Paul Brownjohn @Paulos_the_fog@social.cleverlibre.org
Retired software engineer & woodworker.
Anglo-francophone.
Detest tories. Subscribe to green, leftish radical politics but not to any particular political party!.
Love the EU and all it stands for, moreover, I spent the last 10 years of my career working at an EU agency.
Enthusiastic photographer, especially wildlife and most especially butterflies.
Slightly knowledgeable gardener.
Atheist; loathe almost all religions and pity the people deluded enough to follow them. I make exceptions for Buddhism as it isn't really a religion in the strictest sense of the word as it doesn't postulate the existence of any god, and Jainism which is the epitome of peace.
For anyone who is interested, my header photo is of the most stupendous sunset I have ever seen. On the right is the waterfront of Vientiane, the capital of Laos, on the left is Thailand and in the middle, acting as the border between the two countries is the mighty Mekong river.
Joined Nov 2022
@LauraKT@mastodonapp.uk
We live in hope!
I had a similarly close(ish) encounter with one of our local pair of Kestrels. They usually perch high up on the local church spire making getting decent pics of them quite challenging but one day one of them decided to lower him/herself to perching on the roof of the house I live in.
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RT @MarinaPurkiss@twitter.com
Yes, the UK is hostile to foreigners…
But at least we look after our own
Oh wait…
(Spoiler: look low, very very low)
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/MarinaPurkiss/status/1592425705438326784
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World beating UK benefits system, after 12 long years of Ayn Rand small state ERG bullshit ideology: bottom of the class, even miles below the USA (highlighted)
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RT @family_martyn@twitter.com
Barbaric for girls in Iran. I literally have no-words after reading this article. @LizWebsterLD@twitter.com @Edwardbloke@twitter.com @orangesky_JC@twitter.com @peterjukes@twitter.com @JohnWest_JAWS@twitter.com @RhonddaBryant@twitter.com. In Iran, young girls are forced to marry prison guards. Then executed the next day. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/australia/in-iran-young-girls-are-forced-to-marry-prison-guards-then-executed-the-next-day/ar-AA144yGH?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=W046&cvid=782d416cb54b4eb5b05577bb2b9007bb
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/family_martyn/status/1592257995979001857
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RT @PaulOnBooks@twitter.com
It's a sobering thought that it's cheaper, at £400,000 a pop, to send Matt Hancock to shag kangaroos in Australia than it is to illegally send one refugee to Rwanda.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/PaulOnBooks/status/1589409012520738816
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RT @JulienHoez@twitter.com
🇫🇷 London has lost the crown of biggest European stock market to Paris.
🇬🇧 It’s another symbolic sign of Britain’s shrinking place in the wake of Brexit, and the continental rivals that will step into position.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-14/london-loses-its-crown-of-biggest-european-stock-market-to-paris
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/JulienHoez/status/1592252036527046656
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Hunt says everybody must pay more tax.
I don't think the poor should pay more tax, just the rich.
RT if you agree.
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It may be a bit spooky (and possibly weird) to stand in a pitch dark and freezing graveyard but sometines it's worth it.
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Michael Fabricant claimed £1,334
Suella Braverman claimed £2,684
Lucy Allan claimed £4,552
Matt Hancock claimed £4,800
Just 4 of the 316 MPs that claimed utility bill expenses on their 2nd homes.
#YouYesYet?
#ScottishIndependence is VITAL.
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RT @JulienHoez@twitter.com
🇫🇷 London has lost the crown of biggest European stock market to Paris.
🇬🇧 It’s another symbolic sign of Britain’s shrinking place in the wake of Brexit, and the continental rivals that will step into position.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-14/london-loses-its-crown-of-biggest-european-stock-market-to-paris
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/JulienHoez/status/1592252036527046656
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Remember, this country is drowning in sewage , not immigrants, as the Tories would have you believe.
#TorySewageScandal
#ToriesAreBleedingUsDry
#RefugeesLivesMatter
BREXIT is dead. Braindead to be exact, but is on life support and will be kept on life support for years as it’s authors just can’t let go… They fantasise that it will recover and excel…But we are picking up the bill for keeping this cadaver “alive”.
(Plagiarised from Facebook)
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Trumps are little more than a thuggish mafia clan who can only survive by threats of violence.
America needs to get rid.
Back in 1977, I was shacked up with a French girl called Sylvie and we went over to France to visit her parents.
This was my first experience of home cooked French food, and it was an absolute revelation. Amongst many dishes we were served by her mother who was an excellent cook was mashed potato which I used to hate to the extent that if I was made to eat it I would gag and on some occasions actually vomit. It was then, with some trepidation that I attacked an escalope of veal served with mashed potato. Obviously, I didn't want to refuse to eat it as that would have been rude (especially in France) and in France quite probably taken as an insult to her mother's cooking but on the other hand I didn't particularly want to vomit over my prospective mother-in-law's dining room table.
However, when I actually tasted her mashed potato, it was a revelation; smooth, free of lumps, tasting of butter with just a trace of garlic absolutely delicious! The difference between that and what I had in the past been served at home and worst of all at school was extraordinary. There was no way to believe it could possibly be the same dish.
Ever since that day, I have always been quite prepared to taste mashed potato before rejecting it out of hand as I would have done previously. I never did eat my mother’s mashed potato as she always insisted on using margarine rather than butter and not much of it to boot!
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Most countries in Europe run with coalitions of smaller parties and are often much better governed than the UK with it's repulsive arrogant politicians!
I live in Luxembourg where PR is in force as is compulsory voting and its status as the wealthiest country in the EU, suggests excellent management of the economy.
I would like to see a list system of PR implemented in the UK as it gives the more introverted, thoughtful, academic people that we badly in government, the chance to become MPs without having to endure the soapbox experience on the hustings!
Retired software engineer & woodworker.
Anglo-francophone.
Detest tories. Subscribe to green, leftish radical politics but not to any particular political party!.
Love the EU and all it stands for, moreover, I spent the last 10 years of my career working at an EU agency.
Enthusiastic photographer, especially wildlife and most especially butterflies.
Slightly knowledgeable gardener.
Atheist; loathe almost all religions and pity the people deluded enough to follow them. I make exceptions for Buddhism as it isn't really a religion in the strictest sense of the word as it doesn't postulate the existence of any god, and Jainism which is the epitome of peace.
For anyone who is interested, my header photo is of the most stupendous sunset I have ever seen. On the right is the waterfront of Vientiane, the capital of Laos, on the left is Thailand and in the middle, acting as the border between the two countries is the mighty Mekong river.
Joined Nov 2022
