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Retired. Leftish. Welsh speaker. Essex resident.

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eiski.bsky.social @eiski.bsky.social · 5h

I had no idea this was a rule!

eiski.bsky.social @eiski.bsky.social · 6h

There's a Prince of Wales pub near me that has Hugh Laurie (Blackadder 111) on the sign. 😆

eiski.bsky.social @eiski.bsky.social · 6h

I think it gave people time to absorb how utterly awful this policy is. I'm not a fan of kneejerk reactions.

eiski.bsky.social @eiski.bsky.social · 12h

White British woman here. I rarely see a burqa so am confused by this woman's POV. I gave no isuue wuth those who choose to wear them. If we start telling any woman what she can wear, where does it end?

eiski.bsky.social @eiski.bsky.social · 14h

Diolch!

eiski.bsky.social @eiski.bsky.social · 14h

We're such a small country so I'm going to check to see if I'm related to one of them. Btw, really enjoying Notorious.

eiski.bsky.social @eiski.bsky.social · 14h

Plus about 10 Welsh?

eiski.bsky.social @eiski.bsky.social · 14h

There were several.

eiski.bsky.social @eiski.bsky.social · 14h

There were several.

eiski.bsky.social @eiski.bsky.social · 14h

😆

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 15h

Nelson's Victory crew included a Brazilian and a Russian, 2 Indians, 2 Swiss, 2 Portuguese, 3 Danes and 3 Norwegian sailors. There were 3 Germans, 4 Italians, 6 Swedes, 7 Dutchmen, 9 West Indians and an African, as well as 21 Americans, 63 Irish, 64 Scots, 441 English.... oh, and 3 French men, too.

eiski.bsky.social @eiski.bsky.social · 1d

See you in Southend.

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Adam Squires @adsquires.bsky.social · 1d

It learned from the great Lobachevsky youtu.be/IL4vWJbwmqM

Lobachevsky - Tom Lehrer

YouTube video by Fredde21

eiski.bsky.social @eiski.bsky.social · 1d

Genius!!

eiski.bsky.social @eiski.bsky.social · 1d

Jonathan Coe's novel, Number 11, describes a similar tutor, albeit for an older child. Re British values, I wonder if a trip to the National Eisteddfod in Wales would count 🤔 😃

eiski.bsky.social @eiski.bsky.social · 3d

I am Welsh but have lived in England for many years. I'm worried about the reach of Reform too.

eiski.bsky.social @eiski.bsky.social · 5d

Wow! Now that's a huge win!

eiski.bsky.social @eiski.bsky.social · 5d

Absolutely!

eiski.bsky.social @eiski.bsky.social · 5d

I understand that the 20mph benefits are real in terms of lower deaths, injuries and costs to the NHS. It's also working across large areas of England.

eiski.bsky.social @eiski.bsky.social · 6d

Oh yes! I'd love to see that!

eiski.bsky.social @eiski.bsky.social · 6d

I still can't reconcile this with The Waste Land. 😀

eiski.bsky.social @eiski.bsky.social · 7d

Well, £120 million would go a long way towards our children's futures.

eiski.bsky.social @eiski.bsky.social · 7d

I feel for you. I resorted to poison, very reluctantly. Found dead mouse looking so sweet. Used rubber gloves and a plastic bag to pick up the body but washed hands like Lady Macbeth for days! Good luck!

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Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 7d

It’s the 111th anniversary today of the birth of Harry Rée, who was a teacher and conscientious objector when the Second World War broke out, and by the time it ended, when he was 31, had invented ‘blackmail sabotage’ and got a DSO, an OBE, a Croix de Guerre, and a Medaille de la Resistance

b/w photo of a man in socks and sandals, jacket, short and jumper, in front of a wall with a bike leaning on it, and with a pipe in his mouth. If you wanted one image to sum up the word ‘nonchalant’, this would be it

eiski.bsky.social @eiski.bsky.social · 7d

What an amazing man!