LertyLardner @lertylardner.bsky.social · 02/08/2026So are the main players in the Trump administration shorting the international oil market on a weekly basis? Those prices are up and down on the regular… 000 0
LertyLardner @lertylardner.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Fromage is spouting his poor ‘woe is me’ I’ve done nothing wrong spiel….. He seems to have forgotten he is actually employed to represent the people of Clacton rather than make money for himself. 000 0
LertyLardner @lertylardner.bsky.social · 15/04/2026I was third generation grammar school, it served me well and I enjoyed it (co-ed) My husband 2nd gen single sex grammar, he did not enjoy it although it served him ok. We don’t live in a grammar area, nearest one is an hour away. So our child is at the local comp (top sets) 100 1
LertyLardner @lertylardner.bsky.social · 15/04/2026I was at a little middle school with the catchment including one of the most disadvantaged wards in Bucks. Just did a few of those verbal reasoning books from WHSmiths. Husband the same, but in Poole. Before the prep school was necessary. 020 2
LertyLardner @lertylardner.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Twas ever thus….. When my parents went (mid 60s) it was on merit, when I went (late 80s) elements of tutoring were there. About 15 years ago or so, the Bucks entrance tests were changed to be tutor proof because the GS heads were pissed off with tutored kids who couldn’t cope with it. 3100 10
LertyLardner @lertylardner.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Went to the dentist today for a temp crown until the proper one is fitted in a few weeks. Lots of drilling but no need for anaesthetic. Not near nerves. Would gladly sit for another 7 hour tattoo. At least there is something pretty to show for it. 000 0
LertyLardner @lertylardner.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Anyone have any ideas on how to sort this? EVERYTHING has been tried and nothing has been plugged in for weeks now. iPhone 16. Charging port also doesn’t work anymore. 000 0
LertyLardner @lertylardner.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Yes I’ve seen it, thank you indie cinemas, and there shall be no fucking spoilers! 000 0
LertyLardner @lertylardner.bsky.social · 28/02/2026The fam are watching Beast Games…. Bloody terrible. All the faux ‘I love you brother, appreciate you, trust you, got you….’ Just be honest, there are $5 million at stake. It’s every person for themselves. Don’t sugarcoat it. 000 0
LertyLardner @lertylardner.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Reading reviews for what is clearly stated as bovine collagen. Clearly stated. ‘I did not know it wasn’t vegan friendly.’ I don’t know whether to laugh or to cry…. 001 1
LertyLardner @lertylardner.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Spent many summers in Llandarcy until 1992 - grandparents now at Margam…. The BP club (was a David Lloyd at one point) the place for a Sunday carvery…. 010 1
LertyLardner @lertylardner.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Aren’t parish councils apolitical? Ours is….. 110 1
LertyLardner @lertylardner.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Is anyone in the White House aware of the Lansing Declaration (1916)? I’m gonna go with a ‘no’, but seriously, if I can find it, living in the rolling hills of South West England, then surely people in the know can????? #trump #greenland 010 1
LertyLardner @lertylardner.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Wasn’t there a deal when Denmark sold their West Indies territory to the US in which the US stated they would not try anything related to Greenland? #greenland #trump #davos 000 0
LertyLardner @lertylardner.bsky.social · 15/01/2026To be fair, Badenoch pulled a blinder today. Even through Fromage said no, the fact that there was already a press conference booked for late afternoon that Reform wouldn’t say what for, indicated yes, once we knew about the sacking. Tories controlled the narrative. Blinder. #jenrick 010 1
LertyLardner @lertylardner.bsky.social · 12/01/2026It's all guff and fluff. Butt-kissing and brown-nosing. Mumbled and sounds like written on the back of a fag packet and more flip-flops than an Aussie beach in summer. Bread and circus populism, masquerading as political discourse. #zahawi 000 0
LertyLardner @lertylardner.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Oh great, more bull being spouted, and seriously, what the fuck does Tice know about SEND???? I would venture the grand total of fuck all. One may speculate the benefits of selling one's soul to the fash, possibly a tidy financial sum.... #zahawi 000 0
LertyLardner @lertylardner.bsky.social · 03/01/2026There appears to be a bit of backlash about this, on some of the socials. Usual arguments, why, it’s a nothing illness, blah blah. And the usual ‘I was ok, my kids were ok…’ No appreciation of (future) complications. I’m pleased, although now not needed. I’d absolutely welcome an EBV vaccine! 130 3
LertyLardner @lertylardner.bsky.social · 03/01/2026‘Thank you for your attention to this matter….’ just sounds straight up stolen from any number of dystopian novels….. (But that would indicate some wider reading….) 040 4
