Anyone have good news to share about the U.K.? ??

The brain damage was mentioned on the BBC news coverage and it’s pretty evident just looking at them, it’s very sad indeed.

It's my birthday today also...........unfortunately my birthday photos are not as flattering ???

I'm glad you like our pubs Apricity. I love them too. We have a lovely, friendly local pub and we love it. It's sad to see so many pubs closing.

I suppose given the complexity of the surgery, it would be surprising if they had come through it unscathed. But I expect all rare surgery like this results in learning not just for separating twins but in paediatric neurology generally. The two lead surgeons have set up a charity saying they felt they had a ‘moral duty’ - that’s good news as well.

We have pioneering hospitals in the UK, but they rely on international expertise in both staffing and research. So to trumpet this rare surgery as somehow good news just for the U.K., really fails to acknowledge that it is good news for international cooperation.

Happy birthday GG13 hope you have a great day !

It took place here crystaltipps... why be so grudging about anything that happens in the UK that is actually good.
Try a happy posting, just for a change.

Happy Birthday GG13 cheers!

I know this is such a difficult time for those in the UK but having visited so many parts of the UK please remember what a great place it is and that there is so much to celebrate and cherish.

My own heritage is all UK and I have trained, driven, camped and BnB'd from the north to the south from Skara Brae in the Orkneys to the Isles of Scilly and east and west from Portmerion in Wales to the Norfolk Broads and so much in between.

I have visited about 40 NT properties and so many beautiful gardens, not to mention the wonderful pubs. I love the landscape and the people I've met. Challenging times ahead for the UK but hang on to what you have. Please.

Thank you, Apricity for your lovely, positive post. I’m so glad you enjoyed your stay.

I know this is such a difficult time for those in the UK but having visited so many parts of the UK please remember what a great place it is and that there is so much to celebrate and cherish. Mon 22-Jul-19 11:23:04

I don't think anyone has forgotten Apricity. This is a news and politics thread, however, and in those areas, things are not so bright and for many of us, they are devastating. We all love our country and it is a right-wing trope to suggest that we don't simply because we disagree with someone else's politics. That is the start down a very nasty authoritarian road. Trump is doing the same suggesting the four women he has attacked (in order to secure his political base) are "incapable of loving our country".

It's rubbish and I expect the right on here are well aware it is a fallacious argument. Have a "chat" thread on this by all means but I am very aware that loving my country is about helping my country to do better; educating myself to be the best I can be and being knowledgable, ensuring that knowledge is based on fact, not fiction. Paying my taxes, seeing everyone around me as an equal however they define themselves. And it is about being prepared to stand up for my country even when attacked for doing so.

I am sure others can add what means loving their country to them but the sun coming up in the morning and the beautiful countryside is not politics or news and are mainly nothing to do with those living here.

You summed up my feelings exactly GGmk3.

I’m not grudging lemon just because something happens in London doesn’t mean it’s success or otherwise can be claimed as a British only success or somehow good news for the U.K., when that event involved a great deal of international cooperation and expertise- why pretend otherwise? We are not as insular as some would like us to be.

Actually GGMK3 the originator of this thread said quite specifically that this was a thread to "lift our spirits with any good news we hear to cheer ourselves up". This is not a "politics and news" thread as you have stated, there are a number of those already on GN.

I thought I was being positive mentioning my many lovely visits to the UK over a number of years. My comments had nothing whatsoever to do with politics, past or present, but expressed my enjoyment of the natural beauty and history of so many parts of the UK. And the sun still shines every day even for those who choose not to see it.

It is on the “politics and news” forum - look at the heading- yes there are lovely bits of the U.K. - and many other countries too- but it’s not politics or news which is why it has been questioned.

Hear Hear Apricity! Happy Birthday to everyone whose birthday it is today, including Prince George!

I think Urmston put this thread under news and politics because it doesn’t really come under any one heading.
Anyone who doesn’t want to post anything uplifting can always refrain from posting something miserable.
Good posts Apricity ???

Actually GGMK3 the originator of this thread said quite specifically that this was a thread to "lift our spirits with any good news we hear to cheer ourselves up".

Then she put it in the wrong place. Either this is political and you really cannot tell people to be cheerful at what they see the appalling way the country is being run, or it is the false argument that says "if you cannot agree with my view you do not love our country". It cannot be both in one thread, although noticeably the OP was an attack on other's political views - not really setting-up a "happy" thread, is it?

I am sure you meant well Apricity. Why not start a thread in chat?

Dictatorship will always have a hard time on GN I feel.

And the sun still shines every day even for those who choose not to see it

Most days I see it, but many are condemned to shade. Sorry but there is no need for the poverty many people are experiencing right now in the UK.

Oh well, we tried!!!!

I will keep well away, so carry on.

My good news is that the community cafe where I help out is thriving. People of all abilities and backgrounds enjoy a 3 course , homecooked meal for a small donation. Thanks to an excellent organisation called Fareshare, they also take food home with them.

GG your second paragraph, surely should have been prefaced with IMO , ( ie , she put in the wrong place)
You do not speak for us all (OR all of us) which ever you prefer.

Lessimore That is what I would call good news - thanks.

It's not really an opinion, though, is it Bridgeit. This is a politics and news forum and the OP's final paragraph was certainly making a political point.

That being the case, in my view it is perfectly in order to make a "political" comment and not in order for other people to demand "cheery" offerings only.