Nobody Cares about Britain

[Innula Zenovka]

The local vicar's War on Christmas

Vicar’s Santa sermon ‘ruins Christmas’ for sobbing school pupils

The Rev Dr Paul Chamberlain has had to apologise for his Nativity talk that left teachers scrambling to ‘bring the magic back’

www.thetimes.com

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[Beebo Brink]

Perhaps when Dr. Chamberlain is called for last rites, he can disabuse the dying of the existence of heaven.

 

[Casey Pelous]

Dr. Chamberlain might want to look into joining the Jesuits. Those dudes can really do non-belief.

 

[Tigger]

I bet he's a riot at the pantomime when the kids have to believe in Tinkerbell.

As an atheist I cannot express how hilarious it is seeing a man deny the reality of another persons fantasy while his very profession depends on him not thinking too hard about his own.

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

Religion brought into a grade school with tragic results.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Religion brought into a grade school with tragic results.

That's one reason, I am sure, why the UK is one of the least religious countries in the world.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

The Guardian (@theguardian.com)

Humphrey’s world: how the Samuel Smith beer baron built Britain’s strangest pub chain https://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/dec/19/humphreys-world-how-the-samuel-smith-beer-baron-built-britains-strangest-pub-chain?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu

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[Beebo Brink]

Elon Musk considers funding Nigel Farage's populist party, a move that could shake up UK politics | AP News

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Suella Braverman claims she has seen the 'land border' between Italy and Turkey

Suella Braverman has baffled social media users after suggesting she has seen a "land border" between Italy and Turkey.

www.thelondoneconomic.com

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Fun

Robyn Vinter (@robynvinter.bsky.social)

Morning from the Yorkshire Dales! We have now entered day three snowed in at the Tan Hill Inn, Britain's highest pub

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[Kamilah Hauptmann]

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

Meet "The Tan Hill Inn", the UK's highest pub at around 528m altitude. 23 guests and 6 staff members have been snowed in there since 3 days, but are making the best out of it. They've got at least enough food, water to drink and working heating system.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Jan Rosenow (@janrosenow.bsky.social)

IMPRESSIVE: 📈 wind represented 29% of the UK’s generation mix last year 📉 gas shrinking to just a quarter according to data from the National Energy System Operator

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[Erich Templar]

Jan Rosenow (@janrosenow.bsky.social)

IMPRESSIVE: 📈 wind represented 29% of the UK’s generation mix last year 📉 gas shrinking to just a quarter according to data from the National Energy System Operator

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Slightly worrying that 'imports' seems to be on a significant upward trend, though

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Slightly worrying that 'imports' seems to be on a significant upward trend, though

That's electricity imports from France, the Netherlands, and other EU countries, rather than imported oil and gas.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Plans to build Muslim burial site in Cornwall withdrawn after backlash

A planning row erupted after a charity - The Gardens of Mercy - requested approval to convert 10 acres of grazing land in Cornwall into a cemetery for the Islamic community

www.dailymail.co.uk

A cemetery of this size will disrupt the area's longstanding traditions and raise concerns over a shift in demographics and the increased visitation to the site.

Our area has strong Christian traditions, and local burial grounds have historically served the immediate community, respecting the values and character of our town.

incongruent with our community's character and traditions.

 

[Sid]

The UK starts to collect entrance fees now.
We need an Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) starting April 2.
10 Pounds.
Yeah, right.

So now I need to buy myself a passport first, because my ID card is no longer enough identification, and than I have to trow in another 10 pounds...
I think I'll go to Paris or Berlin on a city trip instead of London.

 

[Tigger]

Slightly worrying that 'imports' seems to be on a significant upward trend, though

If you're interested in power generation and the power mix used in the UK this site... Energy Dashboard - real time and historical GB electricity data, carbon emissions and UK generation sites mapping will show you the live state, history and has an interactive map you can use to explore all of our power generation sites. I was surprised by how many there were near me that I didn't know about.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

The Guardian (@theguardian.com)

Liz Truss sends legal letter ordering Starmer to stop saying she crashed economy https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jan/09/liz-truss-sends-legal-letter-ordering-starmer-to-stop-saying-she-crashed-economy?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu

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ETA: David Allen Green provides a lawyer's analysis of the letter. Great fun:

A close look at Truss’s legal threat to Starmer – a glorious but seemingly hopeless cease-and-desist letter

9th January 2025 This post is about a “cease-and-desist” letter that has reportedly been sent on behalf of the former Prime Minister Elizabeth Truss to the current Prime Minister Keir Starmer. For …

davidallengreen.com

It may well be that that the letter was sent against legal advice.

It may even be that the letter was sent against emphatic legal advice.

We just do not know.

One should not visit the sins (or otherwise) of the client upon their lawyers.

Nothing in what follows suggests that this was not a letter open to a law firm to send on behalf of a client, given certain instructions.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Adam Bienkov (@adambienkov.bsky.social)

Liz Truss threatens to sue Keir Starmer unless he "ceases and desists" from alleging she crashed the economy. In other news, here's Liz Truss making the exact same allegation against Gordon Brown

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