keithml.bsky.social
International teacher, migrant worker, loves most things French.
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"Terrorism" though has a specific legal definition and if the police define an investigation as 'terrorist' it has implications for the trial process and sentencing of the accused.
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I liked your view that “this is China; we’re not interested in your crap” though I’d have used stronger words…..
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Which, as a history teacher, shows how shamefully subjects like history and economics have been treated by American education.
They don’t want you to question, evaluate and challenge - which is what humanities subjects are all about.
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Too much of this tariff discussion centres around an assumption that Trump actually understands what he’s doing.
It’s becoming increasingly clear that, for one reason or another, he doesn’t.
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She’s still disqualified even if she does, and the appeal will (I think) not be heard until after the election as the wheels of the French legal system tend to grind slowly.
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I did like the way Macron cut across and corrected Trump when he was spouting nonsense about the EU’s aid to Ukraine.
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I’ll happily take that compliment about my age, but unfortunately it’s wrong!
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That’s just a bit like asking people who believe in fairies to run the country.
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Yet bizarrely it’s the one manifesto promise they could drop which might actually make them more popular!
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Which we did before (the shops just priced it differently.) However we are more restricted in how much we can bring duty paid.
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Problem is that’s not the answer the Brexit nuts want to hear, nor accept.
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Of course they can, by being honest. “We tried with the greatest goodwill to fix this, but frankly, when those who called for it don’t know how to make it work, it pretty clearly isn’t going to.
Time to stop and get back to where we were.”
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Looking at that list, probably a packet of paracetamol, a crate of Irn Bru and a dozen bacon rolls.
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This went well.
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Only if you want Newport and Wormit to break out in civil war.
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He clearly doesn’t understand that he has just made the phrase “sniveling (sic) cretin” a badge of honour in Britain.
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Oh - and Fifers in South Fife are the most in favour of keeping Fife whole. Most in NE Fife are probably at best ambivalent, if not outright in favour of separation. Places like Newport and St Andrews have little in common with High Valleyfield and Cowdenbeath.
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One change here - Leuchars, Tayport, Newport and Wormit (the current Taybridgehead ward) should go to St Andrews and East Neuk. they have more links with St Andrews than Cupar, not least that the primary schools all feed to Madras College.
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Being a non-American - what is Baja Blast?
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He also didn’t do anything Trump wouldn’t do. Trump’s just pissed off Biden got there first.
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Pulling the current series would be unfair to the contestants - particularly as they are professionals and this could be integral to their future careers.
The Christmas ones should be relegated to iPlayer though.
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It’s kind of a step on from Wensleydale & cranberry. Not entirely opposed, but not sure if it works.
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Just hope Neil Parish isn’t there - he might get too excited.
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I think if they look closely, ham and mustard - jambon moutarde - is a classic French sandwiche.
One which truly sends the gammons mad.
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He’s just a trumped-up golf course owner, frankly.
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OK, not Istanbul but closer to the UK, so somewhere in Bosnia?
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Istanbul
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Sometimes it’s useful to understand the opposition, but also to remind yourself why it’s important to call the DM out.
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Same here. So much nicer!
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I don’t think he got it.
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To which I replied with this - and he liked it:
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😂
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More to the point - when are you going to get @maitlis.bsky.social to use her account?
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just be the one to throw the Senate off the scent of others? Let the Senate think they have some power by blocking the appointment of someone Trump historically isn’t exactly 100% behind, Trump gets rid of a liability in the HofR, and the real AG can then be appointed.
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😂😂😂
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I completely understand his reasoning, even if I disagree with the conclusion.
Personally, I wouldn't want it. However, I don't see why improved palliative care and this cannot go hand in hand. They aren't mutually exclusive - and if it is the answer, assisted dying numbers should remain low.
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Thanks Jennie! One day I'll figure out how to add a gold diamond to my name on here...
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I'm waiting for the inevitable huge bust-up between Trump and Musk - there's simply not enough room in the White House for two egos that size.
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I'm not sure I'm too bothered about that, though. I'd much rather they used it to sort the voting system - both SNP and Lib Dems support STV, as do the Greens, so why not switch to that?
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It's not generally the Unionist politicians who do this - the only dual mandate I can think of on that side is Douglas Ross, though happy to be corrected if wrong. (Obvs there were a lot in 1999 when the Parliament was set up.)
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Afternoon!
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This is a bit like Twitter used to be, but nicer and more pleasant. Welcome over!
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Welcome!