The Economist ‘style’ often verges on parodic. In articles like this it’s just fucking stupid.
Would-be asylum-seekers take to the sea partly because legal routes are largely closed. Britain currently has no humanitarian-visa scheme for them econ.st/3G7G4DL
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Help us to end rough sleeping in Southwark and keep everyone warm and safe this winter. If you do see someone sleeping rough and want to help, please contact streetlink.org.uk/
ALT Help us to end rough sleeping in Southwark and keep everyone warm and safe this winter. If you do see someone sleeping rough and want to help, please contact streetlink.org.uk
It may come as a surprise to some in the UK, but ‘right of centre’ politicians in other parts of the world are not by definition callous and buffoonish.
Here’s something @marshall_steven , the Premier of South Australia, said a few months back which made me sit up.
That’s the same *Liberal Party* Premier of SA who has overseen a Covid policy which has acted quickly, seriously, and followed scientific advice throughout. Resulting in a total of four deaths, the last over a year and a half ago.
One of the most serious and ferociously bright PMs the UK’s ever had. And we got rid of him for whatever-the-fuck-you-want-to-call-the-last-12-years, because I hesitate to use the word ‘government’.
🌍 Jabs for all 💉
The government say they’re on target for vaccine donations…
But that’s not “strictly correct”, says former PM @GordonBrown.
#KayBurley BH
Unforeseen coming together of despairing Carolina Panthers twitter accounts + @Coldwar_Steve
I was reminded recently of something amusing that happened to me a while back...
For many years I had exchanged emails with my sister Chloe. We talked about smoked fish, shared psychedelic videos about Weasels, and other sorts of normal inter-sibling correspondence...
One of our ongoing debates tackled the question of whether on dual-flush toilets the little button was for little flush, or big flush, or some kind of combination was involved.
Which obviously involved sending each other various pictures of toilets as we compiled evidence...
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I had a museum for the things I brough home as a child: a dusty old chest of drawers in the barn next to the house. It had peeling veneer, ornate metal looped handles and three deep drawers, to which I assigned a different category of treasure. #mudlarking
In a city of 10 million people how is 2-part, clear drying epoxy TOO MUCH TO FUCKING ASK!?!!?
I’m amazed everything isn’t falling apart literally as well as figuratively.
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Snares present a danger to hedgehogs, this petition ends tomorrow and needs 30,000 more signatures to secure a debate. You know what to do…petition.parliament.uk/petit…