The First Indoor Beach In Britain Will Open In 2025

Work on an extensive new £250 million indoor waterpark in Manchester will begin next year, with the centre opening in 2025.

The park, called Therme Manchester, will feature living water slides, a wave pool and swim-up bars, and has been developed to increase visitors’ mental health and wellbeing.

Located opposite the Trafford Centre on the Event City site, it’s predicted to attract up to two million visitors per year within five years, which would make it the most visited based attraction in Europe.

The next-generation water park will even include immersive digital art, an on-site farm and botanical gardens, all sitting inside glass domes.

The park, which is being billed as the UK’s first city-based wellbeing resort, will cover 28 acres, the size of 19 football pitches.

It was due to open in late 2023 but has been moved back two years and revised plans will be presented to Trafford Council in the summer.

Stelian Iacob, senior vice present of Therme Group Worldwide and CEO of Therme Group UK told a newspaper outlet that their commitment to bring Therme Manchester to the United Kingdom was as strong as ever. He said that expert independent studies had shown the hugely favourable economic and social influence that Therme Manchester would have, helping to create jobs, economic wealth and bringing health and wellbeing to the everyday lives of millions of visitors.

Inside, its extensive family zone will include 35 slides, indoor and outdoor pools, a steam room and exotic palm tree relaxation areas.

The dedicated adult’s area will have warm water lagoons, therapeutic mineral baths and steam rooms and saunas.

There will also be a daily programme of water-based fitness classes as well as yoga, pilates and meditation sessions.

According to the plans, a broad range of well-being treatments will also be available as well as advanced body scanners and professional therapists.

There will also be a range of bars, cafes and restaurants, offering everything from snacks and light bites to à la carte service.

The site will also have a visitor and education centre designed for school and community groups. It has been included in a bid to teach people about health, sustainability, food and nature.

The central focus of the project will be a two-acre well-being garden in the form of a rose.

The developer, the Therme Group, explained that this biodiverse garden for all seasons will be an evolving work of art, with petal-shaped terraces and stunning pools and water features. It will serve as a focal point for socialising, learning and discovery.

Jeeze, at this rate people, will be moving in because it will be more affordable than heating their own homes.

Manchester is known as a bit of a cesspit, but what people don’t know about this part of Manchester is that it has massive shopping malls, indoor skiing, skydiving centre, golf range et cetera, and there are already a bunch of people visiting this region of Manchester and there are two massive football clubs within a couple of miles which get approximately 70 thousand visitors every week, it can’t be all that bad.

It’s all very good opening this, however, living locally they will need to sort out the already crowded roads around the Trafford Centre.

This site will be a considerable biosphere and it will require an abundance of light otherwise there will be germs, no heat, no sunlight and numerous people will say no thanks.

In theory, it sounds amazing, but in fact, a bunch of brawling tattooed Mancunians peeing in the pools really doesn’t sound like the most attractive place to visit.

The Finns Will Decide If They Will Join NATO

Finland may make the call on whether to join NATO only weeks following Russia’s attack on Ukraine, with a decision likely during this spring.

The country may join the transatlantic military alliance despite warnings of retaliation and military and political consequences from the Kremlin.

Prime Minister Sanna Marin this weekend said that both joining NATO and not joining are choices that have consequences. She said that they need to consider both the short term and long term effects, but at the same time, they must keep in mind their goal, ensuring the safety of Finland and Finns in all situations.

Sanna Marin added that Finland’s association with neighbouring Russia had altered irreversibly after the attack on Ukraine and that it takes a lot of time and work for trust to be restored.

Finland shares an 830 mile (1,340 kilometre) border with Russia, the longest by any European Union member.

It has remained military non aligned, therefore not engaging in combat or warfare, since the end of the Cold War for fear of provoking Moscow.

This weekend the country’s foreign minister Pekka Haavisto said Russia’s activities in Ukraine have completely altered the security geography in Finland.

He told Kyodo News that Finland must be prepared for more negative military tactics.

This comes despite indications of retaliation from Moscow should the nation join NATO.

Last month a Russian politician warned of serious military and political consequences if Finland and Sweden joined the alliance.

Russian Foreign Ministry Second European Department Director Sergei Belyayev told Interfax that it was evident that Finland and Sweden’s joining NATO, which is a military alliance in the first place, would have profound military and political consequences requiring use to revise the entire range of relations with those nations and take retaliatory measures.

