Boris Johnson condemned for saying ‘never mind’ about cancer outcomes Johnson’s mask slips Boris Johnson has sparked outrage on the eve of the Conservative Party conference after saying “never mind” about cancer death rates and the recent fall in life expectancy. Grilled about his plans for …

Micro.blog October 2021 Photoblogging Challenge #2 dark 📷

Listening to Vessel by The Accidentals on Apple Music 🎶 Try to give it time, life will teach you how to live You just have to live it for a while

Micro.blog October 2021 Photoblogging Challenge #1 touch (someday, maybe) 📷

One of the best lines in Kier Starmer’s speech at the Labour Party Conference yesterday. “It’s easy to comfort yourself that your opponents are bad people. But I don’t think Boris Johnson is a bad man. I think he is a trivial man. I think he’s a showman with nothing left to show. I think he’s …

Trying out Apple Music, listening to star-crossed from Kasey Musgraves. Somehow I managed to get a free 6-month trial, so I’ll probably cancel my Tidal subscription 🎶

This article from The New Statesman website is a sobering read for those of us lucky enough not to worry too much about the odd £20, Will the £20 Universal Credit cut become Boris Johnson’s government’s worst decision? - New Statesman Whitehall’s own analysis finds the cut will have a …

Finished reading: The Things You Find In Rockpools by Gregg Dunnett. Grab a free copy here 📚

Who’s a clever boy? 🐕 Many thank to Nicky, Doug and the rest of the DJ Dog Training Club team for your help getting us through.

Listening to Reprise by Moby whilst writing a proposal. 🎶

Abandoned agricultural machinery 📷

The new feeding station for the birds is open for business 🌱

Saturday ride

Listening to From Dreams to Dust by The Felice Brothers on Tidal. I first discovered this band when I was looking for music to play on my Monday Music Mix show on ITfM Radio back in the day. 🎶

What's Boris Johnson's reshuffle really all about?

“This is a mad way to run the country,” confessed a member of the government. Whether prime ministers wield sharp knives or attack with blunt spoons, reshuffle days like this are indeed a strange mixture of bravado and farce. Bravado when, earlier, one cabinet minister told me, …