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Anti-populist and green man, reading, cycling, walking, postcrosser, Amnesty International, supporter of and (very minor) shareholder in Lincoln City FC, jazz and folk music.
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En vacance Baie de la Somme, France.

Alistair Arundell, Reform UK's Councillor for Boston Coastal, Lincolnshire. Runs 41 businesses - does he have time to be a councillor? He quit after 5 months last time he was. He quit because he couldn't commit time to giving the job 100% (his words): lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/local-n...

Riddell cartoon in The Observer 1/6/25 #TACO

Amidst the sectarian violence of 1970s Northern Ireland, Cushla tries so hard to do the right thing as a daughter, sister and schoolteacher. Michael’s exploitative love affair with her ends in tragedy and unhappiness. A deeply engaging, poignant novel. #booksky #whattoread #bookreview

Reform Councillor sacked from police.

Reform Councillor sacked from police.

Patriotic but down-at-heel spy Simon Sharman, working in today’s world of autocrats, kleptocrats and OSINT, uncovers ‘Russian pentration at the heart of the British establishment.’ An up-to-date convincing espionage novel. #Booksky Booksky💙📚

The views of the disgraceful new Mayor of Lincolnshire, Dame Jenkyns.

The words people associate most closely with Reform are ‘dangerous’ and ‘racist’. To defeat Reform in the Lincolnshire mayoral election the tactical choice is Labour (Jason Stockwood).

The words people associate most closely with Reform are ‘dangerous’ and ‘racist’. To defeat Reform in the Lincolnshire mayoral election the tactical choice is Labour (Jason Stockwood).

Vote Reform, vote for racism.

Dame Jenkyns challenged over candidature.

Dame Jenkyns (Reform), who is ‘not a proponent of elected mayors’, wishes to be Mayor (or Gauleiter in her case) of Greater Lincolnshire. Voting for her is clearly a vote for Musk/Trump politics. Also note coy remarks about living in Lincolnshire when Gildersome, West Yorks is home.