Last month Finland also noticed interference with passenger jet’s GPS signals near Russia’s Kaliningrad enclave and the country’s eastern border with Moscow.

Finnish airline Finnair said its pilots had noticed the disturbances near Kaliningrad, which is sandwiched between NATO members Lithuania and Poland on the Baltic Sea’s east coast.

Other aircraft reported unusual disturbances in GPS signals near Finland’s eastern border with Russia, with aircraft unable to disembark at Savonlinna airport due to the interference.

In February Helsinki also received letters from Russia, requesting clarity on the Nordic nation’s future concerning security.

Haavisto then told a newspaper outlet the instance reminded him of the Cold War when the country was used to this sort of Russian letter asking for consultations.

In December 2019, Marin was nominated by the Social Democratic Party to succeed Antti Rinne as the Prime Minister of Finland, but Antti Rinne formally remained party leader until June 2020.

In a narrow vote, Marin conquered Antti Lindtman.

The majority of ministers in her five-party cabinet are women, numbering 12 out of 19 at the time of the cabinet’s formation, and she’s the third female head of government in Finland, after Anneli Jäätteenmäki and Mari Kiviniemi.

Upon her confirmation by Parliament at the age of 34, she became Finland’s youngest-ever prime minister and was the youngest serving state leader until Sebastian Kurz regained the title in January 2020.

Vladimir Putin has started the most senseless conflict in history and quite clearly Finland isn’t going to let Vladimir Putin’s threats discourage them, but how will this end?

Is there anyone foolish enough to take Vladimir Putin out because he clearly seems to have lost his mind, and shouldn’t be allowed to stay in power?

The US has made it extremely apparent it has no interest in becoming a direct participant in the war and of course, any removal by force of a foreign head of state would definitely qualify as an act of war.

Some people are asking if we are close to World War III. Well, some analysts are saying that we’re already there and have been for several years, and the rationale is that a 21st-century world war would look significantly different to those of the 20th century.

For now, NATO is managing to stay out of it, ensuring it stays a conflict between Ukraine and Russia, but given that NATO is giving arms to Ukraine, conducting cyber offensive attacks and has launched an all-out economic war, it’s not unreasonable to believe that we’re already in a form of conflict with Russia.

If Vladimir Putin is eventually found guilty of war crimes, how will they go about bringing him and his associates to justice? Well, assuming that Vladimir Putin is removed from office and survives, then his successor might decide to hand him over for trial at the International Criminal Court, but Vladimir Putin will always retain some supporters in Russia, whatever happens, so the possibility of seeing Vladimir Putin in court one day is extremely slim.

And of course, the very worst-case scenario that could happen with Vladimir Putin’s special military operation is that there could be a nuclear attack, ordered by Vladimir Putin in an act of desperation to try to ensure a Russian victory.

Number 10 Has No Cost-Of-Living Crisis!

The prime minister (pictured walking into Claridge’s on Thursday) is also said to have ‘laughed off’ the ongoing Partygate investigations by the Metropolitan Police, telling guests: ‘There won’t be any questionnaires sent out to those attending this event.’

A report declared that just hours before the drastic new cost of living bills came into place for Britons, Prime Minister Boris Johnson hosted lavish champagne and canapes do and quipped about Partygate.

On Thursday night, Boris Johnson and fellow Cabinet ministers went to Claridge’s in London’s Mayfair to schmooze Tory donors, ahead of the life-changing rise in costs for bills and council tax for the people of the United Kingdom.

At Claridge’s Hotel on Thursday 31 March, Boris ate ‘fancy canapes’ and drank champagne for two hours with 150 other guests.

The next day saw millions of ordinary Britons face an invasion on their budgets because council tax, car tax, national insurance, water ills and the cost of broadband, phones and TV were all going up in April.

Households are suffering a tremendous hit on living standards as the price of gas and electricity skyrockets by 54 per cent, as regulator Ofgem raised the price cap for an average home to £1,971 from £1,277. Experts anticipate it will be about £2,700 a year from October.

All the while Boris Johnson was wooing rich donors, with his aim to get money for the Conservative’s marginal seats fund.

He was also have said to have laughed off the ongoing Partygate investigations by the Metropolitan Police, telling guests that he could assure them that they wouldn’t be sent any questionnaires for attending the event.

