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April 29, 2022

The Golden Salmon Days

 

I was out fly fishing for trout on a Lancashire lake recently when I was approached by an old fishing buddy.


I had not seen him for years. Nevertheless, it was amazing that we could both today reminisce about one special October afternoon on the River Hodder, back in 2008.




I had taken a photo of him with his salmon and also caught a small one of 6 lbs myself. Later on, he went home, so I had the river all to myself.


Before long, I was into a lovely salmon of 15 lbs and after a good fight I had it ...
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Published on April 29, 2022 09:37

April 25, 2022

DWP officialised extremism forcing vulnerable disabled into desperation

 


NATIONAL DISGRACE courtesy of the Tory Government...

Heartless government officialdom at war with the most vulnerable in our society


The work coach, who has asked not to be identified*, has told Disability News Service (DNS) that she and her colleagues are being “bullied and harassed” into forcing claimants with significant mental distress into attending work-related meetings. Many of them have been waiting months for a work capability assessment (WCA) and will eventually be found not fit for wo...
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Published on April 25, 2022 12:27

April 20, 2022

Blazing torches and pitchforks coming out for Bozo…

 

Well, one minute he’s playing up to the Christian crowd with cordial Easter pleasantries and the next they want his skin. 

The Church of England’s top brass has charged Boris Johnson with a "disgraceful slur" against the Archbishop of Canterbury, after his criticism of the government's immigration policy. Johnson claimed at a private meeting of Tory MPs on Tuesday afternoon that the clergy had been less outspoken on the Russian invasion of Ukraine than on his plan to deport refugees to Rwanda.

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Published on April 20, 2022 03:41

April 13, 2022

Where does Southport MP Damien Moore stand on the PM’s fine

 

Boris Johnson’s rule – breaking and subsequent fine over the Partygate fiasco has understandably created heated debate.

Johnson has breached his own lockdown regulations and thus fallen foul of the law.

Sir Roger Gale, a strong critic of Johnson, said it would be a “gross self-indulgence” to try to unseat the Prime Minister when the UK was involved in the defence of Ukraine against Russian aggression.

Meanwhile the former Conservative minister Edwina Currie has arrogantly told the press that she...

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Published on April 13, 2022 05:50

UK Standards at an all-time low as Boris clings to power

 

Yes folks, with smug Tory apologists popping up everywhere since Johnson broke the law - they are now openly laughing at YOU!

The former Conservative minister Edwina Currie has told the press that she did not care if Boris Johnson broke the ministerial code by knowingly misleading parliament about the No 10 parties.

https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1595311/edwina-currie-boris-johnson-resign-row-GMB

What does this tell us about standards of decency in the UK?

The self seeking ones in...
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Published on April 13, 2022 02:40

April 10, 2022

April 1, 2022

In Pictures: Mega Storm system over Ainsdale

 

Dramatic skies developed this week over the Ainsdale sand dunes.

The storm was seen moving in along the beach from the north. 

Before long the system had reached the old Toad Hall area. 


The dark ominous clouds moved over the hills towards Formby.  

 Toad Hall standing out against the dark skies. 

https://www.picfair.com/users/PatReganphotography 
https://www.otsnews.co.uk/in-pictures-dramatic-weather-system-over-ainsdale/ 

 

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Published on April 01, 2022 09:59

April Pagan Origins

 

The month of April gains its name for the Roman word 'Aprilis', this comes from the word 'Aperire' meaning, ‘to open.’  This is because April is the time when birds hatch their chicks, animals join in the eternal mating cycles, buds swell into young leaves and new life opens-up on all natural fronts.

The first day of the month is of course well known as April Fool's Day. 

In France a gullible person caught by a prankster's trick was called un poisson d' Avril (an April Fish.) It is interesting t...

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Published on April 01, 2022 03:39

March 29, 2022

Around the Marine Lake in March

 

Crowds around the Marine Lake this weekend enjoyed the unseasonably temperate sunshine.


The warm temperatures this March in the UK have been welcome and reportedly higher than some foreign holiday resorts.

Nevertheless, the Met Office is predicting snow in some parts of the UK. They say: It's a notable change from warm to colder weather, with Tuesday's cold front bringing the risk of hill snow before wintry showers follow.”


Much of the UK is expected to freeze into April. Temperatures are anticip...
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Published on March 29, 2022 05:00

March 9, 2022

BORIS - Political reinvention urgently needed

 Political reinvention urgently needed as Boris Johnson in CHAOS after 75% of Voters Say He ‘Must Quit’

One said: 'We will fight them in the sea, air, forests, fields and streets... we will not surrender'

Another said: ‘We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.’

And yet another is desperately seeking to reinvent himself into one on the above.

No prizes for guessing...

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Published on March 09, 2022 04:39