May Bank Holiday 3rd - 5th 2025
Re: May Bank Holiday 3rd - 5th 2025
Much traveling around as people here profit from the unofficial four-day weekend, along with those other idle Europeans 
On Tuesday I was sitting on a rock drying my feet and a voice asked me what my hemoglobin level was ? My GP, off for ten days the next day to cross the North Sea, and then something vague about Norway . His English is a bit garbled but luckily we routinely speak French .
I listened to some Toady earlier and a victorious Faragist explaining how they'd get the auditors in on the first day (some additional cost already ...) to do a DOGE on LA's.
On Tuesday I was sitting on a rock drying my feet and a voice asked me what my hemoglobin level was ? My GP, off for ten days the next day to cross the North Sea, and then something vague about Norway . His English is a bit garbled but luckily we routinely speak French .
I listened to some Toady earlier and a victorious Faragist explaining how they'd get the auditors in on the first day (some additional cost already ...) to do a DOGE on LA's.
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Cor, can you imagine if just one person in the Labour leadership had an ounce of sense (and wasn't a rabid right-winger), they might actually take the right lessons from the spanking they just got.
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First Daughter did twenty minutes immersion on MayDay , something to aim at
Twenty mins in the sea the rest walking on the sand today . Looks like the last warm day for a while , must get in some wood for the stove ...
Twenty mins in the sea the rest walking on the sand today . Looks like the last warm day for a while , must get in some wood for the stove ...
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REFIT 1.47 -- very neat phrase from Rob Ford
" “Farage is right, don’t vote for him” " OUCH !
Refit 5.26 --- The Trumpster didn't get where he is today by writing bloody essays !
" “Farage is right, don’t vote for him” " OUCH !
Refit 5.26 --- The Trumpster didn't get where he is today by writing bloody essays !
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From yesterday --
" The majority of services had not encountered regular questions about their trans policy from women seeking help – “People have other things they are worried about,” says Angela – and reported very low numbers of trans women using their services, similar to that in the general population.
“Refuge services have been used as a political football in this debate about trans inclusivity by people who don’t really understand the ins and outs of how they work,” says Maya.
In 10 years, she has experience of one communal refuge accepting a transgender woman, who had medically transitioned, as a resident. She had disclosed her gender identity to management but didn’t share it with residents. Maya explains that residents would never get a say in who was admitted to the refuge, and staff never disclose private information to other residents. “People were free to share or not share anything they chose. She was part of that community and they bonded as women who had experienced abuse.” "
https://www.theguardian.com/society/202 ... ns-refuges
" The majority of services had not encountered regular questions about their trans policy from women seeking help – “People have other things they are worried about,” says Angela – and reported very low numbers of trans women using their services, similar to that in the general population.
“Refuge services have been used as a political football in this debate about trans inclusivity by people who don’t really understand the ins and outs of how they work,” says Maya.
In 10 years, she has experience of one communal refuge accepting a transgender woman, who had medically transitioned, as a resident. She had disclosed her gender identity to management but didn’t share it with residents. Maya explains that residents would never get a say in who was admitted to the refuge, and staff never disclose private information to other residents. “People were free to share or not share anything they chose. She was part of that community and they bonded as women who had experienced abuse.” "
https://www.theguardian.com/society/202 ... ns-refuges
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Much cooler, stove lit, coffee on !
First small lol goes to
New Reform mayor Andrea Jenkyns vows to sack county council’s diversity officers - except there aren’t any
Dame Andrea Jenkyns has doubled down on Farage’s pledge to sack diversity officers in Lincolnshire but the county council has revealed it does not employ any
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/p ... 44308.html
First small lol goes to
New Reform mayor Andrea Jenkyns vows to sack county council’s diversity officers - except there aren’t any
Dame Andrea Jenkyns has doubled down on Farage’s pledge to sack diversity officers in Lincolnshire but the county council has revealed it does not employ any
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/p ... 44308.html
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" Amazingly, there are reports circulating that both the Serbian and Slovakian presidents have come down with some unexplained illness, and might not be able to make the visit. Astonishing coincidence that.
This parade holds out the chance of being a nerve-wracking debacle for Russia and also highlights what a stupid and disastrous war we are in. We are now in the 39th month of a war (the full-scale invasion) that was supposed to last a few days or at most weeks. And after more than 3 years, almost a million of Russian casualties, the destruction of tens of thousands of military vehicles, etc, Putin is worried that Ukrainian long-range airpower might disrupt his showpiece event. "
https://phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/ ... irect=true
This parade holds out the chance of being a nerve-wracking debacle for Russia and also highlights what a stupid and disastrous war we are in. We are now in the 39th month of a war (the full-scale invasion) that was supposed to last a few days or at most weeks. And after more than 3 years, almost a million of Russian casualties, the destruction of tens of thousands of military vehicles, etc, Putin is worried that Ukrainian long-range airpower might disrupt his showpiece event. "
https://phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/ ... irect=true
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Those actually in power aren't much better.
Dawn Foster really nailed him.
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My latest trip up North did not go well. As previously mentioned the once a year seabird/dolphin viewing boat trip we were meant to be going on was cancelled due to the wind forecast (it did end up being really windy). My brother got sciatica so bad he couldn't walk. Then today my mother ended up being rushed to hospital from her nursing home. Alzheimer's is a horrible thing. Every couple of minutes she would rear up grimacing and moaning in pain then settle down before doing it again in an endless cycle. And of course you can't ask what's wrong, she's long past expressing anything resembling a coherent thought. So you're just left helpless and heartbroken. After a scan the doctor concluded it was simply a result of the progression of her condition, away from my dad I asked him if it was the beginning of the end but quite understandably he wasn't prepared to speculate. Though he did say they'd be sending her back to the nursing home because there was nothing more they could do for her.
