I shudder to think what it’s going to look like. It will probably have tacky gold things hanging off it. But it kinda puts me in mind of all these dictators who put up statues to themselves in North Korea, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, and in the good old days, USSR, Albania and the likes.
All this while taking money from the poorest and slashing healthcare and food stamps.
How long can they let this go on?
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Advance, which I hadn’t heard of until today, is described as a Far Right Political Party. It is elsewhere described as “extremist”, was associated with Tommy Robinson’s “Unite the Kingdom” day in London in September.
Thug Robinson, or more properly, Yaxley-Lennon, announced he would be joining the party early August, posting a video endorsing Advance, recorded earlier on as he had left the country following criminal accusations he committed an assault in late July.
And among the policies of the party are Truss-style tax cuts.
So that should tell you what you need to know about the party.
Interestingly, it could take some of the nuttier votes from Farage’s Grifter Reform party.
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I’m off to hospital for another eye operation today… and the rule is no screen time. So can’t respond to anything. There won’t be a post tomorrow, but I’ve already set up a ‘Where’s Munguin’ for later in the week.
See you all in a few days.
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Ha ha ha ha ha…. you just have to see this late find.
Trump thinks that Biden was the president on January 6. Could someone maybe point out to him that HE was president then… and could someone cart him off to an old people’s home.
Two of us on the door today as someone said the ICE men were coming…because Munguin’s been a bit rude about Donny Baby.
2. We’re Canada Goslings, here to help with the ICE thugs should they dare to turn up.
3. If you need back up…
4. Autumn in Vermont…although it is more like Rouge Mont.
5. Who’s making a noise up there?
6. Don’t mind me, I’m just singing a lullaby.
7. We have a very nice corner of the gardens here.
8. I’m a hammerhead bat and I have the air defences covered against invasion. These thugs will be frightened of me and my mates.
9. Who’s a pretty boy? Easy. Me!
11. Lofoten, Norway. I don’t suppose they do much gardening…
12. What? It’s all the fashion. You get tattoos and I get this!
13. I don’t suppose you have any tasty treats for me… do you?
14. Have you heard of Margays? Well, that’s me!
15. I was sick and injured and lost my way in cold water, but just to prove that there ARE nice peoples in the world, I got rescued.
16. Snowy Egret and chic.
17. Another smart animal doing what we couldn’t manage.
18. Humans is so boring…
19. Yum, this is good stuff. Get planting some more.
20. Thank you very much for coming. Have a good week and don’t forget to leave a tip if you were satisfied with the service. Bananas is expensive, you know.
Thanks to Quokka and Guy.
You might also like this story Quokka sent.
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Thanks to John
What’s that you say?
You didn’t?
It went where?
To a woman, you say.
And where was she from?
Venezuela?
That musta hurt. You’ve gone a really funny colour… I mean even funnier than usual.
Carolina is a giant rat who has saved thousands of lives.
After 7 years of service, Carolina, a trained African giant pouched rat, has officially retired from her role detecting tuberculosis in East Africa.
Working with the nonprofit APOPO, she sniffed out over 3,000 TB cases that were missed by traditional tests, potentially preventing more than 400,000 new infections.
Her superpower? A sense of smell so sharp she could check 100 samples in just 20 minutes—something that would take a human technician days to do.
Her retirement was marked with a celebration at the clinic, complete with cake!
Carolina’s story is a powerful reminder that heroes come in all shapes and sizes.
Thank you, Carolina, for your sniffs of service.
Condé Nast Traveler has revealed its readers’ choice of favorite countries to visit for this year. The travel magazine recorded 757,109 votes in its 38th annual Readers’ Choice Awards survey.
This is how they ranked their favourite countries around the world.
Japan 95.36
Greece 92.31
Portugal 92.08
Italy 92.02
Spain 91.96
Türkiye 91.91
Ireland 91.59
Croatia 91.56
France 91.24
Canada 90.94
Switzerland 90.82
Mexico 89.52
Germany 89.40
India 88.95
Thailand 88.06
Morocco 87.66
Austria 86.86
Dominica 86.62
Bhutan 86.31
South Africa 85.08
I note that Canada and Mexico made the list but that the USA did not…
Nine EU countries made the list, including Ireland.
Just two years ago, in 2023 the list read:
Some interesting changes but the same EU countries are on the list.
Munguin wants to know what your favourite country is… obviously after Scotland.
MUNGUIN'S NEW REPUBLIC 