According to a newspaper outlet, Cabinet ministers and MPs, including Home Secretary Priti Patel were also in attendance as Parliament broke up for Easter.

They joined the remaining 150 guests at the five-star hotel, feasted on fancy canapes and sipped champagne for two hours on Thursday 31 March.

The Prime Minister wasn’t seen to have joined in on the boozing.

The timing of the event, as well as jokes of Partygate when Downing Street officials have been issued with the first set of £50 fines, comes on the eve of a tremendous hit to people’s wallets.

Downing Street officials who attended a boozy leaving do while indoor events were prohibited due to COVID have started receiving £50 fines over the lockdown busting party.

The first fixed penalty notice from the police investigating the Partygate saga arrived through email to those found to have disregarded the law.

They relate to a party in June 2020, understood to be a leaving do for an associate, Hannah Young, who was departing Downing Street for a Government position in the US.

Also named Bleak Friday, April 1 saw all 66 million Britons face an invasion on their budget because council tax, car tax, national insurance, water bills and the cost of broadband, phones and TV are all going up in April.

Boris Johnson is laughing at you, yes you, the ordinary person and we should quit voting for them, not enabling them. Yet people voted for this obsessive liar, despite knowing he was full of baloney.

People are just mooing animals to the Tories who can be easily convinced of any old rubbish. But we can no longer blame the politicians – fool me once shame on them, fool me repeatedly, shame on me!

And Boris Johnson is laughing because he knows he’ll probably get re-elected. But the problem is we say the self-same thing about Labour when they do get elected and it’s about time we had some new players.

This Tory government aren’t out of touch with reality, they just couldn’t care less about the people as long as their fat snouts are in the trough.

It’s just a shame that Boris Johnson didn’t put on the side of a bus that energy prices would go up – nobody would have voted for Brexit then. Come to think of it, they probably wouldn’t have voted for Boris either!

President Vladimir Putin Orders The Conscription Of 134,500 Additional Soldiers

A Ukrainian soldier takes a selfie next to a destroyed Russian tank in the Sumy region, Ukraine, 30 March 2022

President Vladimir Putin has ordered 134,500 more draftees to join his troops as Russia’s forces continue to struggle to make substantial gains in Ukraine.

The Russian dictator signed a decree ordering the new draftees into the military as part of Russia’s annual spring draft. Despite Moscow’s struggles, the defence ministry argued the call up had nothing to do with the conflict in Ukraine.

Putin vowed not to send young, untrained conscripts to the front lines of the war in Ukraine – but has since broken that promise

The order came five weeks into Russia’s invasion, which has run into fierce Ukrainian opposition that has imposed devastating casualties on Moscow’s troops.

As the decree was signed, Pro Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine declared they now control virtually all of the Lugansk region and more than half of the Donetsk region after Moscow made those territories its primary military goal.

The foreign ministry of the self-proclaimed republic said in a Telegrampost that more than 90 per cent of the Lugansk region had been freed. The head of the Donetsk separatists said 55 to 60 per cent of the area was under Russian control.

The declarations, which came after Russia said this week that it would deescalate its more attacks further west in Ukraine, couldn’t be independently confirmed.

Later, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that Russian squads in Ukraine were not withdrawing but regrouping.

Jens Stoltenberg also said the alliance had yet to be convinced that Russia was negotiating in good faith in peace talks in Istanbul because Moscow’s military objective since launching its attack on Ukraine had not altered.

Speaking on Tuesday as Vladimir Putin signed the decree, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said that none of the 134,500 call ups would be sent to any hot spots.

The issue of conscripts’ involvement in the fight was highly sensitive.

On March 9, the defence ministry admitted that some had been sent to Ukraine after Vladimir Putin had renounced this on various occasions, saying only experienced soldiers and officers had been sent in.

Vladimir Putin’s spokesman said at the time that the president had ordered military prosecutors to examine and redress the officials responsible for disregarding his instructions to exclude conscripts.

Vladimir Putin’s decree said that the annual spring military draft, which runs from April 1 to July 15, will impact Russian men between the ages of 18 and 27.

Shoigu said that those called up would start to be dispatched to their designated bases in late May.

The fact is that 134,500 young men, probably from impoverished families, with no links to the government will be sent to their death by weakling Vladimir Putin.

