The fall of the Tory party

Our local Tory party newsletter that gets put through the letterbox is called, without a shred of irony, InTouch

...and I feeeeellll fiiinnneeeee

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Did her milkshake bring all the boys to the yard?

Major fail if it did. Farage and his boys were already there.

I could teach you but I’d have to charge

It seems Suella Braverman has never heard of an external monitor.
https://x.com/PoliticsJOE_UK/status/1848687881008656468

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Finally someone willing to sort out the real issues plaguing this country

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c33v3e0xkr7o

This sounds great:

a push to plant trees on every residential street "where this is remotely possible".

Shame the rest of it is unhinged

many of the actions O'Brien proposes would require "substantial investment in public services".

This is already happening with many local authorities actively promoting street tree planting.
Some LAs work with https://www.treesforcities.org/

A working pay phone and some street art, what could be more civilised

Hopefully Sheffield is on board?

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/06/sheffield-city-council-behaved-dishonestly-in-street-trees-row-inquiry-finds

Edit: Plymouth too

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/25/official-behind-plymouth-tree-felling-really-good-for-city-giles-perritt

They sounds good.

I’ve sent a few questions to my local council about the feasibility of tree planting on the main high street near me (Trafalgar Road/Woolwich Road, in East Greenwich), since they do run a scheme across the borough.

They just keep ignoring me though.

Apparently you can sponsor a tree planting for £450/tree too, which is a bit spenny if you want the entire high street to be planted. Maybe a local campaign/whip round is in order…

'Plant a tree' after being part of a the last 15 years of government. Smacks of homelessness in tents being a 'lifestyle choice'.

Totally, yeah

"Why can't everything just be more pleasant (from my parochial Conservative perspective)?"
"Oh, it was us, wasn't it?"

Suppose the odd good idea can come from anywhere too as you say. I'm crabby today!

They'd not actually go through with it anyway, to be fair. As soon as a leaf touches the roof of a car (the horror!), they'll want to chop them all down

Is the £450/tree through Trees for Cities?

Insufficient takerrs in LBHillingdon.
I understand there is now a GoFundMe, (or something similar), appeal.
There's also opportunities for residents to be watering champions,
filling the water bags placed around each newly planted tree.

The one I was on about was just direct through Greenwich council, not sure if others do the same: https://www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/info/200268/street_cleaning_and_repairs/2143/sponsor_a_tree

I was kinda surprised it’s such a direct service to be honest, which is quite nice to see (aside from the £450, mind you)

Expensive compared to Bristol, where you also have the key distinction between whether you bother to water it yourself or you'd rather pay a municipal drongo

you'll donate either £160 if you water the tree, or £295 if we water the tree

https://www.bristol.gov.uk/residents/museums-parks-sports-and-culture/parks-and-open-spaces/trees-and-meadows/trees-for-bristol

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/oct/29/former-british-colonies-owe-debt-of-gratitude-robert-jenrick-reparations

So, why should the colonials still be bending the knee, precisely? At the time the British invaded India, the Mughal Empire had roughly a third of the world's economic wealth. When the British left, it was about 0.5%. During the Raj, there were regular famines, killing tens of millions, including one just before Indian independence, all exacerbated by corrupt/exploitative/inhumane British misrule; since independence, there have been none.

But, railways and cricket...

He's just a typical fucking thick over-privileged twat.
I know that's a bit reductive, but meh

Reduction of typical fucking thick over-privileged twat is totally on the menu when I open my dream restaurant, Manger les Riches