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@DrDavidJeffery Next up ‘Hatton’ 😉

And Kuya was a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain whilst the USSR was disappearing its own citizens and actively hostile to the west. It’s a disgrace she has a university building named after her, and doubly so that she replaced Gladstone.

@BradfemlyWalsh I’m waiting for a student to do something to our statue

Can I just say, well done on some excellent work to my fellow British Gen Xers, for our collective response to the news about D'Artagnan's remains 🙌 Altogether now, ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL, MUSKEHOUNDS ARE ALWAYS READY!!

@DrMatthewSweet Province, not a country 😉

Irish first name, surname an actual foreign country.

@adamndsmith @_ConnieShaw Always blokes with beards telling women how to think about things which affect women 🤷‍♂️

@_ConnieShaw Come back anytime 🙏

Read my latest article, ‘I have been silenced!’, in your national newspaper (monthly reach 27 million)

REPORTER: Yesterday you told us Israel was going to strike Iran and that's why we needed to get involved. But today the president said Iran-- RUBIO: No. Were you there yesterday? REPORTER: Yes. I asked the question

A remarkable repetition of history: HS Kimon, Hellenic Navy's new frigate now sent to Cyprus to protect it from Iranian drones with its missiles, is named after the Athenian general Kimon, son of Miltiades, who sailed to Cyprus in 450 b.C. with 200 triremes to fight the Persians.

Didn’t really expect him to have an opinion on it tbh but fair play

@sheawilliamsy @Shilisad1 @paddlingdon @mara_yamauchi @BBCSport Ah, it’s like playing chess with a pigeon

@Shilisad1 @physrj @paddlingdon @mara_yamauchi @BBCSport Do you realise how incredibly creepy you sound, considering none of that is verified information? SRY gene does not automatically mean the person developed typical male anatomy either. Once again proving you're not a clinician. Just a balloon 😂

Thank you @mar2vickers. 🙏 So I gather this was Bunce calling me a c**t. I’d be grateful if everyone could please complain to @BBCSport about this despicable man. bbc.co.uk/contact/compla…

@sheawilliamsy @Shilisad1 @paddlingdon @mara_yamauchi @mar2vickers @BBCSport 🤣 he is Male 🤪

@Shilisad1 @paddlingdon @mara_yamauchi @mar2vickers @BBCSport Even for you, this is... A stretch. Absolutely DESPERATE to be the victim! Meanwhile transphobes are beyond abusive. And Khelif isn't male, you idiot 🤡

@stueymaco 👌👏

If Keir Starmer doesn't release the report into Mandelson being appointed US Ambassador, and label it, "The Peter File," then he really doesn't deserve to be PM.

@edwest 6 PM’s and currently 3 Dutch for mine

My 15-year-old has already lived under seven prime ministers. This is what it's like growing up in Britaly x.com/TheStalwart/st…

@BiggOrange88 @ArmchairW Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

It's amazing that Louis XIV had a bunch of modeling and geospatial nerds beavering away at constructing accurate scale models of every fortress his army might have to take or defend across Europe. They're still around today, mostly in the Musée des Plans-Reliefs in Paris.⬇️ Beyond sheer appreciation of the craftsmanship involved and the fact that 40k night at Versailles was probably amazing, these models served a critical military purpose in an age before flight or even hot-air ballooning, when commanders had to rely on often-sketchy maps and a low view of the battlefield from a nearby hill or church steeple to plan out engagements. This was made worse by the fact that most fortresses of the era were designed to "sink" into the terrain so as to prevent as small of a target as possible for cannon fire - you wouldn't see the ditch and the wall until you were practically falling into it because it was entirely concealed by a protective glacis. Looking at such a model, a commander could visualize the exact layout of a fortress with respect to the local terrain and key landmarks and thus plan out his entire scheme of saps and parallels (or anticipate the enemy's plan of siege works) ahead of time with minimal need to adjust on the ground and minimal room for nasty surprises by the enemy. This model collection was thus actually a nontrivial force multiplier for the Sun King's war machine. As can be seen, some of these models were enormous. A French general could gather his whole staff around one to discuss and develop battle plans - and explain it quickly and easily to the King, who was not a professional soldier.

@Biggies_MaIIs 👌

Two set piece goals in one game

To ⁦@realDonaldTrump⁩ ⁦. I don’t think these 8 soldiers were “behind the line” in Afghanistan… ⁦@SecRubio⁩ ⁦@JDVance⁩ ⁦@elonmusk⁩

“They stayed a little back, off the front lines.”

Marco Rubio finding out he has to lead an assault on Greenland

@BradfemlyWalsh Hebbendingen, dingus. I love it

Dutch is like 60% basically English, 40% absolute mindfuck. Here are some Dutch words for places; bar, restaurant, café, hotel, bank, museum... winkel, gevangenis, luchthaven, ziekenhuis, tuin (it doesn't mean town)...

@x4israel710 @MichaelRosenYes @MrsNickyClark You brought it up, so he shouldn’t have to look for the data you are referring to. So, stats?

@MichaelRosenYes @MrsNickyClark You're a clever guy sure you can get your assistant to look them up ...

If Kemi Badenoch is “traumatised” by the memory of face masks during the pandemic is she really up to the job of being Prime Minister. I mean there are lots of scary things she might have to confront in that role, like behaving like a grown up etc..

“When all that happens is that your employer subjects you to an unfair disciplinary process, you are forced to fund a two year court case, and have your family life dragged through the mud in search of salacious tabloid gossip, whyever do more women not complain of harassment?”

@edwest The Dutch in the North East are currently converting there’s into community cafes / hostels along a walking route

We might also allow hotels to be built in proximity. It allows the friendless church to become the centre of a community, rather than dying in isolation. A style guide could be drawn up to ensure the new builds are in a pleasing vernacular style that enhances the church's beauty

Most 'friendless churches' are quite remote and cost a lot to maintain. Perhaps one solution is to allow new builds within a certain distance, which must conform to a sympathetic style, on payment of a tax which goes towards maintaining the church en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends_o…