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  1. dutchman

    WW2. War started for Britain on this day.

    Where my dad came from, they never stop talking about September 1944. This British column is parked outside the railway station in Eindhoven:
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    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    Yes they can (every twelve months under current rules).
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    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    He won't be around much longer, the knives were already out for him before this.
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    Another stabbing

    The only time Coventry makes the national press is when it's something bad: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12475731/Driver-knocks-three-people-including-two-pedestrians-cyclist-series-separate-crashes-hes-arrested-police.html
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    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    Correct: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/09/03/david-blunkett-interview-labour-keir-starmer/ Turning to the numbers, he says it will be a “massive ask” for Sir Keir to achieve the 12-point lead over the Tories that he will need to win the next general election, despite leading by 15...
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    Death List 2023

    He was plain Mr Mohamed Fayed. The "Al" was an invention of his in the 1970s to imply he was the son of an oil-rich sheik or similar.
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    Things that most Supermarkets no longer stock

    Half litre bottles of milk. I don't use very much and the litre bottles go off before I've used even half.
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    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    You're assuming someone other than the Tories would win.
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    Things that annoy you

    Sounds great, I want one now!
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    Cashless Society

    Spon End Fish Bar take cards for purchases over £5. Finding a place to park though will be a problem as the council have painted double-yellow lines outside all of the shops in Spon End and blocked-off the turn into Upper Spon Street. :mad:
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    Trump is my favourite comedian of the year already

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/08/27/donald-trump-mugshot-breaks-campaign-fundraising-record/
  12. dutchman

    Things that annoy you

    Even odder, having it photographed before a wedding along with cuff-links, etc. What's that all about?
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    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/08/26/no-wealth-taxes-labour-rachel-reeves/
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    Things that annoy you

    When I was a kid you could still taste the cola in a bottle of cola, today it's all sweetener.
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    Trump is my favourite comedian of the year already

    https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/donald-trump-mugshot-arrest-jon-sopel-b2399354.html
  16. dutchman

    USSR invades Ukraine.

    https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-believes-missile-inside-russia-likely-shot-down-prigozhins-presumed-plane-us-2023-08-24/
  17. dutchman

    Things that annoy you

    The leaves are turning brown in Spon End and we ain't had a Summer yet! :mad:
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    Lucy Letby

    They can teach us why they do it so we can prevent it happening again in the future.
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    Best TV shows or movies you can recommend

    I've got a Dutch cousin looks like Jane Leeves, hates it when I call her 'Daphne'.
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