Roger Pakeman
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Roger Pakeman
@RPakeman
Local govt worker and follower of Rochdale, East Fife and my beloved Fort William FC. Dad, husband and now rabbit lover.
Oldham Katılım Nisan 2014
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Remarkable number of British sitcoms that actually stick the landing incredibly well - Blackadder, Dinnerladies, Only Fools (if you ignore the last 3 specials), The Thick of It, Miranda, The Vicar of Dibley, Gavin and Stacey (3 times), One Foot in the Grave
Aki🏳️⚧️@aki_st4rz3
has a show ever not fumbled its finale?
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@GerryHassan Next stop the Glasgow Transport Museum next to the Balamory Bus
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The Campervan could indeed become a part of the very history of Scotland. Or it could be used as a reference point in Christmas pantos. Whatever we have not seen the last of its like!
alexmassie@alexmassie
In the great tradition of the Mail vs the Express back in the grand old days, I’m very much looking forward to the scrap between The Daily Record and The Sun when it comes to purchasing a certain campervan at auction… Fair warms the heart, so it does.
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@CFCDray Prince Louis will become a Birmingham City fan to be awkward
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imagine she gets fed up and casually join a BluecoOUT protest.
Daily Mail@DailyMail
Prince William reveals that Princess Charlotte is a Chelsea supporter like her mother Kate - while George has inherited his love of Aston Villa trib.al/yFkdF2h
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@gareth0108 Last one built was Carsington Water in Derbyshire. Finished after privatisation due to problems with the dam. Lovely walk along the dam though.
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I reminder needed that there is a company in the city that pays this clown a six figure salary for his advice
I wonder why we have had no reservoirs built since privatisation? oh what could it be ? I know let’s have a dig at net zero instead
what an utter clown
John Redwood@johnredwood
Net zero advocates say we are running short of water because of changing weather. The main reason is of course the failure to put in new reservoirs to cater for the large increase in population through migration this century. We had plenty of rain last winter.
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@post_liberal Totally forgotten Herbert Chapman who built Arsenal winning two titles after two at Huddersfield Town. Probably the first great English Football Manager.
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Arsenal is the most successful London club and London has huge cultural reach globally. Arsenal have also changed their image by successfully memory-holing bits of their history that do not align with their current brand identity as cosmopolitan and culturally fashionable.
Financial Times@FT
What explains the cultural reach of Arsenal? Janan Ganesh examines how the club's fans are so all-pervading: ft.trib.al/0pvJ7he
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Prince William reveals that Princess Charlotte is a Chelsea supporter like her mother Kate - while George has inherited his love of Aston Villa trib.al/yFkdF2h
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@usmanakhtar00 Honley to Ashton-under-Lyme is some commute by train and definitely an hour by car. I was born in Ashton
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@gareth0108 @Shrink_at_Large @unojen_wood 40 years next month dealing with this issue going back to YTS. The reasons for the decline of Apprenticeships for 16-18 year olds are numerous. Daft DfE funding decisions, employers preferring 19+ recruits, the advertising of vacancies is shambolic etc.
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@Shrink_at_Large @unojen_wood Saw Milburn churning out the Tufton st line that we spend £25 on benefits for every £1 we spend on training he forgets companies used to fund / organise the training we supplied the colleges we now subsidise companies millions for very little in return
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Parents on benefits aren’t discouraging their teenage kids to get apprenticeships. The causes of transgenerational poverty and unemployment are a lot more complicated than that.
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There were only three survivors of Hood's sinking out of a crew of 1,418: Midshipman William Dundas, Able Seaman Bob Tilburn, and Ordinary Signalman Ted Briggs
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AI is getting better, but there is lots here that make it obvious it is AI.
Yesterday's Britain, A Better Britain.@YesterdaysBrit1
How it was, not how it is.
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@NeilDrysdale Starmer is an Arsenal fan so wants to save a few quid
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The world in economic crisis, the NHS at breaking point, the cost-of-living crisis, the collapse of public services….these should be the priorities for the Prime Minister. Instead, let’s get excited about a bloody football match. Pathetic!
Outside Sports@outsideonline
UK Prime Minister Starmer urges TNT Sports to make Champions League final free-to-air Keir Starmer has reportedly written to TNT Sports urging the broadcaster to make the UEFA Champions League final available free-to-air for viewers across the United Kingdom. Full story: outsidesportlab.com/uk-prime-minis…
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@GerryHassan @Tartan_GHopper Auchinleck v Cumnock is a real local Derby
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Having done the Scottish 42 & 80 plus grounds lower down the pyramid the pull of lower league football beyond the Premiership is stronger than ever. Why bother with what is still the joint most uncompetitive senior league in all Europe? HT @Tartan_GHopper
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@MrOwens212 The end of Blackadder Goes🚎Forth is the most poignant ending in TV.
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@adventurer_avid @aswren There was a Belgian Battalion at the Battle of Injim River in Korea in 1951 along the Glosters, Northumberland Fusiliers etc facing down wave upon wave of Chinese assaults.
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@aswren Can someone tell me, when last the Belgians did anything worthwhile militarily?
Like before Napoleon perhaps?
No shows in ww1 and ww2.
Nothing since.
Do they even make wooden clogs or something?
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@arthistorynews If I was called Mosley, dressing up all in black is a bit risky.
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@louismosley There a probably a thousand other more significant principles which built this country.
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In Britain we judge a company by what it delivers, not by who its other customers are.
That principle built this country.
It should survive this week.
Times Radio@TimesRadio
“He talks about values, but I think what Londoners value is not being mugged, not being raped by a serving police officer.” CEO of Palantir UK Louis Mosley says London Mayor Sadiq Khan is “putting politics over public safety” by blocking the tech firm’s deal with the Met Police.
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@louismosley Thiel is the model for the next Bond villain. Read enough Tolkien to be suspicious of anything named Palantier
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Sidestepping the question but Pilate is such a great literary character. Vain, irritated, prickled by a conscience he thought he long killed, projecting power while knowing it’s really a powder keg. “What is Truth?” as both cynical realpolitik & a genuine inching toward the light
Sami Gold@souljagoyteller
Why is it that Pontius Pilate is not more of a villain in Christian history? When reading the New Testament for the first time, I was shocked to see that Pilate is depicted more as doing his Roman duty and not as a satanic force
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@retrofootballnw Also Herbert Chapman who won 2 league titles with Arsenal after 2 with Huddersfield Town
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For a while I have been concerned that football history is being rewritten.
Many journalists of a certain age only know football from the 2000s or the Premier League era. They look down their nose at the game before 1992.
This is incredible from Arsenal's website.
Callum McFadden@Callum7McFadden
Erm… George Graham was a former Arsenal player and led the club to two top flight titles… Massive error on the Arsenal website.
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