Linda

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Sometimes travelling
Always eating
Green fingers and a green mind; a fiesty auld Scots woman who eats what she grows and is environmentally friendly

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2024-07-28 02:48:48

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because every single ex President or Presidential Candidate has done the same, only with different leaders

2024-07-27 03:46:18

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the thing I’ll never understand is some women are Ok with this. And probably more than we’d like to think

2024-07-27 03:43:34

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someone better tell him her husband is Jewish 🤣👏

2024-07-27 03:38:56

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gladiator style

2024-07-27 03:30:05

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raised at night anchored in the gardens during the day

2024-07-27 03:27:59

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it will be raised each evening and during the day be anchored in the Tuileries Gardens. It’s actually powered by electricity - led lights and a mist from water creates the glow

2024-07-27 03:23:42

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I thought it was perfect. Every sequence was tied to the history and culture of the city and it tied together. If you didn’t know the context maybe it felt disjointed, but it was really a very clever nod to the city and its famous people.

2024-07-27 03:17:23

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it’s electric

2024-07-27 03:15:16

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vpn and BBC iplayer

2024-07-27 03:13:11

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I can think of around 140 capital cities where you could

2024-07-27 01:08:02

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Trump is just waiting to see the shape of her campaign then he will attack on her anti fracking views which will not go down well in Pennsylvania, try paint she is weak for business, provide evidence from her prosecutorial days to try paint she is weak on violence and point to her immigration views. Appeal to the macho middle America she’s a liberal Californian etc You can just see it now. For him it’s about not losing votes

2024-07-27 00:36:49

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Chazak ve'ematz

2024-07-27 00:32:33

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you can keep Balding. The other two are great

2024-07-27 00:31:30

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because he is a threat to them. If re-elected he could legislate to make life harder for them. Same in U.K., the new PM has done a secret (but leaked) deal with Murdoch and in return the Gov will turn a blind eye to what’s going on.

2024-07-27 00:19:53

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given she is one of the most listened to artists in France because most of her discography is sang in French, you’d be correct. Did the same folk whine about Gaga singing “Mon Truc en Plumes” in a tribute to Zizi Jeanmaire? Even Aya Nakamura who is a superstar and the most-listened-to French speaking artist in the world comes from Mali. It was a terrific performance.

2024-07-27 00:03:24

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every single sequence was a nod to Parisian history and culture. Guess you’re not familiar with Paris

2024-07-27 00:00:26

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many French will miss some of the references too. It was very Parisian and every ‘sequence’ was a nod to the history and culture of the city.

2024-07-26 23:50:36

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he is the bloody shower.

2024-07-26 23:48:37

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they were great. Claire Balding drives me nuts so will not be watching BBC coverage.

2024-07-26 23:36:46

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suggest you also look closer to home. Often it’s home grown

2024-07-26 23:30:54

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the world leaders should be ashamed.

2024-07-26 23:28:31

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it’s electric. The ring at the base of the balloon houses 40 LED lights which illuminate a cloud of water vapour produced by 200 high-pressure misting nozzles to give the flickering and smoke effect of real flames. During the day it will be at ground level in the Tuilleries Gardens and night raised 30 metres. Pretty impressive and nice nod to the Montgolfier brothers whose hot air balloon design first took flight in the same location.

2024-07-26 23:14:33

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yup, The London one was the worst I’ve ever seen.

2024-07-26 21:50:07

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probably. He’s as popular as the plague

2024-07-26 21:49:26

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aye the 2 Scottish presenters were very good.

2024-07-26 21:35:03

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it’s the English taking the piss. No idea why as London was the worst ceremony I’ve ever seen.

2024-07-26 21:29:26

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most are not there

2024-07-26 21:28:01

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they’d do it it to Macron first 🤣👏

2024-07-26 21:19:06

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he’s a French sporting hero. Almost every big sporting name has done something inappropriate during their time.,

2024-07-26 21:11:39

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particularly Parisian

2024-07-26 21:06:48

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London opening ceremony was the worst I’ve ever seen

2024-07-26 21:05:28

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🤭🤭

2024-07-26 19:14:32

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👏👏👏

2024-07-26 19:13:39

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🤣🤣🤣

2024-07-26 19:11:40

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I think he’s a deranged nutter who should be politically destroyed. He’s just throwing stuff out there until Harris shapes her campaign and then they will attack her perceived weaknesses in business and her opposition to fracking (Pennsylvania) and play on she’s not representative of macho middle America. I wish her well

2024-07-26 18:53:09

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where I’m watching everything is being decribed in context including info on teams and flag bearers

2024-07-26 18:46:51

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you had Zinedine Zidane before handing over to the masked man - an homage to the Phantom of the Opera - and assume some French celebrity will light the flame

2024-07-26 18:34:24

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I’m thinking François Truffaut mixed with Agnès Varda evoking the stylised, young Nouvelle Vague cinema

2024-07-26 18:21:08

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they’re always naff and often cringeworthy.

