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Written by Christo. London, England on 2025-02-01 at 23:52

Major traffic jams in London, due to rail problems everyone has taken to their car. Our railways are expensive and unreliable. Something has to change soon.

[#]PoorRailWorsetraffic

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Written by Christo. London, England on 2025-02-01 at 16:25

Lots of comments under this but no mention of the valuable degree he had gained. We seem to count the price of everything but value nothing.

The Home Office barred me from attending my own graduation

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/jan/27/the-home-office-barred-me-from-attending-my-own-graduation?CMP=share_btn_url

[#]ImmigrationPoisonUK

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Written by Christo. London, England on 2025-02-01 at 15:00

Brexit the lies that keep giving such as frictionless trade. We are a third nation now.

Small UK businesses complain of being caught unawares by EU ‘red tape’

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/feb/01/small-uk-businesses-complain-of-being-caught-unawares-by-eu-red-tape?CMP=share_btn_url

[#]KeepYourEyesOnEUtradeRegulations

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Written by Christo. London, England on 2025-02-01 at 13:03

An appallingly ignorant article about Louis Armstrong. Hello Dolly! No he was a pivotal figure in jazz , inventing the jazz solo. A genius. Listen to the Hot Fives, the Hot Sevens, his playing with King Oliver.

Bullets and blues: Louis Armstrong’s difficult upbringing revealed after discovery of family police records

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/feb/01/bullets-and-blues-louis-armstrongs-difficult-upbringing-revealed-after-discovery-of-family-police-records?CMP=share_btn_url

It's not news about his childhood poverty.

[#]LouisArmstrong

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Written by Christo. London, England on 2025-02-01 at 11:38

I don't think the new owner will get much business.

‘This is sacred land’: an off-grid Wales community battles to keep their home

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/01/this-is-sacred-land-an-off-grid-wales-community-battles-to-keep-their-home?CMP=share_btn_url

[#]DestructiveMoney

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Written by Christo. London, England on 2025-02-01 at 09:41

Perhaps this is all our futures when climate breakdown hits us all.

Meet the woman who lives without money: ‘I feel more secure than when I was earning’

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/feb/01/meet-the-woman-who-lives-without-money-i-feel-more-secure-than-when-i-was-earning?CMP=share_btn_url

[#]LifeWithoutMoney

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Written by Christo. London, England on 2025-02-01 at 09:07

When folk talk milk they often mean milk produced by cows for their calfs. Beyond infancy we don't really need milk. We don't eat cereals or have smoothies so rarely buy milk.

Full-fat milk, semi-skimmed or skimmed: which is healthiest?

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/feb/01/full-fat-milk-semi-skimmed-or-skimmed-which-is-healthiest?CMP=share_btn_url

[#]Milk

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Written by Christo. London, England on 2025-01-31 at 16:48

Fantastic news. Scotland's 'Counterflows' has been awarded three years funding from Creative Scotland.they took a year out to work on more sustainable funding and it worked. I will aim to go there next year

[#]CounterflowsFestival

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Written by Christo. London, England on 2025-01-31 at 13:08

Far Right March in London

https://mailchi.mp/standuptoracism.org.uk/press-release-facebook-shut-down-anti-racist-page-for-calling-out-musk-nazi-salute-17623892?e=3edc715bd1

[#]Protest #StandUpToRacism

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Written by Christo. London, England on 2025-01-31 at 09:15

Monstrous Israeli policy

UN chief urges evacuation of 2,500 children from Gaza as doctors warn of ‘imminent risk’ of death

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/31/un-chief-gaza-evacuation-children-death-risk-israel-war-hamas?CMP=share_btn_url

[#]Netanyahu #IDF #PalestinianChildren

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Written by Christo. London, England on 2025-01-30 at 21:32

Safe routes are needed

Planned UK people-smuggling laws risk ‘criminalising’ asylum seekers, charities say

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jan/30/asylum-seekers-who-refuse-rescue-in-channel-may-face-five-year-jail-terms?CMP=share_btn_url

[#]OnlySafeRouteswillProtectRefugees

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Written by Christo. London, England on 2025-01-30 at 12:42

Billionaires are a threat to Democracy.

Nearly two-thirds of Britons say very rich have too much influence on politics https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2025/jan/25/nearly-two-thirds-of-britons-say-very-rich-have-too-much-influence-on-politics?CMP=share_btn_url

[#]OutlawBillionaires

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Written by Christo. London, England on 2025-01-30 at 09:08

For goodness sake nationalise water in the UK without recompense.

Water bills in England and Wales to rise by £123 on average this year

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jan/30/water-bills-in-england-and-wales-to-rise-by-123-on-average-this-year?CMP=share_btn_url

[#]TheDisasterOfPrivateMonopolies

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Written by Christo. London, England on 2025-01-28 at 19:31

I joined the Green Party once and volunteered to leaflet in Covent Garden. There's a lot of social housing there. The members there were middle aged and so middle class and we felt unwelcome. After leafletting we said goodbye and got an aloof thanks

I no longer am a member. I am sure it may have changed.

The Green party’s time is now, but it needs to stop being polite – and start picking some fights | Owen Jones

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/28/green-party-left-social-media-presence?CMP=share_btn_url

[#]GreenParty

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Written by Christo. London, England on 2025-01-28 at 09:42

Horrific treatment

A reader with a terminal illness emailed in despair. What she told me should shock us all | Frances Ryan

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/28/terminal-illness-care-england-motor-neurone-disease?CMP=share_btn_url

[#]ShamefulEndOfLifeCare

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Written by Christo. London, England on 2025-01-27 at 13:00

I'm surprised that BBC Radio 3 have not played Steve Reich's ' Different Trains', for Holocaust Memorial Day

[#]SteveReich #DifferentTrains

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Written by Christo. London, England on 2025-01-27 at 12:57

3 Good Things

1. It stopped raining long enough for us to get out for a walk.

2. I have got a full load of laundry on.

3. I am really enjoying Elly Griffith's 'The Chalk Pit'

[#]ThreeGoodThings

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Written by Christo. London, England on 2025-01-27 at 10:02

How does tuva mail raise money to run the service?

[#]TuvaMail

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Written by Christo. London, England on 2025-01-27 at 09:06

Thunderstorms are forcast but right now we have clear blue skies. That said our cat Mo is watching a Gull soar across the sky. I think they come along the River (Thames) when it's stormy along the coast.

I spoke too soon, I have watched the clouds increase and darken and nowhere is rain. There is very dark cloud moving eastward. I think we might be stuck indoors today. Exercise via housework it is.

[#]MorningAll

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Written by Christo. London, England on 2025-01-26 at 17:46

It's been a Bara Brith kind of day.

[#]WelshTeaCake

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