ScouseLakes
@scouselakes.bsky.social
Still an offcomer after all these years. Aficionado of veggie food, bright tights, politics, frocks with POCKETS, and The Archers.
My cousin Kathy (here on the right, last December in Brighton) is today celebrating 50 years living in Australia. She’s thanking the country for welcoming her as an immigrant.
February 6, 2026 at 2:44 AM
My cousin Kathy (here on the right, last December in Brighton) is today celebrating 50 years living in Australia. She’s thanking the country for welcoming her as an immigrant.
Thought I had a twoer, but it wasn’t to be.
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February 6, 2026 at 1:13 AM
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I used to like Harriet Harman, but since she joined that podcast I’ve gone right off her.
February 5, 2026 at 10:39 PM
I used to like Harriet Harman, but since she joined that podcast I’ve gone right off her.
Love having a proper local in our #TownNotAVillage. They are supporting our local pantomime (Oh yes, they are!) with a specially-brewed ale. And look at that price!
February 5, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Love having a proper local in our #TownNotAVillage. They are supporting our local pantomime (Oh yes, they are!) with a specially-brewed ale. And look at that price!
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So he has changed his mind again. Where does that leave Kemi Badenoch's assertion that "Donald Trump 'is right on the Chagos deal'"? And a lesson for everyone, perhaps, not to fixate on Trump's caprices.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Donald Trump signals US support for Chagos handover deal
It comes after the US president suggested last month he could withdraw his support for the deal.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 6:25 PM
So he has changed his mind again. Where does that leave Kemi Badenoch's assertion that "Donald Trump 'is right on the Chagos deal'"? And a lesson for everyone, perhaps, not to fixate on Trump's caprices.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Brilliant report by Channel 4 News as the pressure mounts on the Govt to actually BAN TRAIL HUNTING!
www.channel4.com/news/shockin...
www.channel4.com/news/shockin...
Shocking footage reveals illegal hound hunts in rural England
It's more than 20 years since hunting with hounds was banned in England.
www.channel4.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Brilliant report by Channel 4 News as the pressure mounts on the Govt to actually BAN TRAIL HUNTING!
www.channel4.com/news/shockin...
www.channel4.com/news/shockin...
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Such a chameleon like media we have here 👇
February 5, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Such a chameleon like media we have here 👇
Got some mulled wine we didn’t use over Christmas, so am making oranges in mulled wine syrup for tonight’s pudding.
February 5, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Got some mulled wine we didn’t use over Christmas, so am making oranges in mulled wine syrup for tonight’s pudding.
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OK this makes me extremely angry. Has everyone forgotten the massive profiteering from thousands of avoidable pandemic deaths?? The unconstitutional suspension of parliament to force through an act of nationalist destruction that cost our children their future??
“It’s potentially the biggest political scandal of this century”
As MPs force Keir Starmer to publish files about Peter Mandelson's appointment as US ambassador Skys Beth Rigby provides a detailed summary of how we got here
As MPs force Keir Starmer to publish files about Peter Mandelson's appointment as US ambassador Skys Beth Rigby provides a detailed summary of how we got here
February 5, 2026 at 8:45 AM
OK this makes me extremely angry. Has everyone forgotten the massive profiteering from thousands of avoidable pandemic deaths?? The unconstitutional suspension of parliament to force through an act of nationalist destruction that cost our children their future??
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BREAKING🚨
James Evans has defected to Reform UK.
Vote for Reform UK and get the very worst of the Tories...
https://www.bestforbritain.org/tory_reformuk_defection_tracker
James Evans has defected to Reform UK.
Vote for Reform UK and get the very worst of the Tories...
https://www.bestforbritain.org/tory_reformuk_defection_tracker
Tory to Reform UK Defection Tracker
Reform UK are presenting themselves as an insurgent political party, yet their adoption of former Conservatives shows th
www.bestforbritain.org
February 5, 2026 at 10:21 AM
BREAKING🚨
James Evans has defected to Reform UK.
Vote for Reform UK and get the very worst of the Tories...
https://www.bestforbritain.org/tory_reformuk_defection_tracker
James Evans has defected to Reform UK.
Vote for Reform UK and get the very worst of the Tories...
https://www.bestforbritain.org/tory_reformuk_defection_tracker
Someone on #EscapeToTheCountry is captioned as “Local artist and MBE”. Is it Lynda Snell? #TheArchers
February 5, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Someone on #EscapeToTheCountry is captioned as “Local artist and MBE”. Is it Lynda Snell? #TheArchers
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Pride in Place is powered by the Community Right to Buy - sharing the power as well as pounds and pence to make a difference in our communities through ownership.
We spoke to LBC earlier this morning about the difference this new power will make.
youtu.be/fWeEebv8C0Q
We spoke to LBC earlier this morning about the difference this new power will make.
youtu.be/fWeEebv8C0Q
Caitlin Prowle on LBC | Pride in Place
YouTube video by Co-operative Party
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February 5, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Pride in Place is powered by the Community Right to Buy - sharing the power as well as pounds and pence to make a difference in our communities through ownership.
We spoke to LBC earlier this morning about the difference this new power will make.
youtu.be/fWeEebv8C0Q
We spoke to LBC earlier this morning about the difference this new power will make.
youtu.be/fWeEebv8C0Q
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Bridget Phillipson: "In Gorton & Denton, families at Crowcroft Park Primary and St Agnes Primary are already using Labour’s free breakfast clubs.
From April, four more schools will join the programme and over 1,000 children in the constituency will benefit.
