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Dartmoor dweller. Likes walking the dogs, dancing, sleeping, eating and drinking. Occasionally sociable. Interested in science/nature, territorial politics of the UK, constitutional reform and English history & culture. Also at @ecommonwealth.bsky.social
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Ethnic nationalists convinced they've won the argument because the Joe guy points out that England is a cultural and historical fact and mentions that we don't have a parliament. Most people would agree with that and always have done. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrEP...

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

I just donated to Bella Caledonia's fundraiser. I wish England had such a site. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/backing-be...

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

I watched Free Guy with my kids (12 & 14) last night. They loved it. My hot take is that it's Gen Z's answer to The Matrix with a bit of The Truman Show thrown in. It doesn't take itself too seriously though and is essentially a funny action film. www.imdb.com/title/tt6264...

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

This somewhat creepy painting in a Totnes pub always reminds me of Rishi Sunak.

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Wild boar strolling through Poundsgate this morning. #Dartmoor

submitted 26 days ago • 2 comments

Emmanuel Petit looks like he's on his way to the Dragonpit to order a dragon to serve him in High Valyrian.

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

The Government is set to allow local elections to be delayed in large parts of England. We don't think democracy should be put on the back burner like this. Add your name to our letter. secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/164357/...

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

A round from our family Christmas Quiz. Name that chocolate bar.

submitted 68 days ago • 3 comments

As someone who went clubbing through the 90s, 00s, 10s and still does, I think this article is overly optimistic or written by someone from London or with no experience of provincial England. www.theguardian.com/music/2024/d...

submitted 68 days ago • 1 comment

If you're not at the Exmouth Caribbean Cristmas Party, you're a loser. That's just the way it is!

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

Awesome political writing from Aditya Chakraborrty www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 73 days ago • 1 comment

I'd be horrified if Reform UK received millions from Musk, but at the same time I think Farage is correct. Labour and the Tories have been trousering money from private healthcare, off-shore sources and dodgy multi-millionaires for years, with kickbacks.

submitted 74 days ago • 1 comment

There's only one way to settle this 51st state idea: mano a mano. You name the place and King Charles will be there, Trump.

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

As a bloke it pains me to say it but maybe the Church of England should consider putting women in charge of safeguarding. The blokes seem pretty shit at it. chng.it/T92ZjFjNQp

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments

On a more pleasant note than the previous post, I went over to my parents earlier to help them with some heavy lifting and gardening. This is a picture of their front door. Yes, those are huge lemons. Coastal Devon microclimate. They even have a banana plant that sometimes fruits.

submitted 76 days ago • 0 comments

We frequently get foxes predating our poultry (chickens, ducks & geese). The duck and geese can take to the water but the chickens are sitting, err, ducks, so to speak.

submitted 76 days ago • 1 comment

Why can’t the English realise that their national / regional identity is far more protected within the European Union than within the UK? englishcommonwealth.net/2024/12/14/w...

submitted 79 days ago • 1 comment

The Red Wall in Wales should come tumbling down. Give @plaidcymru.bsky.social a go Wales. Labour have lied to you over HS2 money, voted against Crown Estate devolution and you know they won't support you having the same powers as Scotland. Kick them into touch.

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

Retiring for the night after binge-watching One Hundred Years of Solitude on Netflix. Adaptations of much loved novels are tricky but I think they pulled this off.

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments