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Ha! Yes, I'd certainly watch this.
And yeah, re exceptional circumstances, so many parents seem to argue this on the basis of "but my kids are special and exceptional because they're my kids, surely you can see that?"
My kids are really happy with the no phones rule their school has had for the lady year, much more social interaction now (though nb they were the left out kids because they were amongst the very few that don't yet have phones)
I've got friends arguing that this whole thing is overblown (and also very dull) and I can see where they're coming from, but it also feels like every single intervention reveals new levels of stupidity and rot.
Ok, that one is a doozy. Certainly thought when reading it that someone had fun putting the 'dossiers secrets' together.
Thing is, I'm always happy to get shot of my luggage and let someone else lug it around for me. And I don't particularly mind a bit of waiting either end.
Yes, absolutely. Anything you'll need in the 24 hours after you arrive that you can't easily replace.
Since I am currently on my way to one, my contribution to the Airport Discourse is that checking in bags is Good, Actually and manically packing the largest bag the airline will let you carry on with the bare minimum amount of stuff you'll need is a modern sickness of which I want no part.
Funny to recall that this government, mired in scandal, policy u-turns and infighting, won a huge majority a little less than two years ago. And while the fiscal inheritance was bad, the bar for improvement was also set incredibly low. It was just so hard to see how you could end up here so quickly.
ok, I'll bite, which would you consider to be the more right-wing bits of Brussels? Stockel?
Mandelson's appointment feels of a piece with the "let's be awful to immigrants and trans people to win Reform voters" in that they tried to be too clever by half and ended up doing something obviously daft.
That Simon Case advised the PM (in formal written advice) to get his candidate for ambo vetted before announcing it publicly.
it's awful but terribly popular with pre-teen girls for reasons which aren't (and don't need to be) clear to me
Disco Inferno
First world problems and that, but reading the detail of a) my travel insurance and b) EU rules on passenger rights has been, er, eye- opening
Yes, plus having lots of books around when you have kids growing up in the house is a Good Thing, and you never know which of them will stoke a given child's interest, and at what point,
Every so often I like to surprise my wife with yet another box of books we never got round to unpacking when we moved into our current house over 12 years ago.
I occasionally drop them in to wind up my colleagues but I haven't got round to just making idioms up*
*yet
What happened to Sale this season? They've dropped off so much.
I mean, yes, you could go to Vietnam or the Philippines and wave some dollars around in an attempt to have a successful date. Or you could - and hear me out on this one - just try not being an arsehole.
Master and Commander, Princess Bride, Big Lebowski, Black Cat White Cat, Zulu, Miller's Crossing, Blues Brothers
This kind of ability to entirely ignore the meaning of huge chunks of the gospel is essential for the existence of e.g. prosperity gospel
Yes, I had a colleague like this and I point blank refused to entertain the notion that we would travel to the airport from our offices together, made it very clear I'd see her on the flight.
The European Parliament did once commission a graphic novel, where a dashing young MEP runs around saying things like "quick, we must convene a committee session to consider the necessary amendments to this proposal" and it's like the Citizen Kane of EU propaganda.
These people have not seen how deeply uncool and tedious our laughable attempts at propaganda are.
Let's hope Michael Caine's French accent is more convincing than his Geordie accent.
Singapore-sur-Seine?
Oh sure, there'll be plenty of milk and honey on offer, as you say. I was thinking of Leave managing to get a vote for change by offering versions of Leave which could not possibly all co- exist (fortress Britain vs Singapore on Thames) but which appealed to quite different groups.
