Ah but aren’t the Police notoriously part of the woke elite?

When they say we had no idea remind them (if you notice) that senior leadership in the NhS and c.350 people here did have an inkling. Be lucky people

I’m impressed they get the name of their own party right to be fair

She is rather good isn’t she… Nico approves this message

I got my voluntary redundancy approved! I retire in 187 days

Maybe the packaging says ‘shake well’ on the side and in the spirit of customer service they gave things a bit of a head start

Love to…long way from Birmingham (the one in the UK)!!

The current one (can’t be the short one!!) so must be the JE one… it’s like an audio blanket

Ps BW, Dean

This spoken word track is f***ing spell blinding…staggeringly good

It was put there to help when giving directions to English stag parties

Didn’t that used to be ‘preemptive retaliation’?

In the words of GWB (and the the same degree of accuracy)…’Mission Accomplished’

Tan Dun & the London Philharmonic Orchestra | B:Music Globally successful musician and composer Tan Dun conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra in Beethoven’s visionary Ninth Symphony. On its own, that woul

Completely forgot I bought tickets for this…

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Just when I desperately needed a boost and the universe provided

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Got a couple of amazing West African places and a new Ethiopian place too…fortunately no Ugali on any of the menus! Fun fact 2: despite what people might hear, Smethwick definitely not a no go zone…

I lived in Smethwick (UK) surrounded by the most amazing Punjabi ‘sweet shops’ specialising in the familiar sugar laden treats and vegetarian food inc. the greatest samosa. After 4 years I had to move…about 1.5 miles away and, fortuitously, even closer to my favourite. Fun fact, 1 Samosa = 5k run

Isn’t that the sort of dedication to praxis we want from our public servants??

In days of yore it was known as ‘doing a Naomi’ (i fink)

If they could read so would this

Avoid convertibles and book storage facilities

Inclusion of antimicrobial resistance in a pandemic agreement: why it matters and what comes next? AbstractBackground. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), referred to as the “constant pandemic,” exceeds malaria and HIV as a cause of mortality across low- and

𝗗𝗿𝘂𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗱𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘆. 𝗔 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗴𝗮𝗽𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀.
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A Bitter Education | Pankaj Mishra Jawaharlal Nehru wrote in The Discovery of India that “among the many people and races who have come in contact with Indians and influenced India’s life

“The principled opposition to racism and imperialism that once made India the moral leader of Asia went missing well before Modi and his toadies emerged with their WhatsApp forwards to deride the ideals of Gandhi and Nehru.” —Pankaj Mishra

And done

What a wonderful post…earns a subscription too!!

With a hefty dose of misogyny

When I worked in Shanghai back in 2004 there was a Clinique (I think) product that was claimed to lighten skin and you’d see women empty the shelves of the stuff the minute it was re-stocked…this is different level

My favourite suggestion so far has been a golden pager

The true story of the secret program that brought Nazi scientists to the U.S. After World War II, Operation Paperclip quietly recruited German scientists to work on its most advanced weapons and space programs—including some who had been active in the Third Reich.

Well apart from those who moved to US as part of Operation Paperclip…apart from them they don’t…not that I want to disagree with Miss Piggy

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