Philippa Vallely
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@BeccadT Sadly my area is still Tory - expected. What I didn't expect was LD came closer than ever before- less than 2000 votes (whereas it's normally a landslide).
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@BeccadT I was just following the local Poole election, had 3 recounts, exciting stuff! Labour won with only 18 votes! Dorset has predominantly gone LibDem or Labour- unheard of!
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Why are all of the channels just focusing on chat and interviews (frequently with tosspots)? I want the wild drama of a returning officer in a leisure centre and a bunch of blow ins listening to the local result.
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Waving the Tories off
#ElectionResults #GeneralElections2024 #UKElection2024
#GeneralElection2024 #GeneralElection24
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@timecaptales There was a torture I once read about that a Shanghai gangster called Big Ear Du would exact, by severing the tendons in a person's body so that they were unable to move, and then dumping them on the street. No one would help because they knew who had done it and were too scared
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2. Keelhauling: The term comes from the Dutch word kielhalen, meaning “to drag along the keel”—which is precisely what this torture method did. The sailor was stripped, tied, and suspended by a rope from the ship’s mast, with weights or chains attached to their legs.
The rope was looped beneath the ship, and once the sailor was released, they were dragged under the keel. The fatality rate was practically 100 percent. If the person did not drown, they suffered severe head trauma from repeatedly smacking against the keel, as well as deep lacerations from the barnacles and other aquatic growth present on the hull. If they survived and were hauled back on board, death would most likely still result from wound infections.
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8 of history's evilest execution methods:
1. Crucifixion: The victim was tied or nailed to a wooden beam—or cross. Nails were pierced through the bones below the wrists to bear the weight of the person. It was a “brilliant” placement because no major blood vessels were hit—only the median nerve, which would cause the fingers to seize and the hands to flex down in an excruciating contracture.
The feet were nailed to the vertical part of the cross, and once the legs weakened, the arms had to hold up the body, resulting in the shoulders being pulled from their sockets. The elbows and wrists would soon follow, with the arms now several inches longer. At this point, the chest had to bear the body’s weight, triggering respiratory problems, and eventual suffocation.
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Change... but to what? For whom? How?
Seriously, you've had 14 years to think about this.
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@Migrainenostril My brother has a parking space near Liverpool St, super cheap. WhatsApp me if you want details! Alternatively, drive to somewhere like Watford or Cheshunt and get the train from there!
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@Migrainenostril @RoyalMailHelp Clearly an impenetrable fortress 🙄
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@flippa03 @RoyalMailHelp Maybe they were too threatened by your little spiky gate posts 🤣
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@RoyalMailHelp If your drivers are going to lie about 'attempted delivery', at least make it believable. This is literally my access...
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I’m going to make my rubbish start to the day into a positive.
My train to Sheffield was cancelled due to a shortage of…what?
Best suggestion wins a signed hardback of The Shadow Network.
Tony Kent@TonyKent_Writes
Great morning so far. Up at 4.30am to catch the 5.30am to London, in order to then get the 07.02 to Sheffield. Then this ⬇️ bullshit. Now no way I can get to Sheffield in time for my hearing, so heading back home to do it onscreen instead. And it’s not even 8am yet. On the upside, at least this time it wasn’t caused by the massive underfunding of the criminal justice system. Take your silver linings where you can…
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I didn't know what I loved more the overtly shitty cgi deer or the dramatic horseback shoving match and then my guy runs straight into a fucking tree. Superb. No notes. #MaryandGeorge
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@YahooCare like others, app not working. I can't clear data as it will delete passwords and I don't have a current record (and the verification is my other yahoo account)... should I just wait for app to fix, or can you change the verification at your end to a mobile number?
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@BeccadT I'm not 100% on details, but Essex Anglo-European pride themselves (pun intended) on being inclusive. Contact Jody Gee, Headteacher
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Hey, trans twitter hive mind. Anyone got good examples please of schools offering good support to trans and non-binary senior schoolers around sports, toilets, residential, and general anti-bullying. Thank you.
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@The_Globe They have been at a great feast of languages,
and stol’n the scraps. (LLL)
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Monday thoughts...💭
✨ What's your favourite line (ever) from a Shakespeare play?
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