That’s the difference Labour makes."
From April, four more schools will join the programme and over 1,000 children in the constituency will benefit.
That’s the difference Labour makes."
February 5, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Bridget Phillipson: "In Gorton & Denton, families at Crowcroft Park Primary and St Agnes Primary are already using Labour’s free breakfast clubs.
From April, four more schools will join the programme and over 1,000 children in the constituency will benefit.
That’s the difference Labour makes."
From April, four more schools will join the programme and over 1,000 children in the constituency will benefit.
That’s the difference Labour makes."
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Starmer’s decision to appoint Mandelson was a bad one. He’s paying a price for that now. But where was the outrage at the time?
February 5, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Starmer’s decision to appoint Mandelson was a bad one. He’s paying a price for that now. But where was the outrage at the time?
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There is no hypocrisy quite like Nazzi Farridge reFUKKK plc hypocrisy
Presumably Refukker Farage thinks his support for Mandelson becoming US ambassador and his offer to work with him on a UK/US trade deal were also 'serious misjudgements'?
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February 5, 2026 at 12:53 PM
There is no hypocrisy quite like Nazzi Farridge reFUKKK plc hypocrisy
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From The Archives:
When Mandelson was appointed as the US ambassador, compare the Mirror's angle with that of the support from the likes of the Mail and Telegraph, all of whom must have known as much as the Mirror...
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When Mandelson was appointed as the US ambassador, compare the Mirror's angle with that of the support from the likes of the Mail and Telegraph, all of whom must have known as much as the Mirror...
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February 5, 2026 at 12:45 PM
From The Archives:
When Mandelson was appointed as the US ambassador, compare the Mirror's angle with that of the support from the likes of the Mail and Telegraph, all of whom must have known as much as the Mirror...
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When Mandelson was appointed as the US ambassador, compare the Mirror's angle with that of the support from the likes of the Mail and Telegraph, all of whom must have known as much as the Mirror...
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That’s a very good point 👇🏼
Starmer apologises and gets savaged for it by MSM..
Farage breaks MP rules 17 times, lied about house in Clacton, lied about being told not to hold surgeries, lied about using a tax haven.. says he made mistakes and MSM let it go at that 🤷🏼♂️
Starmer apologises and gets savaged for it by MSM..
Farage breaks MP rules 17 times, lied about house in Clacton, lied about being told not to hold surgeries, lied about using a tax haven.. says he made mistakes and MSM let it go at that 🤷🏼♂️
Keir Starmer took time to apologise for appointing Mandelson to be UK Ambassador to the US to the victims of Epstein.
That puts him miles above all Reform and most Tories.
That puts him miles above all Reform and most Tories.
February 5, 2026 at 12:17 PM
That’s a very good point 👇🏼
Starmer apologises and gets savaged for it by MSM..
Farage breaks MP rules 17 times, lied about house in Clacton, lied about being told not to hold surgeries, lied about using a tax haven.. says he made mistakes and MSM let it go at that 🤷🏼♂️
Starmer apologises and gets savaged for it by MSM..
Farage breaks MP rules 17 times, lied about house in Clacton, lied about being told not to hold surgeries, lied about using a tax haven.. says he made mistakes and MSM let it go at that 🤷🏼♂️
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EXCLUSIVE:
Peter Mandelson sought advice from Jeffrey Epstein on setting up his advisory firm, Global Counsel, including how to target potential new clients such as the Chinese government.
www.ft.com/content/13d2...
Peter Mandelson sought advice from Jeffrey Epstein on setting up his advisory firm, Global Counsel, including how to target potential new clients such as the Chinese government.
www.ft.com/content/13d2...
Peter Mandelson sought help from Jeffrey Epstein on setting up advisory firm
Emails from 2010 show former UK minister asking child sex offender how to win political and corporate clients
www.ft.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:53 PM
EXCLUSIVE:
Peter Mandelson sought advice from Jeffrey Epstein on setting up his advisory firm, Global Counsel, including how to target potential new clients such as the Chinese government.
www.ft.com/content/13d2...
Peter Mandelson sought advice from Jeffrey Epstein on setting up his advisory firm, Global Counsel, including how to target potential new clients such as the Chinese government.
www.ft.com/content/13d2...
I wonder if the heavily hinted at but then quickly forgotten major Labour—>Reform defector has a name beginning with M and ending in n…
February 5, 2026 at 1:06 PM
I wonder if the heavily hinted at but then quickly forgotten major Labour—>Reform defector has a name beginning with M and ending in n…
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Conservative Leader Kemi Badenoch:
"There is no reason that we should even think for a second that these Epstein files don't have something that might implicate them [Reform UK]. Nigel Farage is mentioned multiple times."
"There is no reason that we should even think for a second that these Epstein files don't have something that might implicate them [Reform UK]. Nigel Farage is mentioned multiple times."
February 5, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Conservative Leader Kemi Badenoch:
"There is no reason that we should even think for a second that these Epstein files don't have something that might implicate them [Reform UK]. Nigel Farage is mentioned multiple times."
"There is no reason that we should even think for a second that these Epstein files don't have something that might implicate them [Reform UK]. Nigel Farage is mentioned multiple times."
Jeremy Kyle and former Sky anchor Colin Brazier have been helping to media train Reform candidates.
Such fabulous people they’re recruiting…
Such fabulous people they’re recruiting…
February 5, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Jeremy Kyle and former Sky anchor Colin Brazier have been helping to media train Reform candidates.
Such fabulous people they’re recruiting…
Such fabulous people they’re recruiting…