Brexit, for once some facts.
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I could say the same. But (and it's a massive but) there are parts of the world (and this country) where one is screwed regardless of hard work. The boot strap theory/American dream/call it what you will is largely a lie. The world is a very long way from a level playing field and I suspect in truth both of us owe as much to relative privilege than hard work.
You could have a little stall selling biscuits, weed and under the counter magazines SW would be there 24/7.
Rather as you are doing? " simply experiencing a synthetic emotional overload."?
It would have been great, no .... a miracle more like if the figures were that low. I'd put the numbers at probably many hundreds (yes really) more than a hundred lost their lives during the construction of box hill.
Brunel himself almost got killed three times messing around near construction sites.
No, people like Colston and Milligan were well documented and recorded, we know exactly what they did.
Only a few in living memory are in any way comparable and their statues have mostly long been pulled down.
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Don’t think so.Rather as you are doing? " simply experiencing a synthetic emotional overload."?
The film "Gone With The Wind" has now been removed from HBO's line up.
HBO Max said the 1939 film was "a product of its time" and depicted "ethnic and racial prejudices" that "were wrong then and are wrong today".
I'm loving this TBH because what will happen soon is there will be a backlash as there always is, and it will be very interesting to see what form it takes.
HBO Max said the 1939 film was "a product of its time" and depicted "ethnic and racial prejudices" that "were wrong then and are wrong today".
I'm loving this TBH because what will happen soon is there will be a backlash as there always is, and it will be very interesting to see what form it takes.
A benefit then. We've lost more than that in rubber dinghys crossing without using the tunnel.
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You can only use the word "Golly" these days flecc, you have to leave the last bit off. I think ebay has that rule tooThe Golliwog back on Robertson's Marmalade jars?
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Why is there not a black smiley ?
I've watched the program on TV last week - not long ago, then googled them just to be sure. The numbers are accurate. Isambard Kingdom Brunel nearly got killed when the tunnel under the Thames he was constructing got flooded. He tried to get out but couldn't, the escape door was locked. By sheer luck, the rescuers smashed through the door just in time, they found him unconscious behind the door. He then went to Bristol to recuperate and took part in a competition to design the Clifton bridge.
Not even that it seems. Some while after dropping their mascot name of Golliwog and naming it only Golly, Robertsons felt compelled to drop the Golly name too.
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And the four killed in the Cleddau bridge collapse. Anniversary just a few days ago. I was aware of it at the time - and can't help thinking about it as we cross, or look up from nearby. (Not obsessively - just awareness.)
Cleddau Bridge disaster: 50th anniversary of fatal collapse
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-52878053
My numbers are also accurate too Woosh, all well documented. Brunel was almost killed three times, on one occasion he fell down a shaft ! he was a man who was hands on with all his constructions.
Box Tunnel - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Neil Ferguson: he sent in his report advocating early lockdown 16-March.
“We knew the epidemic was doubling every three to four days before lockdown interventions were introduced.
“So had we introduced lockdown measures a week earlier, we would have reduced the final death toll by at least a half."
Johnson's hesitation killed 25,000 more people.
“We knew the epidemic was doubling every three to four days before lockdown interventions were introduced.
“So had we introduced lockdown measures a week earlier, we would have reduced the final death toll by at least a half."
Johnson's hesitation killed 25,000 more people.
Interesting analysis of how covid-19 got to the UK:
Coronavirus came to UK 'on at least 1,300 separate occasions'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52993734
Obviously, there will be much discussion and this could be updated. But I do remember the first two cases I know of round here were people returning from Italy. And I am fairly sure that was behind quite a number of reports - where people returned and then voluntarily stayed at home (whether they had it or not).
Coronavirus came to UK 'on at least 1,300 separate occasions'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52993734
Obviously, there will be much discussion and this could be updated. But I do remember the first two cases I know of round here were people returning from Italy. And I am fairly sure that was behind quite a number of reports - where people returned and then voluntarily stayed at home (whether they had it or not).
I believe the script is, “We took the correct decisions at the at the right time.” Which leads us back to the Eric Morcombe gag, they took all the right decisions, but not necessarily in the correct order.
I think the New Zealand quarantine situation provides a perfect example of this government’s chaotic and directionless handling of Coronavirus. If you fly from New Zealand, a country free from Coronavirus, into the the U.K., a country riddled with Coronavirus, you must isolate for 14 days in case you bring Coronavirus from a country that has non, into a country that has a lot.