LertyLardner @lertylardner.bsky.social · 02/01/2026Someone I’ve known for 25 years died by suicide on 29/12. His 49th birthday was 31/12. Planned meticulously. No one had any idea. Was always the life and soul, successful at work, loving family. Check in on your mates, even those who seem ok. They may not be. 010 1
LertyLardner @lertylardner.bsky.social · 26/12/2025Access to a dentist, any specialist health care hours away, higher level jobs are based in urban areas, high council tax due to adult social care - people move to W Dorset to retire - police coverage…… 270 7
LertyLardner @lertylardner.bsky.social · 19/12/2025School term ended today. I’m reckoning 12 hours before holiday lurgy kicks in. 000 0
LertyLardner @lertylardner.bsky.social · 14/12/2025The Great Escape. It’s not proper Christmas unless that’s on the schedule somewhere. I shall be making no further comment on this matter 020 2
LertyLardner @lertylardner.bsky.social · 26/11/2025She is a little bit shouty I will say. Thoroughly enjoying the continued avoidance of any responsibility for the mess Labour inherited last year. 14 years, Kemi, 14 years you had to mess this up, will take a while to fix one feels 0102 10
LertyLardner @lertylardner.bsky.social · 12/11/2025The boys nosebleed had made my kitchen sink look like a scene of a crime. With bubbles. 000 0
LertyLardner @lertylardner.bsky.social · 11/09/2025They might do something about guns now one of their own has succumbed. Never mind the hundreds of children who’ve died in their schools. 010 1
LertyLardner @lertylardner.bsky.social · 02/09/2025Isn’t it the Union Jack when being flown from the jackstaff of commissioned Royal Naval vessels? And the Union Flag otherwise? 010 1
LertyLardner @lertylardner.bsky.social · 31/08/2025Umm, didn’t she plead guilty at a preliminary hearing or something? Meaning it never actually went to a jury trial? Or am I mistaken? 030 3
LertyLardner @lertylardner.bsky.social · 26/08/2025Umm, hasn’t Australia eradicated HPV-induced cervical cancer in the first couple of cohorts who received the vaccine? I think here in the UK incidence is greatly reduced for the early cohorts too…. 100 1
LertyLardner @lertylardner.bsky.social · 26/08/2025It’s not so much about the civics, although that is of course vitally important, it’s the ability to decipher the bullshit. Which many, many people appear unable or unwilling to do. 010 1
LertyLardner @lertylardner.bsky.social · 26/08/2025No, no they won’t. That’ll just cause more tantrums…. 000 0
LertyLardner @lertylardner.bsky.social · 15/08/2025@yorkshiretea.bsky.social Be nice, he’s only just starting on the tea drinking journey. Obviously not quite ‘proper’ (aka weak as dishwater) but you gotta start somewhere…. 110 1
LertyLardner @lertylardner.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Surely the ReFuk parliamentarians can be considered a little too ‘flakey’ for the HoL? And as they have not yet fully shown what they’re capable of in relation to council leadership (although we have an idea…) so I can see this going well…. 000 0
LertyLardner @lertylardner.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Seriously? They have not had an opportunity to show their mettle, and have a history of being a little,er, ‘flakey’? We need see what they do with the councils and then to fade into the ether…. Nigel Farage urges PM to appoint Reform peers to House of Lords www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comNigel Farage urges PM to appoint Reform peers to House of LordsReform has four MPs in the House of Commons and controls ten councils in England, but currently has no peers. 010 1
LertyLardner @lertylardner.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Surely this is only going to help in the short term, for a small %age of people? If the finance is there, at whatever cost, then house prices will still go up. Filtering down to the previously more affordable. I’m not sold on this one…. www.theguardian.com/money/2025/a...theguardian.comSantander mortgage cap jumps by as much as 24% as bank eases lending rulesSome higher-earning couples with smaller deposits could borrow extra £130,000 as a result of overnight changes 000 0
LertyLardner @lertylardner.bsky.social · 11/08/2025My 27 yr old male colleague is disgusted by the whole thing. He’s amazed by the apparent lack of self respect of the men that queued, His words, ‘God, imagine being 1,000 in the queue, that’s rank…’ 000 0
LertyLardner @lertylardner.bsky.social · 27/07/2025If you need something done, ask a busy woman…. #Euros2025 000 0
LertyLardner @lertylardner.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Our TAs have also worked with teachers who have been hit, kicked, spat at, had chairs and tables directed towards them…. I’m one of the teachers. 000 0
LertyLardner @lertylardner.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Always judge a place by the quality of it’s toilets 010 1
LertyLardner @lertylardner.bsky.social · 22/06/2025What a way to get one up on a previous president, who let’s be fair is a way better person than the current one. Also, has no one learned? Vietnam, Afghanistan. Don’t take a nation on in their own land. It will not end well. #Iran/Trump 000 0