Vladimir Putin thinks that he’s a real leader, but he’s not sending his own family to their death. He’s willing to send children of others, husbands of others, fathers of others, brothers of others to their death, but yet Vladimir Putin is not to be seen anywhere.

I thought that Vladimir Putin wanted peace talks, but actually, all he wants is war because he’s a real warmonger, and these draftees will be used like Russian soldiers in World War II, and this is 134,500 more unsuspecting fools Vladimir Putin has duped.

Vladimir Putin doesn’t give a hoot about the law, and it appears that the Russians can’t do anything about it.

It seems that Vladimir Putin can enlist as many people as he wants, even if they are untrained and using decades-old equipment, it doesn’t make a shred of difference, and as bad as it sounds most of those people will be heading back to Russia in body bags. Who will he send in after that?

It Would Have Been Appropriate For Prince Harry To Be Here To Honour His Grandfather

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry at Global Citizen Live in New York on September 25, 2021.

Prince Harry has been criticised for remaining in California and not bothering to attend Prince Philip’s memorial at Westminster Abbey, with the late Duke’s former protection officer describing his absence as pathetic.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex remained at their $14 million mansion in Montecito while the rest of the Royal Family, including the Queen despite recent health problems, assembled in London for the poignant occasion.

Harry, who’s expected to journey to the Netherlands in two weeks to attend the Invictus Games, refused to travel over a row about his security.

The Duke, 37, is pursuing a legal challenge against the Home Office after being told he would no longer be given the same degree of personal protective security when visiting from the US, despite offering to pay for it himself.

However, his excuse was branded pathetic by Richard Griffin, who spent 14 years as a royal protection officer for Prince Philip.

He said that Prince Philip was their grandfather so William had clearly had excellent training from him and is going to learn examples from him. He said that he just hopes that Harry gets some of those things in his mind, and he said that Harry not being there was a big disappointment for everyone and that people were talking about it saying that he should have been there.

And he said that it was all drivel about how he couldn’t get security, and that as far as he was concerned it was a pitiful reason and that he should have been there to honour his grandfather.

He said that at the end of the day, if he was that worried about security, he could’ve stuck with his brother and father who’ve got great security and he would have been more than safe.

Royal expert Angela Levin tweeted that it was heartwarming to see the great-grandchildren at Prince Philip’s thanksgiving service, with an abundance of royals, and hundreds of those connected to his charities. No one will forget or forgive he who doesn’t feel safe.

Fans took to Twitter to criticise the Duke of Sussex, and one wrote that they always defend Prince Harry no matter what but now he could royally kiss his fat a–. Because he’s far too important to attend his grandfather’s memorial.

Another said that it was disgraceful that Prince Harry refused to attend, but that this was the same man that trashed his family on global TV while his grandfather lay extremely unwell in hospital.

It appears that the Queen might have to sit alone for the memorial because Harry won’t come back to England because he doesn’t feel safe, but then she does have another grandson, but then Harry knows he’s made a huge mistake with this up and coming book.

There is no way he’s going to come back and be all cordial and nice when he’s about to pierce a blade in the backs of those who have shown nothing but love for him, but then we actually don’t know what goes on behind closed doors, do we!

But there are also a lot of people who are saying that Harry is being controlled by his wife and that she has alienated herself from the Royal Family.

Harry had a family, friends in England, and let’s face it England is a lovely country to live in, but then I guess he didn’t want anything to happen to his wife, like what happened to his mother and he wants his family to be safe, and that’s understandable as well.

There are some people that are saying that he’s not being a good example to his children. Well, there are a lot of families who don’t see each other and their grandchildren because families do move away to make a better life for themselves, it happens all the time, but we don’t hear about those people, do we?

After Will Smith Smacked Chris Rock In The Face, Panicky Oscar Bosses Raced To Regain Control

During the 2022 Academy Awards in Los Angeles, Will Smith slaps Chris Rock

Oscars showrunners went to panic stations as they attempted to keep the Academy Awards on track after Hollywood megastar Will Smith surprised everyone by hitting fellow actor and comedian Chris Rock, live and on stage.

In what will probably go down as one of the most-watched moments in the history of the awards, Will Smith stormed the stage after Chris Rock made a quip about Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair loss, before yelling ‘keep my wife’s name out of your f—king mouth.

With the incident detracting the whole 3-1/2 hour set, showrunners were left with an urgent decision to make. Let the best actor nominee stay in the Dolby Theatre, or can Will Smith, 53, from the event.

