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Brit immigrant in Germany glad to have escaped the Other Place. Pro-EU; married to a wonderful man; BIR fanatic with ridiculously full spice cupboard. Happily blocked by Ian Dunt and proud member of the β€˜FBPE NAFO boomer cohort’. NO DMs πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

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Tate has his trousers specifically made in the β€˜White House’ style: no ballroom.

10.03.2026 11:44 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜‚ πŸ˜‚ a million likes…

10.03.2026 11:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I wsh hm every pssble dsastr.

09.03.2026 10:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œWindmills”
It never fails to surprise me how quickly the yellow press falls into line with the stupidest people on the planet in search of clicks.

09.03.2026 10:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

For those surprised that Russian culture requires such a large building, most of it was used for making shampoo & peroxide vodka.

09.03.2026 09:57 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

To answer your initial question, the privatisation of BT has been very successful indeed. However this was aided by the technological changes that were incipient at the time.

08.03.2026 09:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Spectatorβ€˜s award winning podcast* where public figures discuss their views in a civilised manner over a glass of ethanol ang a bag of mushrooms.

* 2017 winner of the Govey award for expert-free batshittery.

07.03.2026 09:53 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Igor Tudor enacts ghostly role in the most stupid of hires with Tottenham too bad to stay up | Barney Ronay The problem here is not the interim manager, it’s the ad hoc interim ownership and the short-term sense of identity at this ghost town club

I know the Guardian gets a bit of a lashing on here bc of some news/opinion pieces, but there’s always Barney Ronay, the best of some great sports writers.

www.theguardian.com/football/202...

06.03.2026 08:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

At least now they’ve got Twonames Mullin who apparently speaks in tongues.

06.03.2026 05:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The last I could abide from them on here was some utter codswallop about UK being debt-free and economically healthy until Thatcher.
Not interested in a Twitter reenactment & won’t follow some others for the same reason. It’s a pity that they garner the innocent and credulous in such numbers.

05.03.2026 22:31 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Given his polished speaking skills and command of logic, it’s Barkawayne for me.

05.03.2026 20:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Germany would be a great choice as the land that cuisine forgot.

05.03.2026 11:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A β€˜stunning operational success’ is how a person on a horse could describe a countryside chase which results in a fox being torn apart by a pack of hounds.

04.03.2026 22:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I mean, I’d be happy with just the first bit…

04.03.2026 22:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Am sticking with my bet that the right is reading this wrong and that the majority of voters are not at all unhappy Starmer has upset Trump by holding back from a war whose purpose and end game no-one seems able to define.

03.03.2026 17:47 πŸ‘ 1152 πŸ” 161 πŸ’¬ 53 πŸ“Œ 15

I’ll be watching, even the theme tune was great.

04.03.2026 18:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Going to California | History of Philosophy without any gaps Like Led Zeppelin once upon a time I am "going to California" where I'll be giving several talks in late March and early April. Mostly at Berkeley:March 17, 5 pm: The Anatomy of Avicenna’s Philosophy:...

If you're in striking distance, come see me speaking at Berkeley in California in the coming weeks! Info here on the #HoPWaG blog (I will add more links as I get them):

www.historyofphilosophy.net/going-to-cal...

#berkeley #philsky #philosophy

03.03.2026 21:32 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Here in Germany, we all just got over the price shocks from switching gas supply from πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί to Gulf producers.
Interesting Times ahead.

04.03.2026 09:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The campaign is the prosecution of the war -tactics as you correctly state - but strategy encompasses those and is also of a somewhat greater scope (pol/econ/geopolitics). My question was aimed at the fact they don’t have an overall strategy.

04.03.2026 09:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

They have a strategy?

04.03.2026 08:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Let them live in Siberia, but nowhere else.

03.03.2026 23:40 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Selbst die NYT gibt korrekt wieder, was fΓΌr ein ****kriecher dieser Kanzler ist. Im Rest Europas dΓΌrfte das nicht gut ankommen. Und eine mutige Opposition in D wΓΌrde daraus etwas machen.

Re-Post mit Alt-Text.

03.03.2026 20:39 πŸ‘ 344 πŸ” 141 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 13

Spain hasn’t β€˜kicked them out’, but merely forbidden their use for this particular operation. Interestingly, the main US airbase in Spain is named for Donald Trump.

03.03.2026 23:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

When it comes to Middle East strategy, a Winston Churchill is the last thing anyone needs.

03.03.2026 22:53 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

NATO presumably.

03.03.2026 09:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m sorry but this comes across like special pleading for plantation owners during Sherman’s march. The cities wouldn’t be there without slave labour; now, as business hubs they couldn’t continue without slave labour.

01.03.2026 12:12 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That Michael McIntyre’s let himself go…

01.03.2026 11:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The hubristic response to the G&D poll, followed by throwing red meat to your fiercest opponents isn’t doing a brilliant job Warren.

01.03.2026 10:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œAnd neither have we.”

28.02.2026 13:36 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

A sort of β€˜farewell cruel electorate’ note by instalments. Terrible idea.

28.02.2026 12:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0