Polling stations since friday, with reports that in occupied ukraine, ballot papers are being collected at the point of a gun. The re election of Vladimir Putin is beyond doubt. With putin is beyond doubt. With Alexei Navalny eliminated, can the russian opposition expose the russian opposition expose the illegitimacy of his rule . The illegitimacy of his rule . Will the sham elections embolden putin in his illegal invasion of ukraine . Speaking of disputed borders this year, england lost a tireless campaigner for the restoration of the Historic Counties which have been mangled by reforms. Pam moorhouse was unflagging in her efforts to have the counties recognised, at least in ceremonial form, eventually enlisting scores of members of parliament into her campaign. Another woman who the campaign. Another woman who the years could not condemn was unearthed literally close to the historic burley house in a remarkable stroke of luck, a roman marble head was disinterred by a mechanical digge
Actor Kevin Bishop appears to be regretting playing the former Ukip leader Nigel Farage in a 2016 one-off BBC2 parody entitled Nigel Farage Gets His Life Back. He tells the Tea with Twiggy podcast how he managed to get into character after watching Farage’s resignation speech as Ukip leader in 2016 on the cliffs of Kent (full disclosure – I was there).
Pam Moorhouse, who has died aged 77, was a retired factory worker from Grimsby who spearheaded a campaign to restore the 92 traditional counties of the United Kingdom, whose role had, in her view, been eroded by government diktat.