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by Richard Frost » Fri Apr 09 2021 5:46pm
Quote of the day
“I declare this thing open, whatever it is.”
Prince Philip in Canada in 1969, performing his royal duties as only he could
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by macliam » Fri Apr 09 2021 8:04pm
Richard Frost wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09 2021 5:46pm
Quote of the day
“I declare this thing open, whatever it is.”
Prince Philip in Canada in 1969, performing his royal duties as only he could
But as he also said "We don't come to Canada for our health. We can think of other ways of enjoying ourselves."
Just because I'm paranoid, it doesn't mean they're not out to get me
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by Richard Frost » Tue Apr 13 2021 4:22pm
“Together, we can honour the memory of compatriots and our American friends who under the flag of the 100 Infantry Division came from South Carolina to liberate our town: liberators who called themselves, with pride, the ‘sons of Bitche’.”
Benoit Kieffer, mayor of Bitche, invites “Monsieur Mark Zuckerberg” to his historic town in north-east France after its “Ville de Bitche” Facebook page was shut down for apparently using an offensive name.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56731027
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by Richard Frost » Wed Apr 21 2021 5:39pm
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“I don’t think that project is now still up and running.”
Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli says the European Super League cannot proceed.
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by Richard Frost » Tue Apr 27 2021 4:38pm
Quote of the day 27/4/21
“If he has nothing to hide he’s got nothing to fear - but, so far, his behaviour suggests something fishy is going on.”
Labour’s Jonathan Ashworth puts pressure on Boris Johnson to explain exactly who paid for renovations to his Downing Street flat.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56903838
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by Sarah » Tue Apr 27 2021 6:16pm
This was said yesterday:
Alastair Campbell wrote:We are now in a crazy world where the PM lies routinely yet under current rules if an MP were to accuse Johnson of lying in Parliament he/she would have to withdraw the accusation or leave the Chamber and face sanction.
https://twitter.com/campbellclaret/stat ... 11520?s=20
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by kevinchess1 » Tue Apr 27 2021 7:53pm
You'd of thought Ally C would have kept his head down when it comes to 'Lying PMs.' Anyway, It's not a 'We are now in a Crazy world' It's always been the case that you can't call the Pm or any other MP a liar. Nothing new there. If we got rid of all the lying MPs there wouldn't be any left
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by Sarah » Wed Apr 28 2021 10:23am
They can still differ by degrees; as far as I'm aware, this is the most dishonest government in my lifetime.
Here's a great quote from 1964, celebrated today by Ethics In Bricks:
Hannah Arendt wrote:Those who choose the lesser evil forget very quickly that they chose evil.
https://twitter.com/EthicsInBricks/stat ... 91684?s=20
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by Richard Frost » Wed Apr 28 2021 5:44pm
In the court of King Boris, only one thing is certain: this will all end badly
Rafael Behr
Instead of a cabinet, Britain has courtiers. In place of a prime minister, there is a potentate. The traditional structures still exist, but as tributes to an obsolescent way of governing. There are still secretaries of state. But their place in the formal, constitutional hierarchy has little bearing on real power, which swirls in an unstable vortex of advisers and officials vying for proximity to Boris Johnson’s throne.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... r-politics
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