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@PPilotDeviation @HistoryBro1 Scratch a stay, turn three times, may the Lord and Saints preserve us!

@HistoryBro1 A single huzzah, and then nose to the grindstone. Don't count your eggs until they're all in the pudding, Mr. Calamy.

Oh, it's on now. It's so on.

@TheonrableMuntr @RupertLowe10 Fair enough. Restore can't be all things to all people. It sounds like the Green Party may be more aligned with your values.

This is where I part company with Restore's values. Inheritance tax is not a tax upon the deceased, but on the unearned income of the beneficiary. You have to receive £325,000 before inheritance tax kicks in. The people that really benefit from this are those with millions. This is the perpetuation of privileged kids over those with merit. They enter our top schools, have the connections. They become the undeserving landlords while decent moral kids work their nuts off to pay extortionate rents and cannot get off the ground. A lack of inheritance tax is the perpetuation of unearned privilege and all its ramifications on society.

Restore Britain's latest policy paper has just been released - abolishing inheritance tax. For farmers, for small businesses, for everyone. Restore Britain would abolish all inheritance tax. assets.nationbuilder.com/restorebritain…

@WingsEcosse @matt_horncastle Peerless? Seems a bit of a stretch when it was Cook who arrived at their islands and not the other way around.

@matt_horncastle The Polynesians were the world's peerless blue water sailors. They found every half way habitable (Henderson Island) island in an ocean covering fully 1/3 of the earth's surface. Cook's lieutenant recorded their astonishment of a native boy zipping around the bay, wind no matter.

I refuse to participate in the modern narrative that James Cook was a villain. Cook was born in poverty in 1728. He was not an aristocrat. He was not handed power. He worked from a young age, taught himself mathematics and navigation, and rose through sheer competence to become one of the most capable captains in the Royal Navy. What he achieved with the technology of the 1700s is extraordinary. He sailed into oceans where most of the map was blank. He charted enormous parts of the Pacific. His survey of New Zealand was so accurate that his charts were used by sailors for more than a century. Many of his coastal measurements were only hundreds of metres off modern satellite positions, achieved with nothing more than sextants, chronometers, and careful observation. His voyages were not just about exploration. They advanced science. One of his first missions was to observe the transit of Venus to improve humanity’s understanding of the solar system. He enforced strict health rules on his ships and virtually eliminated scurvy, something that had killed countless sailors before him. By the standards of the eighteenth century he was known for discipline, order, and attempts to avoid unnecessary violence with indigenous populations. He was operating in a harsh and dangerous era where exploration meant risking your life and the lives of everyone under your command. Was he perfect. Of course not. No human being is. Judging people from centuries ago as if they lived in our modern world is intellectually lazy. What matters is what he actually did. A poor man who rose to the top through ability. A navigator who mapped huge parts of the Pacific. A leader who pushed science, navigation, and knowledge forward. Men like James Cook expanded the known world and helped build the foundations of the modern, prosperous societies we live in today. That is not the story of a villain. That is the story of a remarkable human being.

@ShepofShibas @itssmoli Why is everyone such dicks? I for one enjoyed your post and wish you the best of luck in your new house. One day i would think about doing the same with my wife, maybe when we are older. She's from a very rural prefecture, and it's so peaceful there, just few jobs

@itssmoli Yep, my wife has family here. Have a problem with that? 🤷🏼‍♂️

We bought a house in Japan, it cost the same as a used F-350 😆 Works out, after legal/realtor fees to 5,800,000¥ 😳 For a HOUSE! 😆 It’s built in 1981, steel framed, fully renovated 3 years ago and has been well maintained and looked after.

@InstApprentice @tempus_convivii I don't get them, don't find them funny either. But maybe that's because i don't get them. What's it supposed to be satirising? Lowe has cognitive decline? is that the joke?

@tempus_convivii I don't get these memes but god they're funny

"what were things like for you when you were growing up?" "that's rather a personal question – one to which even a rascal like yourself must recognise I owe no answer" "I do apologise Rupert, but this is an interview" "is it?" "that's why you came here" "where?"

@grok @dann0bann0 @SustainableTall You forgot 'to flaneur', my favourite 😄

Yep, English packs plenty for walking gaits too! Verbs include: amble, saunter, stroll, stride, march, shuffle, limp, hobble, stagger, tiptoe, creep, plod, trudge, stomp, strut, swagger, wander, roam, meander, pace, tramp, hike, trek, mosey, lumber, lurch, mince, prance, sashay, shamble, slink, stalk, traipse, waddle. That's 30+ easily (60+ counting nuances). Pedestrian paradise! 🚶‍♂️

In Japan there are 36 words for walking! Like Japanese cities, the language is highly pedestrian friendly

@dann0bann0 @SustainableTall This is what i was thinking also. @grok list all the verba for different types of walking in english (check the original post for the context of what I'm requesting)

@SustainableTall Walk, stroll, mosey, saunter, shuffle, could probably think of 29 more if I tried really hard.

@Paul_Heron_ @chelsea_boy @Sargon_of_Akkad @PaulEmbery Also i would add that people who minimize the ethnic status of the english or their claim to their homeland are making the extreme outcome more likely, not less

@Paul_Heron_ @chelsea_boy @Sargon_of_Akkad @PaulEmbery Finally i agree with you on something. I 100% don't want to see that. But that is not the only extreme positon. Disposessing the english of their homeland, and denying them their ethnicity is another.