Ramin Setoodeh, executive editor of Variety magazine said that in fact, this year’s Oscars producer Will Packer even went to talk with Will Smith after the slap, approaching the actor and his wife at their table in the front row.

Will Packer is probably the person who made the decision to let the Hollywood golden boy remain in the theatre, but two insider sources told a newspaper outlet that producers asked Chris Rock whether he wanted Will Smith removed. The sources said he said no.

Will Smith hit Chris Rock, 57, as the comedian was on stage to present the documentary feature award. With the Oscars broadcast on a short time delay, ABC quickly cut the audio for 20 seconds in an attempt to dodge humiliation.

But having just been hit, Chris Rock was left on stage to conclude his presentation, and it would be more than 10 minutes before ABC eventually cut to a commercial break to remove the building tension in the room.

When they eventually did, Hollywood A-listers rushed to calm Will Smith down, with videos from inside the Dolby theatre showing performers Denzel Washington and Tyler Perry talking to the emotional nominee off stage.

Bradley Cooper was also seen embracing Will Smith, who was sitting just yards away from the stage where Chris Rock had been presenting the award.

After talking to Bradley Cooper, Will Smith returned to his seat and was seen patting his eyes with a white cloth before his publicist appeared quickly by his side.

Behind the scenes, Academy staffers and journalists alike were left dumbfounded. The academy quickly told journalists to avoid asking any other actors about the incident, despite it immediately becoming the main event.

Well, at least we know that Will Smith is human, and now we’ve seen his real personality.

An LAPD spokesman said that the department wasn’t investigating the incident and that Chris Rock would have to file a battery complaint to open an inquiry.

According to a tweet from Variety Executive Editor Ramin Setoodeh, what unfolded between Chris Rock and Will Smith was not planned and didn’t happen in rehearsals the day before.

Chris Rock was afterwards overheard saying backstage that he just got punched in the face by Muhammad Ali and he didn’t get a scratch. Will Smith played Ali in the 2001 biopic about the boxing champion.)

Soon after striking Chris Rock, Will Smith won the lead actor prize for his performance in “King Richard.” In the sports drama, Will Smith played the titular father of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams.

Through tears, Will Smith apologised to the academy and his fellow contenders, but not to Chris Rock, while receiving his award.

Will Smith said that he wanted to be a vessel for love and he received a standing ovation upon winning the Oscar, and he said that he wanted to be an ambassador of that kind of love and care and concern and that he wanted to apologise to the academy.

The Police Respond To A Garden Shed On The Road In Marks Tey, A12

Near Colchester, police respond to a garden shed on the A12

Police were called out to the A12 near Colchester amid reports a garden shed was obstructing the road.

The force control room revealed the weird callout on Twitter at lunchtime.

Traffic maps revealed the incident, close to junction 25 at Marks Tey, caused some delays on the northbound carriageway.

Traffic heading eastbound on the A120 was worse affected, with cars slow-moving as far back as Coggeshall.

The force control room tweeted that officers from Colchester and roads policing were running to information of a garden shed that had somehow made its way onto the A12 in Marks Tey, but that no two calls were ever the same.

The latest traffic maps by the AA show congestion had eased in the area and the shed had been moved off the carriageway.

An AA traffic map was reporting that an object had been in the road, just to the north of junction 25 since 12.45 am.

Additionally, according to the AA traffic map, there seemed to be some congestion on the A12 near Marks Tey, causing delays of three minutes.

New BBC Art History Series Skips Henry VIII Because It Is Too Horrible

Henry VIII, who ruled from 1509 until his death in 1547, imposed the bloody English Reformation and plundered monasteries, leading to his exclusion from a new BBC Two series chronicling 1,500 years of British history, after one contributor called the monarch ‘horrible’ and an ‘a**hole’

Henry VIII will be skipped over in a new BBC history programme chronicling Britain over 1,500 years due to complaints the 16th-century ruler was a terrible person.

According to a newspaper outlet, the eight-part series, called Art That Made Us, plans to investigate tumultuous periods of British history through the lens of art, literature, music and designs but Henry VIII, despite heading up the bloody English Reformation of 1534, will not get a look in.

Field of The Cloth of Gold (pictured), a depiction of an ostentatious meeting between Henry VIII and King Francis I of France in 1520, was difficult to find for an eight-part series called Art That Made Us.

