In ten years or so of threats and promises of UK leaving the ECHR, there has never once been an attempt to explain how such a departure can square with the Good Friday Agreement.
The issue is simply ignored - and the threat and promise is simply repeated, for claps and cheers.
@davidallengreen While I'm aware that the standard modus operandi for the government is to say they'll leave the ECHR but then do nothing about it, it can only be a matter of time before people on the right of the party start campaigning for Irish reunification on the grounds that it's a necessary precondition for the rest of the UK to leave the ECHR.
This is a garden escapee, growing beside a public footpath in #Swindon. It's a garden variety of Wood Forget-me-not. I assume it was bred for a long flowering season and that may be why it's so early. Not sure if it will manage to dodge the mowers when they start up again in the spring. #Wiltshire#Bloomscrolling#botany#plants#flowers#wildflowers#photography
It's December so welcome to the 2023 #dragonfly#AdventCalendar featuring a different species each day for 24 days. We start with a Southern Migrant Hawker. A fairly recent arrival in the UK; this one was at #CanveyIsland#Essex in July. They like ditches with very little water, even if they dry out in summer. They're huge compared to most other UK species. #wildlife#insects#wildlifephotography
Day 17 of the 2023 #dragonfly#AdventCalendar. Delving back into the past to find a pink species for the third Sunday of advent. Violet Dropwing doesn't occur in the UK - this was in #Rome in 2016 at the Villa Ada park. They are an African species which is spreading north through southern Europe in recent years but is still a long way from reaching us. #DragonflyAdventCalendar#wildlife#insects#wildlifephotography#invertebrates