Yeah, it was a bit mawkish, and ( minor implied spoiler ), and ( possibly slightly more of a spoiler by some people's definition ) but I really liked it. So ner. Am v much looking forward to ( if you're REALLY spoilerphobic you might even call this a spoiler ) :) [IMG: comment count unavailable] comments

I've never really been "into" the traditional British Christmas, partly because my adoptive parents (who I disliked anyway) had taken to spending their winters in South Africa when I was still a student, but also because of the tackiness of the festival's commercialisation, which in London now begins in mid-October. Christmas carols set my teeth [...]

Posted by jonathanfryer on Jonathan Fryer
Mon 25th
11:30

A Christmassy poll

(I think you can log in to do this poll using Facebook, Twitter and Google identities, if you want.) The opening phrase of Luke 2:14 is below in 25 langauges - the full verse for those using the Latin alphabet. View Poll: Christmas scripts

Mon 25th
11:00

My tweets

Sun, 12:56: "Even the Greeks know that Utopia is merely another word for nowhere" - by Dr. Maurice Hayes... https://t.co/xeKpGgrQ11 Sun, 20:26: RT @HMRCpressoffice: Regarding the front pages of the @Telegraph in the last two days HMRC objectively applies tax laws passed by Parliam... Sun, 20:58: Sunday reading https://t.co/1XGfP5zgBk Mon, 10:01: RT @bbcdoctorwho: Merry Christmas from all of us at #DoctorWho! https://t.co/dD7fkLU6d6

I read The Retribution (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #7) by Val McDermid - here's my review on Goodreads Again, more a mark than a review. Instagram photo: My view is that you can never have too many cracker hats. @matgbowles appears to disagree. (we ha... Instagram photo: Roxy has a cracker hat too. Spike refused to wear one. weekly_food_challenge | Challenge 25: anything but turkey - GOOOOOOOOSE (and roast potatoes) This is my method for cooking one's goose. Instagram photo: Between my be-duveted legs and the back of the sofa is a VERY happy Spike Despite her various faults, ...

Welcome to Creeting St Peter, on this Christmas Day – that's St Peter's, just before last night's carol service, by the way. Caron has already said a few very kind words to welcome the day, and my job is to... well... not do very much really. However, in keeping with my habit of giving you a musical offering, and because it's been a trying year for liberals, here are the Muppet Chickens... May I wish you all a very Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!

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Posted by Peter Black on Peter Black

I am not used to irony on Christmas Eve so this year has been a treat with yesterday's Observer reporting that two senior Cabinet Ministers have attacked their own government for following clearly laid down tax rules in sending demands for money to key Brexit donors. They say that Boris Johnson and Michael Gove have reportedly expressed concerns after prominent leave campaigners who donated large sums to the Brexit campaigns during the 2016 referendum recently received tax demands from HMRC: The demands from HMRC hinge on inheritance tax rules that require tax to be paid upfront on large gifts. Party ...

Posted by Peter Black on Peter Black

 

The LDV team wishes all of you the most peaceful, healthy, happy festive time. We send our love and support to those of you who face Christmas for the first time without someone you love. A loss that is acute every day can feel especially intolerable amongst all the jollity. We should also think of those whose lives are a constant struggle with poverty and those who put so much time and effort into helping them. I'm thinking of those at welfare rights organisations and charities who prepare and represent them at appeals, of the food bank volunteers who try ...

Posted by Caron Lindsay on Liberal Democrat Voice
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