Life really is fucking shit sometimes.
Life really is fucking shit sometimes.
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For those opposing the assisted dying bill.
While I do appreciate the concerns of disabled people (especially after the shocking 'do not resuscitate' notices they were given during Covid), there has to be a way to end the pain of someone suffering who doesn't have the ability to provide consent.
When I asked the doctor about giving my mum morphine he was clearly uncomfortable and said the best he could do under the circumstances was provide her with paracetamol through an IV. For a woman who was writhing and grinding her teeth in pain.
Don't get me wrong, I wasn't suggesting he kill her, we all know morphine is routinely prescribed for pain in the NHS, but not apparently for those who could prove legally contentious.
Fear of legal repercussions is resulting in unnecessary suffering. And that needs to end.
While I do appreciate the concerns of disabled people (especially after the shocking 'do not resuscitate' notices they were given during Covid), there has to be a way to end the pain of someone suffering who doesn't have the ability to provide consent.
When I asked the doctor about giving my mum morphine he was clearly uncomfortable and said the best he could do under the circumstances was provide her with paracetamol through an IV. For a woman who was writhing and grinding her teeth in pain.
Don't get me wrong, I wasn't suggesting he kill her, we all know morphine is routinely prescribed for pain in the NHS, but not apparently for those who could prove legally contentious.
Fear of legal repercussions is resulting in unnecessary suffering. And that needs to end.
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Early start and then my taxi to the Uni Hospital came a surprise 20 minutes early too . ( I was peacefully sitting on the loo upstairs when I heard knocking on the door ! )
Time for a siesta before going for a new jab in a couple of hours , zzzzzzzzzzz
Time for a siesta before going for a new jab in a couple of hours , zzzzzzzzzzz
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STOP THE PRESS
( On 17 September 1939, the Soviet Union invaded Poland from the east, 16 days after Nazi Germany invaded Poland from the west. )
Ed Miliband would be happy if this happened in the UK -- third call today to persuade me to have almost free solar panels .
( On 17 September 1939, the Soviet Union invaded Poland from the east, 16 days after Nazi Germany invaded Poland from the west. )
Ed Miliband would be happy if this happened in the UK -- third call today to persuade me to have almost free solar panels .
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Tsk again, I'm hearing something about those naughty Ukrainians re-invading part of the Kursk Oblast
As with LePen, Reform's Russian sympathies won't help them ?
" Mike Tapp, the Labour MP for Dover and Deal, said on Monday: “As VE Day reminds us, Britain has a proud history of working with allies to defeat dictators and tyrants.
“It tells you all you need to know about Nigel Farage’s Reform that their very first act after winning elections is to ban the Ukrainian flag from our town halls, in this of all weeks.
“Farage and Reform councillors should stop sucking up to Moscow and drop their ban on flying the Ukrainian flag immediately.”
The position of Nigel Farage and others associated with Reform towards Russia has long been one of the party’s achilles heels.
One of Labour’s regular attack lines against Farage, who was criticised for suggesting the west “provoked” Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by expanding the EU and Nato eastwards, has been to accuse him of “fawning” over Vladimir Putin. "
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... -buildings
As with LePen, Reform's Russian sympathies won't help them ?
" Mike Tapp, the Labour MP for Dover and Deal, said on Monday: “As VE Day reminds us, Britain has a proud history of working with allies to defeat dictators and tyrants.
“It tells you all you need to know about Nigel Farage’s Reform that their very first act after winning elections is to ban the Ukrainian flag from our town halls, in this of all weeks.
“Farage and Reform councillors should stop sucking up to Moscow and drop their ban on flying the Ukrainian flag immediately.”
The position of Nigel Farage and others associated with Reform towards Russia has long been one of the party’s achilles heels.
One of Labour’s regular attack lines against Farage, who was criticised for suggesting the west “provoked” Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by expanding the EU and Nato eastwards, has been to accuse him of “fawning” over Vladimir Putin. "
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... -buildings
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Ghastly for your Ma, and all your family dear SKY .Sky'sGoneOut wrote: Sun May 04, 2025 11:36 pm For those opposing the assisted dying bill.
While I do appreciate the concerns of disabled people (especially after the shocking 'do not resuscitate' notices they were given during Covid), there has to be a way to end the pain of someone suffering who doesn't have the ability to provide consent.
When I asked the doctor about giving my mum morphine he was clearly uncomfortable and said the best he could do under the circumstances was provide her with paracetamol through an IV. For a woman who was writhing and grinding her teeth in pain.
Don't get me wrong, I wasn't suggesting he kill her, we all know morphine is routinely prescribed for pain in the NHS, but not apparently for those who could prove legally contentious.
Fear of legal repercussions is resulting in unnecessary suffering. And that needs to end.
One parallel that occurred to me is US doctors allowing women to die for lack of a needed abortion in some American states . SO terrified of legal action .
Going back a little over sixty years to my mid-teens I distinctly remember my Ma telling me that her GP father did ease the deaths of some of his terminally ill patients .
A quick google search perhaps gives some encouragement --
"" Is IV paracetamol as effective an analgesic as IV morphine for patients ""