2024-07-26 18:15:06

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🤣🤣🤣😎

2024-07-26 18:11:02

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it seems rather odd without a stadium, but it’s very visual and pretty

2024-07-26 18:07:06

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don’t underestimate him. He’s playing mind games.

2024-07-26 13:12:36

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a start, Peter, but largely symbolic.

2024-07-26 12:45:48

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it won’t do anything. Two key things 1. Most homes are heated with gas or oil in remote locations. Very few have electric heating. Until you remove all off that you are totally reliant of gas and gas stations. Turns off the gas stations you are reliant on importing even more. 2. The technology for storage, integration and distribution of renewable energy is still very immature and expensive. It will improve but Millibrand’s 2030 target is just utter fantasy.

2024-07-26 12:34:38

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when people feel disfranchised they won’t vote - no matter the circumstances.

2024-07-26 12:30:06

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it is a start. The PM is a staunch Zionist and funded by the Israeli lobby, but the civil service legal team have laid out the facts in relation to International law and so they are rightly saying it’s up to the courts to decide, not Gov’s.

2024-07-26 12:22:36

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I’ve not had that in years. Add some beans and yer talking 🤣🤣 And you know what, my son in law is from the Carribean and his granny made corned beef hash too, only she added in some scotch bonnets and bell peppers.

2024-07-26 12:16:58

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it is a start. As for arms exports, Lammy has said he won’t have a blanket ban but restrict weapons sales to the country on the advice of civil service lawyers. Operationally, little will change for Israel. It’s suggested Lammy wants to target only offensive (rather than defensive) weapons – an arbitrary, and legally meaningless, distinction. The UK licensed £42m of arms to Israel, a tiny figure compared to the roughly $3.8bn America sends annually. It’s a bit symbolic.

2024-07-26 10:51:02

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what really worries me is the fact people voted to return him to Parliament. What kind of people are they because they likely share his views. This is alien to me.,

2024-07-26 10:48:22

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this whole election cycle in the USA is one big circus.

2024-07-26 10:43:43

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it’s a global thing. The political media is bought and sold. Turns out the new UKGov have done a ‘secret’ deal with Murdoch to get favourable copy and in return the Gov will drop plans to tighten up regulation regarding the culture, practices, and ethics of the British press. Bloody crooks the lot of them.

2024-07-26 10:39:12

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they’ll never learn.

2024-07-26 10:14:48

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as I stated yesterday to some knuckledragger. It does not matter what this man allegedly did or didn’t do, there are no circumstances under which a police officer can kick or stomp on a head. None.

2024-07-26 10:10:37

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best not mention Menezes to Starmer - he made the decision not to prosecute any police officer for the shooting.

2024-07-26 10:05:38

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which is down to political choice

2024-07-26 09:58:25

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Starmer is a puppet. He has been groomed for this job - the real power pulling the strings and writing policy is the Tony Blair Institute and Starmer’s private office is staffed by Blair’s men. He is not a politician, but an ‘elite’ pleaser. His time at the DPP was controversial- throwing staff under a bus and not accepting responsibility being a re-occurring event. When asked to jump by the Gov he asked how high. We’re in for a rocky ride.

2024-07-26 05:15:41

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no-one is leftist in the USA relative to us in Europe. Even the Dems would call us commies. BTW, in Europe the Dems would sit firmly in the conservative box

2024-07-26 01:32:53

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that’s a bit rich coming from a Gov who attack protestors.

2024-07-26 00:41:38

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perfect!

2024-07-26 00:39:28

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unless she stops funding and selling / sendings arms to Israel this is no different than Biden’s stance

2024-07-25 23:26:47

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I get your point but you’ll soon have nothing to eat and drink going down that route. London Essence is a Britvic company who are also linked with Pepsico through licensing. Guarenteed you’ll find a whole lot of horrors in there

2024-07-25 23:20:38

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if the are really unlucky it will be The Donald

2024-07-25 23:18:35

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look like the original fittings and panels. Quite a few of these properties have retained the original features

2024-07-25 23:13:34

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irrespective of the situation, which I understand is more complicated than that video and even if the men are found guilty, no police officer should be kicking anyone in the head.

2024-07-25 23:01:07

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the challenge is if she maintains the same Israeli policy she won’t win these voters who want this stopped.

2024-07-25 20:05:43

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You are correct on that one.

2024-07-25 20:05:00

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you’re not correct. Neither Greens in England & Wales, Greens in Scotland, Plaid Cymru (Wales), SNP (Scotland), numerous Independent candidates, Sinn Fein , Alliance in NI promoted the Tories. They’d gag at the thought. The UK us not England

2024-07-25 20:00:43

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80% of the electorate or 66% of those who could be arsed voting rejected Labour. They have the lowest electoral support in history. Starmer has the poorest personal rating of any new PM - ever. They have the seats, but not the backing of the people which means their majority is built on sand. Three weeks in Gov and even the most ardent pro Lab commentators say their honeymoon period is over.