BBC producers invited Jeremy Deller, the Turner Prize-winning artist, to discuss a painting of Henry VIII, called Field of the Cloth of Gold, illustrating a gaudy meeting between the English monarch and Francis I of France in 1520.

However, Jeremy Deller declined the invitation to talk about the painting and the English ruler it represents, criticising Henry VIII as one of the most outstanding scumbags in British culture.

Jeremy Deller said that he hated him and that he was an iconoclast fundamentalist, and was just awful.

The dissolution of the monastic system under Henry VIII, a property grab that saw monks, nuns and friars turfed out of monasteries with all of their wealth being funnelled to the Crown, was a principal reason given by Jeremy Deller for his hatred of the historical figure.

According to the producers of the BBC Two series, Russell Barnes, the team gave up on Henry VIII after receiving Jeremy Deller’s flat out refusal.

Russell Barnes said they believed perhaps Field of the Cloth of Gold would be a truly fascinating picture to look at, but they just couldn’t find an artist who actually wanted to engage with that.

Mr Deller will instead appear on the series to discuss the work of William Morris, the influential British textile designer of the Victorian era.

Speaking about Morris’ wallpaper designs, Jeremy Deller said that they were the great landscape artworks of the 19th century. It wasn’t Turner and Constable, it was those which were then replicated throughout people’s homes throughout the world.

BBC Two’s new series Art That Made Us will start in the 5th century, looking at an Anglo Saxon figurine, the Lindisfarne Gospels and Beowulf.

The last instalment of the eight series show will cover from 1958 to the present day, during which everything from Irvine Welsh’s film Trainspotting to Stormzy’s 2019 performance at Glastonbury was highlighted for discussion.

Henry VIII was one of the most influential men in history, and we should live in an all-inclusive environment where no one is left out, including Hitler, and really, the only reason Henry wasn’t read was that they couldn’t find someone to speak about this particular painting, and it has actually been massively over sensationalised.

The programme is about art history, which is the paintings themselves rather than the subject within the paintings, and I can’t believe that they couldn’t find an expert to talk about it, and not just about Henry but his wives as well because this is was a fascinating period of English artistic history and it shouldn’t be overlooked.

Two of the best periods in British history is the Victorian and Tudor period, and here’s one person who decides the latter won’t feature, but he decided that he didn’t like Henry VIII, therefore he wasn’t going to be talked about.

Perhaps we should apologise to our children on behalf of him? Stuff happened in the past, and if talking about Henry VIII offends anyone they simply don’t have to watch it, but they could at least let others view it that want to.

William And Kate Fly Into A Third Storm In The Caribbean

Her Royal Highness wore aquamarine, the colour of the Bahamas’ flag, as she and Prince William continued their Caribbean tour to mark the Queen’s Silver Jubilee after their bumpy visit to Jamaica

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have flown into another storm in The Bahamas as islanders piled more pressure on the Royal Family over slave trade reparations amid a growing movement on Caribbean islands to remove the Queen as head of state.

The duo landed in Nassau last night after a bumpy visit to Jamaica that sparked demonstrations and allowed prime minister Andrew Holness to further his campaign to become a republic. A visit in Belize this week had to be rearranged over worries it could be disrupted.

William and Kate meet the Prime Minister of the Bahamas, Philip Davis, and his wife Ann-Marie during their Caribbean tour

As they touched down at Lynden Pindling International Airport in Nassau, Bahamas, to begin the last leg of their tour, Prince William and Kate were met by members of the military and eight-year-old local resident Aniah Moss, who presented the couple with a bouquet of flowers in front of the Royal Air Force Voyagers aircraft.

They then met the country’s Prime Minister Philip Davis, who gave them a portrait and said their visit to the island was long overdue, and as Kate wore duck egg blue to match the country’s flag, Mr Davis told them that their best wishes were sent to the Queen, and congratulations on her Platinum Jubilee and that he did not think they would see the same again, to which William nodded.

Mr Davis sidestepped any talk of independence and said they spoke about climate change, with the prospective king promising to do all he could to support their work to restore The Bahamas’ coral reefs. Mr Davis said last year that any independence referendum was not on the agenda but acknowledged that could change if voters demanded it. But one of his senior ministers said recently it was his life’s work to be truly independent of Britain.

