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Memo to Paul Dacre … you’re being used by the posh boys. let charles moore make a fool of himself alone
Dear Paul, I know I am fairly low down the list of those from whom you are likely to take advice, given I have often described you as one of the worst forces in our country's politics and culture, and given I know the feeling to be entirely mutual. However, I feel I...
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How’s that for a Tree of the Day. Snapped at 100mph somewhere between Doncaster and Grantham. Beautiful sunlight
Ghost train ... it’s all a bit sad
Don’t look so worried Steph @packedlunchc4 five mins away.
Off to Leeds to chat with @packedlunchc4 - here is King’s Cross concourse 804am.
Interesting development in today’s Tree of the Day contest. If @burnleyofficial win or draw at West Brom them pic 1, taken by BFC commentator Phil Bird, wins. If we lost then pic 2 taken by me, Sainte Union school NW3, wins. Pic 3 is bronze come what may. #utc
Ok, though I don’t do God, I have news of an exciting new category in the Tree Olympics - TWIST-JC! ‘Trees Which Incorporate Statues of Jesus.’ Italy, Spain and some of the South American countries will do well but here Germany 🇩🇪 is showing the way. Two great egs from Freiburg. I have also thrown in a nice nature shot of the Munster and a couple of rather Biblical looking trees. Happy Sunday everyone.
I have always assumed that Hampstead Heath London would be the venue for the First Tree Olympics. But Freiburg should definitely bid. How cool is pic 1 for marketing? A ‘We 💕 Freiburg’ banner next to a wonderful shop-splitting city centre tree. But my early morning Tree of the Day is pic 2 close by. The pic does not do justice to its size and magnificence. All four before you even get to the Forest. Another shout-out to @curated__travel who met the brief perfectly — ‘nice city Black Forest region, not too big, not too much traffic’ (it is one of the most environmentally friendly cities I have ever been in) ‘nice hotel in city centre, above all must have a good bookshop’ (huge four storey bookshop bang in city centre) ‘must have easy access to long walks in woods that remind me of my days studying folklore in German literature.’ Thanks Vicky! Ten out of ten. And for God people I have a new category tomorrow based also on Freiburg - trees which incorporate statues of Jesus in some way!! Vielen Dank. Was für eine schöne Stadt!!!! Ps. @fiona_millar2158 claims she saw me star struck for the first time ... we bumped into Joachim Loew. I wasn’t star struck honest. Just shocked to see him standing outside our hotel. He was one of the few targets I failed to land for WINNERS
and here is Skye, bottom left, engaged in her role as Tree of the Day Sherpa. She is wearing a look I know well. It says ‘Hurry up. Stop taking pictures of that one. This one is better.’
Some days the Tree of the Day is so beautiful you need to share pics taken from several angles and distances. This fabulous red one is in Freiburg, home to some amazing trees of a wilder nature too, as you will have seen if you saw my insta love earlier. So 🥇 to 🇩🇪 with a silver and a bronze to the two behind the red one. And behind them yes, that is a wonderful mist. Never been to Freiburg before. Fabulous place. Green as they come.
Take a read of this. Warning letter to a small businessman who has earned a few hundred quid since Covid, has sold lots of personal possessions to get by, and is being chased by HMRC debt collectors for £400 unpaid tax. Meanwhile as the government of clowns and charlatans continue to crash the economy while failing to suppress the virus, the corrupt awarding of multi million contracts to their pals continues apace, and genius forecaster Cummings gets his unpaid council tax on his lockdown rule breaking gaffe written off. He must have seen it coming. I am beginning to wonder if Johnson and his Vote Leave coup cabal actually want the country to go up in riots so he can pretend to be a strongman leader like his pal Donald. Hopefully before long one Trump will be gone and though it will take a while Johnson will not be that far behind.
