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SPRING Elderflowers are ready - at least 2 weeks earlier than last year. I have also just made another batch of strawberry jam. 5 jars ready for their labels! I hope this lot sets - I take temperatures and use a plate from the freezer, but still get a semi-liquid. Tastes good though!

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My grandmas were immigrants, my mum & sisters in law are immigrants; my sister & nephews are migrants. My kids study maths, Shakespeare, dance, act & score tries alongside the kids of immigrants. My dad’s life was saved by immigrants. Immigrants have made us richer, wiser, stronger Win the fight

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WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT AND THE TAPS RUN DRY It is unlikely to be soon, but is inevitable. The taps could be this summer and the lights in a few years. That is unless the government is brave and nationalises water and the national grid. Water is the greatest danger of collapse. A hot dry summer…

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Remembering the Founding Mothers and Fathers of the EU on Europe Day 🇪🇺🕊

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In the early 80s the SDP Liberal Alliance was at 50% in the polls. But the media didn’t spend day after day saying Roy Jenkins or David Steel were certain to walk into no.10. That’s the difference now. Propaganda on an industrial scale. Sign the petition petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

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It will probably come as no surprise to anyone to hear that Reform UK’s policies add up to an agenda of fiscal recklessness that rivals, and may well exceed, the disastrous 49-day, hair-raising, market-tanking premiership of Liz Truss in 2022 econ.st/42WSuLG

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WTF? Is wrong with these people?

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The big tech companies are trying to crush Byline Times Help us fight back! Please donate to our crowdfunding campaign subscribe.bylinetimes.com/six/?mc_cid=...

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Oh, look. Reform are nasty far-right cunts. What a surprise. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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A blistering takedown of Brexit has gone viral, as a member of public torched Tice, and the Brexit, calling it “a con.” He accused Brexit leaders of selling the public “a lie” and described the policy as “sanctions on ourselves.” #ukpolitics

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WOKE MARXIST POPE This is the detailed analysis from Trumps Office. Surely the office of Pope is by definition woke? And according to the right wing anyone who cares for the weaker and disadvantaged and economically poorer is a Marxist! Are they upset as they have nothing to intimidate Lea XIV…

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Another day of reminding everyone of Carl Sagan’s eerily accurate warning about the dangers of not being able to ask skeptical scientific questions to those in power or authority.

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BILL GATES: “The picture of the world’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children is not a pretty one.” @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/bdd9...

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Carpe diem! #resistfascism #fight4Democracy

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Toxic tobacco companies can’t advertise in schools, so why are fossil fuel companies allowed to sponsor school materials? Sign the petition below to help us ban toxic fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship. buff.ly/RflzlJq

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Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉 Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace. You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.

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Ursula von der Leyen President of the European Commission

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WRONG So Refrom have slagged off the deal with India which seems a lot better than the one the tories were attempting. They object to the NI waver that has also been given to 50 other countries. They are just trying to increase the racist rhetoric without attention to detail. Also the stupid…

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Planting I have just put in some Chasmanthe - yellow and orange - we will see how they fare. i am still giving away tomato plants - 16 so far with at least 12 more promised - a good £100 worth! I also have nasturtiums and lemon coriander to plant out, and basil to give away. Wisteria and…

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“I think this says that they will not tolerate us being active participants in our democracy—they want an autocracy,” Emily Feiner told Mother Jones. Meet the 64-year-old retired social worker who went viral after being forcibly removed from her representative's town hall.

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The government is yet to respond to our call for a public inquiry into the UK’s involvement in the war on Gaza. This shocking report could explain why. When will the government come clean about the reality of arms exports to Israel?

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He’s right. Journalists should also be pointing this out.

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MEMORIAL So a new memorial to Queen Elizabeth II is planned - Uptown £46 million cost to tax payer! Fuck me - that is grotesque. OK I am not a royalist but acknowledge that she did little wrong during her expensive reign. So why not dedicate bit of Buck Palace, or one of their other palaces,…

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Reform UK’s failure to declare who is in control of the companies behind the party raises questions about whether it is following the law. It's all deliberately complicated and murky. Which shouldn't surprise us.

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🔴Reform UK’s Murky Corporate Structure Raises Legal Red Flags, Experts Warn Nigel Farage’s party is structured around a series of opaque companies, but who is really behind them? Josiah Mortimer investigates bylinetimes.com/2025/03/24/r...

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JAM Labels arrived I am chuffed!

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BENEFITS So Labour will go ahead with cuts. My thinking is that I am sure the system is being used by some, but do not punish all because of a few. The winter fuel payments dispute - easy, just add the money to pensions and then it can be taxed where appropriate, a cost effective ways of doing it.…

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GARDEN It seems silly to plant up more tomato plants when I have already done a dozen - How many tomatoes do I need! The same with the roses - my red ones will continue as before, but this year I have loads of yellow ones and maybe some black, white, pink, etc. It is always exciting to see what…

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“This is taxpayer-funded, state-sponsored religious indoctrination. You’ve just got to call it what it is.”

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Quaker statement urging the UK government to recognise the state of Palestine www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

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These countries have broken heat records (monthly/all time Highest max/min) every single month for several years: USA BRAZIL AUSTRALIA INDIA FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES SOUTH AFRICA INDONESIA PHILIPPINES THAILAND JAPAN Maldives,Micronesia:April 2025 first month with no records

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The BBC is institutionally biased towards the right and the far right, and here's the proof: the results of an almost perfect before-and-after experiment. My column today. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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The JamJam Journey: Crafting Homemade Delights OK so my nick name has nothing to do with jam - it was my granddaughter's corruption of gran I think. However I have made a lot of jam! mainly strawberry as I live 30 minutes from Warrens Farm shop in Draycott who sell the best strawberries - ever?…