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A reporter phoned up Wagner on their recruiting line pretending to be interested in signing up. They basically said there was the choice of Africa or Ukraine but he'd be better off in Africa because he'd probably live till the end of contract. Whereas...

Same street in Bucha 12 months apart. Edit: just to be clear the bottom one is what it looks like now, rebuilt after the Russian attempted takeover of Kyiv when they were stopped at Bucha.

Funny you should say that...... https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/05/16/3-russian-hypersonic-missile-scientists-jailed-for-treasoncolleagues-say-a81155

The idea that the Tories are some how better at managing the country's finances and economy is one of the most pervasive and successful illusions there is. Even in those years when Tory tax take is lower its usually been funded by borrowing not by balancing the books. https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2021/06/24/the-tories-have-always-borrowed-more-than-labour-and-always-repaid-less-they-are-the-party-of-big-deficit-spending/

Pity you need a button to regulate your actions, but not surprising. Both you and Weston seem to have the same involuntary response mechanisms - same kind of disease as Tourettes or OCD.

Cost: $3 million Result: 12 strawberry plants destroyed, four damaged.

Pretty damn sparse

It's literally been years now. Super weird, super pathetic.

Go you The original sad old git can use google. We’ll done. Except the term used was squid not octopus and putting in ‘Jewish’ and ‘squid’ only brought up the current story, as I said. If only you were half as smart as you like to pretend

Ah ta. I did google first but only saw links and references to the current cartoon controversy, with no reference to why.

What's the link between being Jewish and squid? Genuinely have no idea.

It's because the marketsd are diverging and most companies are setting up separate offices. Whereas London used to be the main hub for all of the EU increasingly companies are relocating staff to a new main base in the EU with a smaller satellite in London. .

fao Jonnyboy

Charles Two Eye? Whodafuck?

You'd think the National Oceanorgraphy centre would have planned it better.

I used to read the Mail on Sunday because it had a liberal and fairly balanced editorial policy in marked contrast to the DM - they had different editors and staff. I wouldn't read it now.

She wrote that immediately after another tweet praising the cancellation of smart motorways following public complaints and a report

Is that before or after?

https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1647952621213306881/mediaviewer

You know you're getting old when you see that pic and hope the white Beetle got a ticket for parking on the pavement.

At 3pm on a Friday I paid £12 for guaranteed next day special delivery. It got there at 2pm Monday. Apparently Saturday and Sunday dont count either.

I know there is no way to be wholly balanced and objective - but you get a lot closer if you honestly try rather than just wring your hands / shrug your shoulders and allow the pumping out of propaganda - which ends in Russia or China.

The 'say what you like' model brought about by multi channel broadcasting and the internet has reduced freedom and increased division. How can you have freedom when you don't know what is really happening? Outright lies are now premissable when the previous system was essentially facts viewed through a right or left wing prism. People increasingly live in echo chambers, wanting to hear their own prejudices reflected back to them and its going to end badly.

I had a work meeting on Wednesday with DEFRA inspectors at Dover. Apparently, there are no longer exports of live farm animals from the the UK to EU. It used to be huge trade of 1 million animals + per year. The Government has dressed this up as an animal welfare win, but is a lie as imports are still allowed. In fact its due to the Governments inability to put in place facilities.