And on the eve of the Cambridges’ arrival in The Bahamas, the island nation’s National Reparations Committee called for millions of pounds to be paid in reparations for the British monarchy’s role in slavery.

The explosive letter read: ‘They and their family of royals and their government must acknowledge that their diverse economy was built on the backs of our ancestors. And then, they must pay. We, the children of those victims, owe it to our ancestors to remember. We owe it to our ancestors to demand a reckoning and to demand accountability, healing, and justice.

‘The Duke and Duchess may not be compelled to make such a declaration during their visit to our shores. They may not be able at this time to speak on behalf of the Queen and their government. However, they can no longer ignore the devastation of their heritage.’

However, should anyone that’s alive today be accountable for slavery, child labour or any other ills of the past? And is it our place to give reparations to anyone for this?

Slavery from the past is hardly William, Catherine’s or the Queen’s responsibility, and even if they did apologise for it, it definitely won’t alter history, all we can do is learn from it.

It’s time that these countries had their independence, but Royalty will always be associated with the Empire which will always be associated with colonialism, which will always be associated with slavery, although no one has mentioned modern slavery that’s prolific all over the world.

Sometimes the past belongs in the past, but if we forget then mistakes happen over and over again, and all these tours that the Royal Family do are just an endless string of tours, endless changing of outfits and jewellery and out of touch speeches.

Boris Johnson has not been invited to Kyiv

Volodymyr Zelensky

Downing Street announced that despite reportedly being desperate to visit the warzone, Boris Johnson hasn’t been invited to visit war-ravaged Kyiv.

No 10 told reporters that the Prime Minister would consider travelling to the besieged metropolis, but no offer had been received from president Volodymyr Zelensky.

Boris Johnson

It came after Tory chairman Oliver Dowden insisted the Prime Minister had a genuine emotional bond with the suffering of the Ukrainian people and wanted to experience what it was like on the ground.

The comments, in an interview with LBC, came despite security fears over Boris Johnson’s obvious wish to visit Kyiv for face to face talks with Volodymyr Zelensky.

The Prime Minister’s official spokesman told reporters that they would clearly consider any invite should it be made, but there were no plans to travel there now, and it was said that the Prime Minister speaks to President Volodymyr Zelensky on an almost daily basis and that they were doing everything they could, and any requests that were made to continue playing a coordinating role, which they feel is essential to helping Ukraine.

He said President Volodymyr Zelensky hadn’t, at this time, requested the Prime Minister visit Kyiv.

The prime ministers of Poland, Slovenia and the Czech Republic made a trip to the Ukrainian capital last week.

Boris Johnson has been having almost daily calls with the president, which insiders told a newspaper outlet have often been moving and left Boris Johnson moist around the eyes.

The UN’s refugee agency said about 3.5 million people have fled Ukraine since the attack started, with millions more forced out of their homes staying in the country.

Mr Dowden, who serves in Cabinet, said that he believed the Prime Minister was desperate to go to Ukraine and has throughout the conflict felt a real, as the British people have done, connection with the suffering of the Ukrainian people and a need for the West to unite in standing up to this threat from Russia which has been exposed to Ukraine.

Pressed on why Boris Johnson needed to travel to the war zone rather than talking to Volodymyr Zelensky on the phone, Mr Dowden said that he believed that it was both to see what was going happening on the ground and that it was significantly different speaking to someone on the phone versus seeing it in practice, and that no decision had been taken in regard to this, and that it was to experience what was happening there and to see what was happening to the people on the ground.

Or perhaps Boris Johnson is just desperate to do some thumbs up in a jacket and helmet for a photo opportunity without any regard for the danger he will put other people in, and perhaps he shouldn’t be allowed near the place, and if he is permitted to go, all he will be doing is a rotund Frank Spencer show, giving the people of Kyiv a thumbs up, with his roaring Churchillian address.

Volodymyr Zelensky has enough to deal with, let alone having to worry about Boris Johnson getting in the way, and Boris should just continue with his phone calls instead, and let’s face it, who needs a useless sack of blubber, who’s desperate enough to attach himself to anyone’s wagon in a war zone? It’s not a circus Boris, it’s a war, and Boris Johnson needs to stick to his own playpen.

And I’m pretty sure we don’t need to see Boris Johnson act out his boyhood fantasies of wearing camouflage or doing the cringeworthy elbow bumps.

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