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Writer since I was 6. Earned my living writing for 25 years. Now teach for a living & write for fun in the South of France. @mostxlnt everywhere. mostxlnt.com for longer meanderings. Naive art, landscapes, beaches, opera esp. Mozart, cook, pride.
Back in the '90s I interviewed Victor Kiam about Remington Razors - so good he bought the company. The interview had to be at 2am because when he came to the UK he made everyone work on California time so he didn't have to change.
Someone has delusions of grandeur.
This is jaw-droppingly stupid of Badenoch. As James says, the Type 45 is literally built from the ground up for air defence - its entire role is to protect a naval task group from air threats, whether that's aircraft, anti-ship missiles, or ballistic missiles.
One was a coal miner. The other worked in stone quarries, then the army, then dug holes in roads and then in the Stoke on Trent potteries. And he was a part-time professional gardener all that time too.
Wow. Nearly 73 quid. Shhh, don't tell her.
I actually owe it since 1987. So, someone's gonna be rich.
I still owe Tony Curtis - now Tony Curtis's estate, so probably Jamie Curtis - £25 for a tip for a newspaper gossip story.
I still owe Tony Curtis - now Tony Curtis's estate, so probably Jamie Curtis - £25 for a tip for a newspaper gossip story.
I told my French students that some people in the Anglophone world replace some letters with ** in swear words. Now I regularly see "Fuck***".
She must have worked in a different France to the one I live in. Here I see people eating on their own almost every time I go into a restaurant, especially at lunchtime, and I eat alone frequently myself. Guardian gets it wrong again? Shurely Shome Mishtake?
NUMBY - Not Under My Back Yard.
They are 100% certain they're right so they can't change as they would've been wrong and they're never wrong. Also, as you say, they're fascists and seem to love the lifestyle and desperately want all the fascists to love them and don't care about their old supporters who'll support them for ever.
Nice to see that the Observer's subs haven't forgotten everything they learned during their Guardian days. Or are they AI strikes? In which case, Capitalisation Please.
Do you have Lemon Curd there? Look it up, it's delicious!
Clive gives Keith both barrels.
Interesting. Wikipedia has now removed the reference, saying that the source wasn't good enough. Perhaps Keith made it all up?
PA is quoting the Tory spokesperson as saying, "Only the Conservatives have the experience, the plans and the team to ensure a stronger economy and a stronger country."
Delusional much? You lost your deposit with less than 2% of the vote. You're now so irrelevant, soon you won't be on Question Time.
I hadn't heard that either and it took a LOT of searching to find it. In the end only ChatGPT could find it for me, and then only in a listing on the Wikipedia page for the by-election: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Go... so Good Grief, Keith, I can hear the barrel you're scraping from here.
PA is quoting the Tory spokesperson as saying, "Only the Conservatives have the experience, the plans and the team to ensure a stronger economy and a stronger country."
Badenoch has come out with even riper tripe. Delusional much? You lost your deposit with less than 2% of the vote.
PA quotes the Tory spokesperson as saying, "Only the Conservatives have the experience, the plans and the team to ensure a stronger economy and a stronger country." Delusional much?
The risk of taking long-time voters (me included) for granted sort of paid off at the last election, but I think that victory was mostly the 'Not the Tories!' badge. Now, they can't take us for granted any more. FA, FO.
PA quotes their spokesperson as saying, "Only the Conservatives have the experience, the plans and the team to ensure a stronger economy and a stronger country." Good grief. I'll have a pint of whatever they're drinking.
Top reaction from the Tories who lost their deposit with less than 2% of the vote: "This is a massive defeat for Labour, the Tories are the only party that can govern Britain now" or something to that effect.
Only their opinions count.
Three blokes talk about a woman plumber. "In Newscast by-election tradition, this episode was livestreamed on Friday morning. Adam and Chris are joined by BBC political correspondent Joe Pike and pollster Luke Tryl to discuss the results and what it means for the UK as a whole."
Shrinking on Apple TV is fantastic, especially when you get to watch Han Solo helping Marty McFly; Starfleet Academy is a good addition to the Star Trek line if you're into it; The Pitt; Night Manager is great British thriller TV; Small Prophets is on The BBC, you may be able to get it elsewhere.
Too many companies forget that hiring someone is a discussion. They say what they want and the potential employee says what they want. The Guardian thinks that working for them is a privilege. Anyone who pretends that not indicating the salary range is normal is having a laugh. Run away.
Shrinking, also on Apple TV I'm afraid; group of psychologists who know what they're talking about being very funny together. Also you get to see Han Solo helping Marty McFly!
Well if he HAD said that he'd have been right for once.