Amanda Wheatley

They are telling people to keep away from the area.

I think there is even less justification this time than with the Iraq war. I can't believe he is saying this.

In case you missed..more documents from the Epstein files were released on Friday 👇

Asking the wrong question is one of the oldest disinformation ploys.

The right question is NOT whether Ayatollah Khamenei's regime was evil and a sponsor of terrorism.

The RIGHT question is whether simply bombing Iran will lead to a change for the better or just make things worse.

Trump destroys.

Be good to draw.

An impressive tree.

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Well yes there are some businesses that can't manage without post. Some things are best left in public hands and kept as services; the post office is one of those things in my opinion.

I won’t be able to stay in business with this sort of price rise.

They put the postage prices up, then more people do things by e mail or social media. So it's counterproductive. Then they escalate the prices again and post-people end up delivering mainly advertising mail which people just recycle. So much waste.

Gives more credence to the idea of cultish-ness in America right now.

That is a good one.

I saw that earlier today on some news programme and I thought what is that all about?

I heard that and I sniggered. Course not Nigel.

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Yes, maybe that is true. I don't agree with lots of her views but I don't think she was self serving in the way of some of the others. The way the Tories treated her over Europe was deplorable. They rejected her plan, which most had not read, and then Boris nicked it and made it worse.

I think this is why she comes across as hollow, there is no sense of any systemised planning of what she would do in govt, as distinct from what she imagines sounds good. Although to be fair that has been a problem since Boris. I don't think I'd put Theresa May quite in the same camp.

FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

Reform UK doesn’t represent you, it represents Nigel Farage.

I need to remind people. The midterms have never been so important.

Don't let people use scare tactics or make you think it won't happen.

also if voting didn't matter gerrymandering wouldn't exist.

The local housing rate has not been commensurate with rent rises for years and years. I recall the last Tory govt put an above inflation rise on one occasion. But given there is so little social housing now, especially in England it is long overdue an increase.

I like the way she is totally scornful of them.

I saw the little purple ones around on Sunday. It's been a lovely light Spring day today though.

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Minab school bombing: how the worst mass casualty event of the Iran war unfolded – a visual guide

So obvious what they are trying to do here.

The bombing of a school underlines the concerns really. Bombing civilians does not free Iranian people from the actions of a brutal repressive regime, it subjects them to the actions of other repressive regimes.

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They are, rail fares are between manageable and good in Scotland.

It is counter to the ability to settle, whether psychologically or physically or occupationally.