@MichaelRosenYes Same as illiterate people who can speak a language, then.
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Newzie
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I can't read music but I can whistle a tune.
How come?
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@campbellclaret @brexit The deplorable saga goes on. I'm immune, being French. We finally got French nationality for my husband on the grounds of being married to me. Look on the bright side: Brexit will mean he can vote against Le Pen at the next presidential election !
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL@campbellclaret
Er … I think some of us might have done. But take it out on the liars who sold you a lie. And never even think about voting for them again
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Ermm.. why would it be embarrassing ... and to whom?
Dave@DaveKent101
@campbellclaret No THIS is embarrassing on so many levels:
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Embarrassing on so many levels.
Rishi Sunak@RishiSunak
Talking about freedom, sat in Margaret Thatcher’s old Rover. Earlier I spoke to @Telegraph about how important cars are for families to live their lives. It’s something anti-motorist Labour just don’t seem to get. And it’s why I’m reviewing anti-car schemes across the country.
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BBC apologises to Farage, @BBCSimonJack apologises to Farage etc
When's effing Farage going to apologise to young people for stripping them of their right to study, live and work all over Europe - and to the rest of us and them too for that matter for that and all the rest ?!!!
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A brilliant investigation!
marty.com@martymadrid
This is the greatest TikTok I’ve seen this year … I would watch this as a series on Netflix
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@suemcdonald342 @AlexTaylorNews @DavidGHFrost I don't know how bands managed before the EU. But I know how individuals (like me) managed before the EU: appallingly badly. Weekly registration as "alien" with the UK police for example. Membership of the EU had got rid of all of that for me.
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@AlexTaylorNews @DavidGHFrost My heart bleeds for all these poor luvvies. How did bands manage before the EU?
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Unless you're Elton John "with an array of lawyers" and ticket sales to pay for them, @DavidGHFrost killed off any hopes of EU touring for most British bands and orchestras - just as he did for youth mobility
And why ? Sheer Brexit bloodymindedness destroying British interests
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@MichaelRosenYes 'Duh-gas' (with a short 1st syllable). Never 'day-gas', which is the standard UK rendering. My question: why this question in the first place?
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How accurate are you with pronouncing French and German painters, composers etc? Hands up English-speakers in UK who ever pronounce Beethoven the German way? Or Degas the French way? (Not me when in UK/US)
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For women, singing is forbidden in Iran. This woman is bravely singing in one of Esfahan’s most historical mosques. When the security agent tried to stop her, she resisted and continued. Brave Iranian women like her will some day bring down this most anti-woman regime.
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A rumour had it that Khan was going to illuminate City Hall with the colours and stars of the EU flag in response. Undoubtedly fake news but would that it were true !
Alex Taylor@AlexTaylorNews
Since 1955 this is, also, the flag of the Council of Europe. The UK was a founder - and is still a member (as is all Europe except Belarus and Russia) The EU, also, adopted it in 1986 How on earth can you prosecute someone for using the flag of an institution you belong to ? 👇
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Similar lines here. Granddaughter, 22nd century, etc. No Bertrand Russell for me, but instead, a cousin whom I knew when she was 80 (and I was 19) used to reminisce about attending as a child the National Funeral of Victor Hugo.
Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷@MichaelRosenYes
My granddaughter could live to the 22nd century. Her grandfather (me) used to see Bertrand Russell speak in Trafalgar Square. Bertrand Russell's grandfather met Napoleon.
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Same pb for the Universities Superannuation Scheme.
Katie Prescott@kprescott
The BBC has confirmed to staff that the first line of their addresses, NI numbers and dates of birth may have been stolen by hackers
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The European spouse of a Brit Remainer, I have no time for Brexiteers and a massive dose of anger for the resulting catastrophe. We have managed to protect our freedom by buying expensive car insurance (no 90-day limits) and by getting my husband an EU passport (no 90 day limits)
Justin Watkins 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇫🇷🇲🇲🏳️🌈@justinwwatkins
@AlexTaylorNews Someone in my family voted for Brexit, knowing it would make the future complicated for those in the family with European spouses (me included). That person justified their vote saying "I just think it will be OK". They've since bought a house in Italy but can't retire there.
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