Chris Hounsell

via Phil Brookes

Finance - Saltford Parish Council How Saltford Parish Council ensures that it is managing its income and spend in accordance with its Financial Regulations

Council Tax letters for 2026–27 are landing on doormats, and these show the amount of your bill that relates to SPC's precept. For an average Band D household in Saltford this equates to an increase of c.65p per month (c.£7.76 p.a.) Visit www.saltfordparishcouncil.gov.uk/finance for more info.

Thanks to everyone who attended Saltford's 2026 Annual Parish Meeting, and to those who joined us for SCA & SPC 'Big Thank You' event afterwards. It was a privilege to welcome and thank so many people who generously give their time to help make Saltford the community it is. News article coming soon!

screenshot of a dictionary definition of kakistocracy: government by the least suitable or competent citizens of a state. "the danger is that this will reduce us to kakistocracy" • a state or society governed by its least suitable or competent citizens. plural noun: kakistocracies "the modern regime is at once a plutocracy and a kakistocracy"

this word takes up so much space in my head that i'd rather be using for other things

"Here's a handy Global-Warming-denial debunking site. It has all their false claims and the actual science showing Global Warming. I think Greta would approve": skepticalscience.com/argument.php
via The GReta Effect

Why you should stop and taste the pi On π-day, one mathematician explores our fascination with pi and asks why we obsessively compute its digits

Happy pi day (3.14 in the US) to all who celebrate.

If today doesn't seem different, it's because every day is "Friday the 13th" while Donald Trump is in office.

Exactly the same happening in Bath and North Eastmt Somerset

Perfect!

And a madman with the codes to launch nuclear weapons

Whatever else you do make sure they are pigeon proofed with mesh

Ed Davey speaking to a young carer in Parliament.

Ed Davey listening to young carers

Ed Davey with two young carers laughing together on a beach

Ed Davey with young carers singing at Number 10

Today is Young Carers Action Day.

I know just how challenging it can be to take on caring responsibilities so young, and I’m always struck by the way young carers keep going, when so much is asked of them.

They deserve far more support, we're fighting to make sure they get it.

Brilliant idea!

Five years on, the right’s Covid narrative has been turbo-charged into the mainstream | Laura Spinney Before the next outbreak, we need a serious conversation about how to cope – but first, the more strident, misguided voices must pipe down, says author Laura Spinney

Covid, 5 years on:
"The mRNA vaccines prevented millions of deaths. [...] Masks worked. And as with every pandemic in recent history, subsequent reviews have found that the advice to go early and hard with containment was correct."

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It's no longer OK for you to sit in the house of Lords because your dad did.
But if your mate put you there?
That's fine.
Neither of these really feel like democracy to me.

Can anyone explain to me what the Blue Labour justification for this is? Who out there will vote Labour because Mahmood prevented a Sudanese Chevening Scholar? And to be honest, why won’t the PM simply overrule her?

Dutch Prime Minister Pushes for Faster Progress on Special Tribunal for Russia’s Aggression Dutch PM Rob Jetten urges faster creation of a Special Tribunal on Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, as talks with Zelenskyy continue.

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⚡️Dutch Prime Minister #RobJetten is demanding the world speed up the creation of a special tribunal to prosecute #Russia for its invasion of #Ukraine.

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Because she's female, probably

If the US withdraws, what would Israel do?

A state visit from our King would be seen as yet another huge diplomatic coup for President Trump, so it should not be given to someone who repeatedly insults and damages our country.

Well worth a visit!

This magnificent statue of Methodism founder John Wesley outside the New Room in Broadmead was made in 1932 by sculptor Arthur George Walker.
At the time there was no statue of Wesley in Bristol and the initial plan was to depict the preacher standing alone.
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Prof Marie Maynard Daly, Biochemist Marie Maynard Daly was a biochemist who co-discovered the link between high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and the clogged arteries that can cause heart disease and strokes.

Marie Maynard Daly co-discovered the link between high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and the clogged arteries that can cause heart disease and strokes. She also studied the damage that cigarettes have on the heart & lungs. adalovelaceday.subst...

What a giveaway!!!!

Collateral damage should NEVER acceptable.
This is horrifying

Absolutely insupportable. Labour have a massive majority. It’s a hugely popular issue. To fail to act would be a dereliction of historic proportions, and utterly inexplicable.

Latest UK polling: As voters spread their support, our voting system can’t keep up Where elections often used to be a two-horse race between Labour and the Conservatives, voters are now spreading their support across an increasingly crowded field – and our voting sys

Latest UK polling: As voters spread their support, our voting system can’t keep up electoral-reform.org.uk/latest-uk-po... Electoral Reform Society – ERS

Conservative peer quits after Lords probe into PPE deals It comes after a Lords standards probe into his contacts with ministers and advisers during the pandemic.

The VIP lane was rotten to the core.
A national scandal.

Oh, just the business vehicle of Nigel Farage masquerading as a political party breaching its obligations at Companies House.