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Semi-retired, with some occasional research interviewing to keep the wolves from doors. Interested in travel, reading, rugby, campervans, motorhomes and politics. Morris Dancer. Confirmed non-influencer.
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John Bolton says that President Trump's "sympathies are with Vladimir Putin, and the Russians. The idea that Ukraine started this war is nonsense"

submitted 5 hours ago • 2 comments

Me too!

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

I've rarely paid for a book written by a Conservative politician, except the late Robert Rhodes-James, but this, by Sunak's Chief Whip, Simon Hart is unputdownable. Witty, wicked and £2.50 from British Heart Foundation in Shrewsbury.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Seen at Wenlock Priory in Shropshire yesterday. Arabis Alpina?

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

So the reason Norfolk Island copped a dramatically higher tariff than the rest of Australia is two shipments of Timbaland boots from the Bahamas and some aquarium supplies from the UK that had their point of origin mislabeled or misrecorded. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

submitted 12 days ago • 36 comments

Too many critics of measures to limit the impact of cars in cities can't support their hokum with evidence...

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

In British towns and cities, we should launch a rolling programme of digging up the road to: - Put in sustainable drainage (surface water flooding + water pollution) - Add cycle/walking/wheeling routes and street parks - Add climate resilience measures (e.g., trees, water, flood measures)

submitted 17 days ago • 6 comments

Having been to Singapore recently, I can testify that Singapore's approach works. Significantly increasing the real cost of motoring has to be at the heart of any sustainable transport strategy. Why Driving in Singapore Is Like ‘Wearing a Rolex’ www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/w...

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

Once. Again. Canada. Is. My. Hero. 🇨🇦 😎✨

submitted 28 days ago • 115 comments