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The Foreign Secretary today advised the Libyans not to make the same mistake as Theresa May in holding an early election, but to wait until they were ready.
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Tripoli sounds like it merits a political "Third Way" - has Mr Blair an opinion or is he happy to leave it to the early but happily retired Mr Hague?Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostThe Foreign Secretary today advised the Libyans not to make the same mistake as Theresa May in holding an early election, but to wait until they were ready.
Anyhow, in the spirit of the thread:
The Aalsmeer Flower Auction - fourth biggest man-made building - arguably the greatest stock market - and the easiest to spot from space.
We could easily do the same in Lincolnshire but, well, you know, you know, it's all a lot of bother and we (the elites) haven't got round to it.
Two bits of news direct from the horse's mouth about the pared down civil service (no AA's or AOs at the centre now and a fast stream for EOs which enables some to leap to G7 and avoid the £40,000 jobs focussed on filing). One, they no longer do away days to "team build" with everyone learning to juggle from circus entertainers (I was on one in 2005). No, it's now learning together to sail from Poole to the Isle of Wight at taxpayers' expense - overnight accommodation all included. Two, they now all fully accept that they are different from many members of the public so managers play games to highlight this point both to advance and so that it is "adequately" addressed. See the day on which it was felt the best depiction would be for people to go to one side of the room or the other to show how they were intending to vote in the EU referendum, the expectation being that it would all shamefully be on one side. Chortle. When my mate found himself as the lone person voting "out" he was disbelieved then hounded and ultimately given a box marking that was accepted as unreasonable but he was told that the idea was to manage people (for which read the over 50s) out. It's an absolute sewer and so sad on what it says about the Haw-Haws' attacks on our country. If there was another vote tomorrow, I would vote to leave but I would also get rid of government and the local authorities. Hand all power over to the Quakers and Friends of the Earth. Incidentally he voted out "purely for environmental reasons" and later voted Green not especially bothering about their EU stance. What can anyone do? The world has gone crackers!
He's bright, one o'level from a rubbish school, son of a painter and decorator, has gone further than I did and that is merited but he has been there for 37 years since age 16. This is Old London calling. Grammar school ish - once pro Clash and Springsteen - and now seeing our openness was taken for a ride. We are viewing it all newly through our own cultural lenses.
The ultra right wing - whoops not the right wing at all but rather the fluffy bunny rabbit social liberal - Jenny Jones - https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...m-green-brexit
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Power goes to other people's heads.Comment
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De rigueur mortis...Comment
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The enema withinComment
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...raab?....raab?....raab?....raab?....raab?....bong chingComment
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Who needs Housing when you can get Full-Fat Brexit.My life, each morning when I dress, is four and twenty hours less. (J Richardson)Comment
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We really need a Ministry of 1950s-styled public school prefects to accommodate Raab and others of his ilk, such as the Tory who exclaimed "How rum!" in The Commons the other day - an expression I haven't come across since the 1950s, (Ian Carmichael in I'm All Right Jack?) and which even then was probably more appropriate to the age of Bertie Wooster and Flappers of the obsequious butler-pursued type.Originally posted by Pianorak View PostComment
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