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Theresa
‘Senator, you’re no Maggie Thatcher.’
Caring
I am watching a piece on Breakfast about carers and caring. While I sympathise with the sad lady whose situation they chose to highlight, I disagree with her litany of complaints.
You’re looking after your partner, dear. You gave the impression that you believe you were forced to do it and that you resent it. Sorry, but it’s what you signed up for. It’s a privilege to look after someone you love. It can be tough, but it’s better than loneliness.
If you don’t want to do it or you can’t, there is support out there, from social services, the NHS and from charities. After your tv exposure I hope that it will seek you out.
Let’s leave UEFA too
Football as we used to know it is dead in its boots. The people who run the modern game have no remaining shred of common sense or decency. Their entire purpose is to con as many people as possible into parting with as much of their disposable income as possible for a product that becomes increasingly devalued by each layer they add on.
GOAT?
The new John Lewis and Waitrose tv ad: Greatest Of All Time?
Opinion | I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration – The New York Times
I work for the president but like-minded colleagues and I have vowed to thwart parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/opinion/trump-white-house-anonymous-resistance.html
Been here before
Another Girona/Ryanair fuck-up. Passengers queuing on a staircase waiting to board an aircraft that is unlit and has no steps deployed. In other words the crew isn’t here yet.
I don’t give a toss
There is tragedy in the world and time is given to this?
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