Shabana Mahmood is English. So is Rishi Sunak. So is Frank Bruno. So is Ian Wright. So is Idris Elba. I regard them all as compatriots.

@chelsea_boy @Paul_Heron_ @Sargon_of_Akkad @PaulEmbery Exactly. My ethnicity is not 'up for grabs', you can't just read some Shakespeare and then help yourself to it. This is not an extreme position. It is the default for every other ethnic group for all of history. positions to the contrary are the thin end of the ethnocide wedge

@Paul_Heron_ @deterrence_era @Sargon_of_Akkad @PaulEmbery Claiming England isn’t for the English is extreme. Preserving an ethnicity isn’t. Stop creating strawman arguments to justify your weird disdain of people wanting to preserve their heritage and culture. You wouldn't be saying this about any other ethnicity. Why just the English?

@chelsea_boy @Paul_Heron_ @Sargon_of_Akkad @PaulEmbery He knows (i assume) that the original post is correct, doesn't like these facts, and is now try to switch arguments to avoid having to deal with this. Poor form indeed.

@Paul_Heron_ @deterrence_era @Sargon_of_Akkad @PaulEmbery Ah, the bait and switch. You mentioned English, which isn’t synonymous with British, one is a nationality, the other an ethnicity. Carl is clearly referring to ethnicity, and you know it. Poor form.

@Paul_Heron_ @Sargon_of_Akkad @PaulEmbery So you are indeed arguing a different point. The OP is regarding ethnicity and identify, not visa status and voting rights. Tiresome when people don't make this clear.

@deterrence_era @Sargon_of_Akkad @PaulEmbery The real question is whether these people have a right to live in Britain, to vote etc. Otherwise the matter is purely academic. The remigration crowd, who are obviously far right by any definition, say no, they don’t, and envisage an ethnic cleansing of Britain.

@Paul_Heron_ @Sargon_of_Akkad @PaulEmbery It's relevant beacuse the claim in the original post is that these people are English, which they are not, definionally. Perhaps you are now arguing some different point 🤷‍♂️. Your invocation of the 'Far Right' is noted.

@deterrence_era @Sargon_of_Akkad @PaulEmbery How is that relevant? The far right also denies that Frank Bruno and other Brits of West Indian origin are British, and denies too their right to live in Britain.

@Paul_Heron_ @Sargon_of_Akkad @PaulEmbery Often treated as synonymous even now. Doesn't make it factually true any more than it did prior to 1960.

@deterrence_era @Sargon_of_Akkad @PaulEmbery Often treated as synonymous before about 1960.

@Paul_Heron_ @Sargon_of_Akkad @PaulEmbery You're confusing British and English.

The colonial subjects of the West Indies, including Frank Bruno’s parents, were educated as Britons. Taught Shakespeare, Dickens et al, they were encouraged to see England as the motherland. Like it or not, the concept of Britishness was expanded long before the British Nationality Act 1948. thecritic.co.uk/the-rise-and-f…

@TheBullCity @GeargasmMusic @YHyperbole @filmswithelliot @Pyrrrhos Hey, I never said it was rude in the American context! I've visited many times and of course am not offended by this. Just saying that's not how we do things here. I think British politeness, class system, and social morays can be inscrutable to others.

@GeargasmMusic @deterrence_era @YHyperbole @filmswithelliot @Pyrrrhos and this phrasing isn't some unique american english thing either! normal in spanish to say "put me (gimme) a ___" or "bring me a ___" and it is not impolite or brusque basically just another example of brits thinking it rude that former colonies have their own customs

The Americanism “can I do” before placing an order for something is evil on the ears. It’s horrible.

@YHyperbole @filmswithelliot @Pyrrrhos You're not wrong! Americans are much more straight-talking. I admire that in a lot of ways. Believe me a lot of folks in the UK would take umbridge at these. It's not that we're prissy it's just different culture. The words are the same but they carry different weight of meaning.

@deterrence_era @filmswithelliot @Pyrrrhos Oh Jesus Christ it’s an informality. None of these options preclude saying “please” and “thank you,” do they? It’s always good to be nice to the people feeding you but most of the time dropping formalities has no harm intended or taken in the real world

@GeargasmMusic @YHyperbole @filmswithelliot @Pyrrrhos I'm sure you are right in the US context. In the uk using that phrasing comes off like you are an insane egotist. Also, although we might phrase it as a request, we don't mean it really. If a sever were to respond 'no', there would be definite problems!

@deterrence_era @YHyperbole @filmswithelliot @Pyrrrhos This isn't a power imbalance thing, this is just phrases taking on different connotations over time lol I've never once felt looked down upon by someone just saying "I'll take an apple fritter," that would be downright psychotic for someone to think having grown up in the US

@YHyperbole @filmswithelliot @Pyrrrhos The Americanism 'Can I get..' is sadly very popular here now, but at least it is a request so partially acceptable.

@YHyperbole @filmswithelliot @Pyrrrhos To the British ear these sound very presumptive and like a demand or order. More appropriate would be 'Please may I have..' or even 'I'd like...'. Note that these are requests not demands, because we don't assume the same power imbalance between customer and server.