Polycule falls apart

[RoyalCorgi]

I expect people remember that Heather Herbert (charged in relation to social media comments he made after Ann Widdecombe's death) is in a polycule with Sophie Molly (aka Sparkles, aka Euan Weddell) and someone called Poppybear.

Molly, I believe, is a witness for Jolyon Maugham in Sarah Phillimore's libel case against Maugham.

Poppybear has been posting some very indiscreet posts on BlueSky about both Molly and Herbert, and it looks, tragically, as if the polycule has fallen apart.

According to Poppybear, Herbert's comments about Widdecombe "painted a bullseye on all of us", and led to the police coming in and "invading" all their devices (whatever that means).

Also according to Poppybear, living with Sophie Molly is "like being permanently slapped around the face by pathological laziness unless it's something that grooms her ego."

Oh dear.

https://x.com/DogLoverOfPI/status/2082944747862188490

In a separate development, apparently Herbert has had his toxic kidney removed by the NHS so the money donated to the fundraiser is going to be used for something else:

https://x.com/WillyWoofter/status/2082494111555190875

He has included a call from cis allies so you might get some of those like Kirsty Blackman or Zarah Sultana

Thank you (and to @EveryoneIsPointingNow ) although I'm still a bit hazy on whether a swede and a turnip is interchangable in the matter of 'neeps and tatties'. I've had to do quite a bit of googling for this thread, including 'butteries' and now I definitely want one of those. The mention of Lidl selling them: is this just in Scotland?

I mentioned that Lidl sell lardons, upthread, but I don't think they sell butteries.

I’m surprised we haven’t seen Lardon proposed as a baby name yet. It has a certain ring to it. Lardette the girl version.

The nickname might be a problem - Lardy?

Oh dear, hadn’t thought of that.

Don, Danny, it could work...

For needs and tatties with haggis you need orange turnip (swede). We called both swede and the little white ones "turnip".

I agree lidl bakery is excellent.

There was some awful dad dancing with a group of them in the uk a couple of years ago too.

It's only in the North East and East of Scotland. No bastard crosses the Highland Boundary fault line with a buttery. I can't even imagine what happens, I suppose they go instantaneously stale, and a stale buttery is a travesty.

You could get a buttery in one of the baker's in Glenrothes in the 80s. I guess not now, most of the local ones are gone, replaced by chain/franchises

Buttery contraband is confiscated at the borders of the Shire and sent to the ARI when they’re just stale enough to be both vaguely edible and totally rank.