2024-07-25 19:42:35

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there will be no ban second jobs but will only restrict lobbying work. Those who need to keep professional qualifications up to date, including nurses or doctors, and for those who wish to pursue speaking, writing or media presenting roles will be exempt. The bulk of outside income for serving MPs has come from these ‘speaking & media’ side hustles. In other words nothing much changes

2024-07-25 19:34:01

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I’d argue Labour are centre right these days

2024-07-25 04:24:53

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replace heal with genocider and you’ll be more accurate

2024-07-25 04:18:30

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may I remind you of the Young Turk government and their genocide of nearly 1 million Armenians. All in the name of paving the way for the formation of an ethno-national Turkish state.

2024-07-24 22:06:54

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if both have vile policies it is the prerogative of voters to reject both and either abstain or vote 3 party should they wish. That is democracy in action. Either side screaming ’you must vote for x or it will let y in’ is just moonhowling. Just as Dem voters don’t share the values of Rep voters, it is very valid a chunk of the electorate don’t share the values of either party. If Harris doesn’t win that’s on her and not voters.

2024-07-24 21:44:48

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bloody hell. That is shocking

2024-07-24 21:13:35

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Yup. American English…(or bad English 😉)

2024-07-24 20:02:41

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Keep voting for the lesser of two evils doesn’t address anything. If voters are repulsed by what’s on offer and can’t fix the two party system at the ballot box they should refuse to comply with the system and not vote. That is democracy.

2024-07-24 19:24:41

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not sure you are familiar with how think tanks work or who funds them.

2024-07-24 19:18:40

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probably not. It’s not a plan but a bunch of policy ideas developed by the Heritage Foundation and led by former officials in Trump’s administration. It will change and evolve and the next GOP POTUS will likely use some of the content to form policy. It is common for Washington think tanks of all political stripes to propose policy wish lists for potential governments-in-waiting.
The conservative Heritage Foundation first produced policy plans for Ronald Reagan

2024-07-24 19:00:03

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I can’t believe he was invited.

2024-07-24 16:48:56

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not just duration, but limits on campaign spend

2024-07-24 16:47:18

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don’t count your chickens yet. It will be very close and if she still holds the same policy on Israel it is very possible she will not win votes from those currently protesting on this issue

2024-07-24 16:41:11

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and Labour are just Tory lite so we swapped one for one

2024-07-24 15:35:50

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no fecking chance. Same crap, different tie.

2024-07-24 15:35:08

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it won’t be Starmer, that’s for sure. He probably lay prostrate in front of Charlie when telling him of his most marvellous news 🤬🤬

2024-07-24 15:33:49

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funny how jug lugs getting more money doesn’t cause inflation, but restricting the child cap does😡😡🤷‍♂️

2024-07-24 15:31:24

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taking one for the team is to be commended, but this is too much. I canny stand even looking at the obsequious snake never mind list his nasal whiney bullshit.

2024-07-24 15:28:52

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she’ll already be bashing out copy on her laptop from her rather fabulous villa in Tuscany. Polly understands as much about poverty than Charlie Windsor

2024-07-24 15:15:36

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what’s worse are the Labour supporters tying themselves in knots trying to justify this. You know, the same eejits who convinced themselves “he’d be different when PM”. And some are blaming the SNP & Greens etc for ‘forcing’ Labour into this situation - they believe he was going to scrap but the opposition have now deferred that so it’s their fault. You couldn’t make this shit up. To quote Maya Angelou “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”

2024-07-24 15:04:28

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👏👏👏👏 blocked that idiot months ago. Thick as mince and would lye prostrate in front of Starmer if he saw him.

2024-07-24 14:57:50

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his supporters are tying themselves in knots today 😎😎

2024-07-24 10:08:19

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good.

2024-07-24 09:21:23

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👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

2024-07-24 04:48:36

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at least Harris appears truthful unlike that lying b’tard Starmer

2024-07-24 04:47:00

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it’s true

2024-07-24 04:46:08

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he helped Israel bomb Yemen the other day.
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2024-07-24 04:44:39

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utter b’tard.

2024-07-24 04:44:04

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her views are so similar to the Tories. Suggest you read up on them

2024-07-24 04:43:21

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Starmer is dishonest and would sell his soul for power. And he did not bring down that clown Johnson. What planet do you live on?

2024-07-24 02:42:10

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my observation looking in is that Dems are buzzing. However, those who would not vote for Biden because of his stance on Israel and complicity in genocide are saying if Harris’s stance is similar they will not vote for her. The ball is in her court

2024-07-24 02:36:46

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world leader don’t know Harris, is more accurate. And as horrible as this sounds there are a number of leaders and influential politicians across Europe that do support Trump. We live in strange times