NorthernWisdom
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But it's right if that's the British standard! Not like British English is without inconsistency, is it (such as my ability to use a double negative there, for example!)
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shmmeee
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“Just got to itch my arm”
hill83
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clint van damme
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Haven't came across that but I'll keep an eye out for it.
Alan Dugdales Moustache
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maths is short for math(ematic)s in my book and besides, the yanks can't even say "for God's sake" in the right order so bollocks to them .Actually it’s math, the Yanks are right on this one as much as it pains me.
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Alan Dugdales Moustache
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Its slightly where the boats are coming from . You haven't a bloody clue have you. Do you know where France actually is ?
Earlsdon_Skyblue1
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Apologies if I've missed it, but I haven't seen it posted on here. The guy who died wasn't actually 16, but 28. He also had claims of asylum rejected in France (read into that what you will).
It's all well and good getting up in arms about children dying crossing the channel, but it seems to me as if it gets swept over that they are usually not children, women, or in fact families. This is my biggest gripe. Having compassion doesn't mean you need to take your brain out and be ignorant.
It doesn't make his death any less tragic for this chap, but the fact this is now generally being overlooked is concerning. On the one side you have 'sink the boats' and on the other you have a video projected onto the white cliffs of Dover glorying illegal migration.
I've always maintained every genuine refugee should have a roof over their head and given opportunities, but this is getting more and more silly. How many actually are refugees? The line that it is 'only a handful' isn't really an argument either.
It's all well and good getting up in arms about children dying crossing the channel, but it seems to me as if it gets swept over that they are usually not children, women, or in fact families. This is my biggest gripe. Having compassion doesn't mean you need to take your brain out and be ignorant.
It doesn't make his death any less tragic for this chap, but the fact this is now generally being overlooked is concerning. On the one side you have 'sink the boats' and on the other you have a video projected onto the white cliffs of Dover glorying illegal migration.
I've always maintained every genuine refugee should have a roof over their head and given opportunities, but this is getting more and more silly. How many actually are refugees? The line that it is 'only a handful' isn't really an argument either.
Alan Dugdales Moustache
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You can say math, but you'll be told your a twat. It sounds stupid , let's face it.I don't care about the grammar, we say maths, and therefore that's British way of saying it
chiefdave
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That goes back to the issue of not having a proper system in place before we start chucking bombs about. Syria is a perfect example. Over 5m refugees fleeing a country we have bombed but nothing put in place so they all head to Turkey and Greece until they are overwhelmed. Also allows non-Syrian refugees to mix in and before you even start you're in a mess.
Might have been better to have planned in advance and have quick processing and redistribution around Europe.
Sky_Blue_Dreamer
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Not exactly the most important point but math is just as acceptable as maths. Look at the word - mathematics. It's not mathsematics.
Same as aluminium. Aluminum is actually correct as that's what the guy that discovered it called it. We just decided to add an extra i in because so many others elements end in -ium.
Sky_Blue_Dreamer
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He plays up front for us. Maddy Gotten
Alan Dugdales Moustache
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If you want to go round saying aluminum and math then that's fine. If you want to say dyper, sidewalk , for God sakes etc that's fine too. If you want to say muffler and hood that's great
But do you really want to ? For God sakes no. Period.
This threads all over the shop now .
Here goes some other data.
We're not alone I think.
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Here goes some other data.
We're not alone I think.
Frontex: Arrivals Picking up at EU External Borders, Still Down for the Year
The number of citizens attempting to cross Europe’s external borders illegally has marked a 15 per cent decrease, during the first seven months of this year, compared to the previous year, the European Union Border Protection Agency Frontex’s report reads. However, compared to April, when the...
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Alan Dugdales Moustache
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Anyway, should Land of Hope and Glory be banned ? They're thinking of withdrawing it from the last night of the proms .
Is that the right move, opportunistic or a load of bollocks ?
Is that the right move, opportunistic or a load of bollocks ?
Sky Blue Pete
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If it was all pomp and words didn’t mean anything then let’s keep it but it’s a false narrative and words do mean something. I love music and the pomp of the proms but the nationalism verges on places I don’t wish to go.
Alan Dugdales Moustache
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I'd rather ban any music which promoted guns and knives to be honest.
skybluetony176
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That’s social commentary. It’s always happened. Did the music born in the Great Depression cause a continuation of the Great Depression? Of course not, it was social commentary, same as music that is labelled as promoting something else.
skybluetony176
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Also, no one’s banned it. They’re just considering dropping it this year at the last night. Drama queen.
shmmeee
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Stupid idea and hope it doesn’t happen. Literally no one is asking for it.
Alan Dugdales Moustache
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.Once it's gone it's gone. Ugly bastard.
Alan Dugdales Moustache
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It'll offend someone though.
Clitoris was offensive in " peaches" so they had to change that.
This must be even more offensive. To whom I don't know.
shmmeee
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I hate this preemptive strike stuff. It doesn’t help anyone and more often than not gets people upset at a vulnerable group because they think they’re overreacting.
If thousands of black people were on the streets complaining about it that’s one thing. I’d never heard anyone say it’s even a slight issue and I run in some pretty left wing online circles.
skybluetony176
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Not sure you understand how the proms works.
By the way. It’s still available on Apple Music. Can’t say the same about a lot of these songs that you claim promote gun crime. Not sure you understand the definition of the word banned either.
Yeah agree , isn't that cancel culture?
See it on here around the SISU bad debate sometimes?
Sky_Blue_Dreamer
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I think it isn't particularly relevant today and seems to be there to hark to the days of Empire etc. along with things like Rule Britannia, Jerusalem and the other Pomp and Circumstance stuff.
Wouldn't want to see it banned or airbrushed out of history as it says a lot about the era and the mindset of the nation. I would prefer it to just fade away naturally as it becomes less relevant but with something so intrinsically linked to the Proms it will have to be a watershed moment where one year it isn't used any more and whatever year that is there will be enough voices to complain about loss of tradition, British values etc.
Wouldn't want to see it banned or airbrushed out of history as it says a lot about the era and the mindset of the nation. I would prefer it to just fade away naturally as it becomes less relevant but with something so intrinsically linked to the Proms it will have to be a watershed moment where one year it isn't used any more and whatever year that is there will be enough voices to complain about loss of tradition, British values etc.
Alan Dugdales Moustache
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Yeah, I know it's not been " banned" as such but it sounds like it's an in house ban to me.
Do I know what the word " banned" means ? I think I do but I'm sure a condescending superior life form like you can send me a definition.
How do you type with your head up your arse ?
Grendel
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He types out of his arse so fairly easily I’d have thought
Alan Dugdales Moustache
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Thanks Gideon. Not sure one gives a faaaack whether the songs one claims to be about gun crime are on Apple Music ? That's like so not the point ?
Censored?
Alan Dugdales Moustache
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A bit strong , wingy. Perhaps simply "withdraw" for reasons ...er...oh God knows.
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chiefdave
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The state of some of the replies to this tweet from the National Trust. Seem to recall when a statue was pulled down in Bristol we were told it should have stayed up so we can learn from history. Here's the National Trust trying to teach people using history and getting abuse for it.
