I fully and wholeheartedly support Paul Harfleet's protest against these new government rules - which on top of everything else confirm that the #Tories are happy to have a nanny state as long as that nanny state enforces #Tory principles.
#LGBTQ #LGBTQ Right are #HumanRights

Dear BBC One, tomorrow Tue 14 May 9pm you'll be showing 'Better Off Dead?' German friends of mine, all of them disabled and disability activists, would like to watch it, but the BBC iplayer can't be accessed from Germany. How can they watch this programme?
#assisteddying

'The share price needs to go up, and stay up - like our planes do, most of the time' -- it's of course a spoof advertisement, but it does not feel funny ...
If it's #Boeing , I won't be going
youtube.com/watch?v=Q8oCil…

Recent study finds that 39% of local authority-managed Gypsy and Traveller sites in Great Britain are within 50 metres of one or more major pollutants and 54% within 100 metres. This is absolutely scandalous!
#GRT
theconversation.com/most-gypsy-and… via The Conversation

A powerful video why you #UseYourVote in the upcoming #EuropeanElections2024 . Sadly, Britain in its wisdom, decided to leave the EU and will therefore have no voice.
#HumanRights #CivilRights
elections.europa.eu/video/en/dv/en/ via European Parliament

The Labour Party calls it a 'spoof' and 'poking fun at the Tories'; I must admit it seems more like a realistic depiction of 14 years of disastrous Tory rule, and it does not even tell half of the story ...
#chaos #decline # sleaze #scandal #Tories
conflix.uk

Delighted Boris Johnson is a subscriber to Prospect. Warning to potential subscribers: the magazine is miraculous in many ways, but may not be used as photo ID

I don't think for one moment that #BorisJohnson forgot. He was convinced that #voteridcard would not apply to him, his usual sense of entitlement and of one rule for himself and quite another one for everyone else.
#LocalElections
theconversation.com/boris-johnson-… via The Conversation

A popular Moroccan TikToker living in #Germany is targeting gay men, trans women, and trans sex workers with horrific insults and calls for violent attacks. Sign this All Out petition to demand the German government and #TikTok to intervene🌈
#LGBTQ
a.allout.org/s/Wq5yV/

Only came across it now - so it was not just the lettuce that lasted longer than #LizTruss , but an air fryer cookbook outsold her too ...
It would be crazily funny except for the fact that this woman is still dreaming of a second coming (just like #DonaldTrump ).

Do vote in tomorrow's #LocalElections2024 in #England and #Wales -- and remember, photo ID is mandatory in order to be allowed to vote. Find out more on how to vote: and the kind of photo ID you'll need at GOV.UK (gov.uk)
38 Degrees

A bit disconcerting to read that Lee Anderson MP and Reform UK speak of 'education' in their tweet below, but don't seem to know the difference between 'their' and 'there'. Maybe they require a bit more education, basic education that is?
#Spelling #Spelling Matters

Petition: No Pride in Deportation: Stop the Deportation of LGBTIQ+ People Seeking Asylum petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6521…

#Germany #Israel #Palestine #Gaza
'Unlike many in my country, I don’t believe that support for Israel alone fulfils the responsibility placed upon us by the horrors of the past' -- precisely!!
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

It's happening now ....
#TotalSolarEclipse2024 #TotalEclipse
theguardian.com/science/2024/a…

The #Tories are going gaga. It reminds me of the 1997 campaign against #TonyBlair with the 'demon eyes'. #SusanHall will no doubt claim again that she does not know anything about this campaign video.
#LondonMayoralElection

The problem of taking #selfies at #DarkTourism sites, such as #Auschwitz or #Berlin 's #MemorialToTheMurderedJewsOfEurope - or is it not a problem?
#Holocaust
theconversation.com/the-problem-wi… via The Conversation

Interesting read on the fallout of the #GazaWar on the German cultural scene because of #Germany 's extremely broad understanding of #antisemitism . I witnessed this at the closing ceremony of #Berlinale2024 and was flabbergasted by the official reactions.
theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…

I am so glad that I am not alone in not liking #AllOfUsStrangers , for a wide range of reasons. There is so much hype about this film that critical voices are drowned out in the discussion. I was told I might just be too old to understand the angst of the AIDS generation. Really?

'[The pine cone]'s burnt, and you do get scarred in life, but that is precious too.' iamOnir's wonderful film #PineCone was one of this year's BFI Flare 💎's highlights for me: a queer romantic film with relevance and resonance far beyond #India : we share the fear of getting burnt.