The Repeal of the Quorn Laws set to be the big political issue mid century.

And the C19 European great power system collapsed with the C20 European civil war from 1914-1945, one of the motivators leading to the founding of what is now the EU and still rumbling away with Russian tensions with the West and conflict in Ukraine.

But not in you garden or driveway. As one who now lives in leasehold the service charge takes away an element of choice but it’s not necessarily more expensive than having to fork out for repairs and maintenance in a freehold property.

Who wants to to buy a Christmas tree in mid November? I guess the patriots don’t know it’s not even Advent yet. Sainsbury’s is full of Christmas stuff, far too early.

PR would probably lead to a split and a realignment with coalition formation.

Gone to the dogs!

I remember splashing out for a tv, music centre and washing machine when I set up house in 1986 at those sort of prices. Luckily my job provided me with accommodation and a car loan so I had spare funds.

In my 60s I’ve found yearning comes back, not like a teenager’s, not just for a lost past but with a future reference.

I’ve also noticed a sharp decline in @theguardian.com journalism in the last few months. Too many non-stories and vanilla pieces. I wonder what’s going on? The loss of @theobserveruk.bsky.social, mounting losses, few journalists?

The problem in the UK is that cycle routes simply run out. Locally the council have installed a partial route on the 8k from Godalming to Guildford but I’d like to be able to go safely all the way, especially in busy town centres.

A haunted image, a sense of the missing, of post-war grief and loss.

We no longer know how the UK is doing relative to the EU states.

I did with my student rail card. I went all over the UK from Penzance to Thurso in the following few years.

Does Christchurch Oxford chapel still keep to local, pre-railway time? It did in 1980.