Whilst it will necessitate some degree of recognition of and dealings with the Taliban, and the way women and girls are treated there is abhorrent and not something anyone wants to implicitly condone or support, I’m afraid that protecting women and girls begins at home. https://spectator.com/article/the-afghan-asylum-crime-wave-has-to-stop/ This has to end. We can’t keep letting these men in and waiting to see which ones will rape children. Our current policy is neither wise nor moral. Those who advocate for it, who demand our borders remain open, and who urge us to welcome ever more dangerous migrants like to believe they are good and virtuous but they are causing a very great evil to be done to our nation. The doctrine of ‘kindness’ is nothing of the sort. It’s time for serious decisions. Afghan migrants pose far too great a risk. They should not be here. Politicians need to be brave, to step forward and say that we must close our borders to Afghans, and that those who are here must be deported. As Rob Bates says, ‘other European countries return individuals to Afghanistan, it is time Britain does the same – the Afghan population in this country is predominantly made up of asylum seekers or those resettled in the country. Refugee status is not permanent and we are under no long term obligations.’ https://archive.ph/g0qTk

I disagree, medlars are worth it even with the bletting and the seeds! You can make a lovely crumble with them. They make a good fruit leather, if that’s not too similar to jam. They are messy trees though, quite sprawling and floppy, not like a nice little apple or cherry. Shout out for pheasant berry, too. Shrub rather than tree, but they are delicious.

https://spectator.com/article/amelia-the-purple-haired-goth-girl-who-became-a-nationalist-icon/ Does it mean anything important, or is it all just amusing internet froth? I believe it does have significance, even if Amelia disappears tomorrow. Amelia is final proof, in the age of the viral AI meme, that the government no longer has any chance of controlling the narrative, let alone establishing one in the first place. This goes against every instinct and reflex of the British Establishment. Because, if the Establishment exists to do anything, it is to control us. This is why Starmer is so desperate to ban X for putting fake bikinis on women, while taking a year to announce a possible inquiry into nationwide grooming gangs. Happily, this is one battle the Establishment simply cannot win. It has been said that the internet is the subconscious of humanity. And, as Freud observed, in the end the subconscious will always decide what we do. Dreams denote desires, and desires determine reality. In other words: go, Amelia. https://archive.ph/gcdQf

Ah! I got it from the excellent Salt, Sugar, Smoke! I have done all three colours and prefer white/pink to red, personally. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1845335643

Who what now?

If you have the trees, early peach/cherry leaves ditto without the vanilla.

Legally, W will operate as a subsidiary of We Don't Have Time, a media company focused on climate issues.

I know they’re cherry picked for maximum insane-looking, but there are just so many loony pictures of him.