decision marginally more risky but prob ok. Third decision much more challengeable but yr decision and can find ways to make less risky
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Passive